1958 World Sportscar Championship
The 1958 World Sportscar Championship was a motor racing series for sportscars which ran from 26 January to 13 September 1958 and comprised six races in six countries. It was the sixth World Sportscar Championship.
The championship was won by Ferrari.
Season
After major accidents at the 1955 Les 24 Heures du Mans and 1957 Mille Miglia, the sport’s governing body, F.I.A. and its Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) dictated several technical changes to the 1958 Sports Car regulations with engine capacity now limited to three litres. Although Le Mans continued, the Mille Miglia was never run in its original format again and was dropped from the calendar, with the Sicilian Targa Florio replacing it as the Italian round of the championship.[1][2][3]
This allowed Scuderia Ferrari to dominate the season, as Maserati withdrew from motor racing, leaving Aston Martin and Porsche as the main opposition, but as the previous seasons, the majority of the fields were made up of amateur or gentlemen drivers, often up against professional racing drivers with experience in Formula One.
Season results
Race results
| Round | Date | Event | Circuit or Location | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 26 | 1000km of Buenos Aires | Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz | Peter Collins Phil Hill | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 250 TR 58 | Results |
| 2 | March 22 | 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco Trophy | Sebring International Raceway | Phil Hill Peter Collins | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 250 TR 58 | Results |
| 3 | May 11 | Targa Florio | Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie | Luigi Musso Olivier Gendebien | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 250 TR 58 | Results |
| 4 | June 1 | Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometre Rennen Nürburgring | Nürburgring | Stirling Moss Jack Brabham | David Brown, Aston Martin Ltd. | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | Results |
| 5 | June 21–22 | 24 Heures du Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari 250 TR 58 | Results |
| 6 | September 13 | RAC Tourist Trophy | Goodwood Circuit | Stirling Moss Tony Brooks | David Brown Ltd. | Aston Martin DBR1/300 | Results |
Championship standings
| Pos | Manufacturer | BUE | SEB | TGA | NÜR | LMS | TTR | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 [4] | Ferrari[4] | 8 | 8 | 8 | (6) | 8 | 32 (38) | |
| 2 [4] | Porsche[4] | 4 | 4 | 6 | (1) | 4 | (1) | 18 (20) |
| 3 [4] | Aston Martin[4] | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 | |||
| 4 [4] | Lotus[4] | 3 | 3 | |||||
| 5 [4] | O.S.C.A.[4] | 2 | 2 |
- Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1, excepting the RAC Tourist Trophy, for which points were awarded 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions.
- Manufacturers were awarded points only for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars.
- Only the best four results from the six races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not retained are listed within brackets in the above table. Gross points earned are shown in the Total column within brackets.
The cars
The following models contributed to the net championship point scores of their respective manufacturers.
References
- ^ http://www.cavallion.com/images/samples/174-BA%20Race.pdf[permanent dead link]
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^ "1957 Maserati 450 S".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey Section, Previous FIA Championship Winners, page 122
- ^ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 266
External links
- 1958 World Sportscar Championship race results, www.classicscars.com