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The 1958 British Grand Prix
British Grand Prix

The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire....
 was a Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 race held on 19 July 1958 at Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit

Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, named after the Silverstone in the former. It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987....
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The 1958 British Grand Prix
British Grand Prix

The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile Formula One World Championship. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire....
 was a Formula One
Formula One

Formula One, abbreviated to F1, and currently officially referred as the FIA Formula One World Championship is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the F?d?ration Internationale de l'Automobile ....
 race held on 19 July 1958 at Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit

Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, named after the Silverstone in the former. It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987....
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Classification

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1Peter Collins
Peter Collins (racing driver)

Peter John Collins was a Formula One driver from England. He participated in 35 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 May 1952. He won 3 races, achieved 9 podiums, and scored a total of 47 championship points....
Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its...
75 2:09:04.2 6 8
2 2Mike Hawthorn
Mike Hawthorn

John Michael Hawthorn was a racing driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex....
Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its...
75 +24.2 secs 4 7
3 10Roy Salvadori
Roy Salvadori

Roy Francesco Salvadori is a former motor racing driver and manager from England. He participated in 50 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 12 July 1952, and achieved two podiums, scoring a total of 19 Championship points....
Cooper
Cooper Car Company

The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper . Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946....
-Climax
Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a United Kingdom Forklift, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer....
75 +50.6 secs 3 4
4 9Stuart Lewis-Evans
Stuart Lewis-Evans

Stuart Nigel Lewis-Evans was a racing driver from England. He participated in 14 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 May 1957....
Vanwall
Vanwall

Vanwall was a Formula One team in the 1950s. The Vanwall name was derived by combining the name of the team owner Tony Vandervell with that of his patented Fluid bearing#Thinwalls, which were produced at his Vandervell Products factory at Acton, London, London....
75 +50.8 secs 7 3
5 20Harry Schell
Harry Schell

Henry O'Reilly Schell was an United States Grand Prix motor racing driver....
BRM
British Racing Motors

British Racing Motors was a United Kingdom Formula 1 motor racing team. Founded in 1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 Grand Prix motor racing and winning 17....
75 +1:14.8 2 2
6 11Jack Brabham
Jack Brabham

Sir John Arthur "Jack" Brabham, Order of Australia, Officer of the Order of the British Empire is an Australian former racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966....
Cooper
Cooper Car Company

The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper . Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946....
-Climax
Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a United Kingdom Forklift, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer....
75 +1:23.2 10 
7 8Tony Brooks
Tony Brooks

Charles Anthony Standish Brooks is a United Kingdom former racing driver from England also known as the "racing dentist". He participated in 39 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 14 July 1956, and scored the first win by a British driver in a British car in a Grand Prix since 1923, in 1955 driving a Connaught Engineering...
Vanwall
Vanwall

Vanwall was a Formula One team in the 1950s. The Vanwall name was derived by combining the name of the team owner Tony Vandervell with that of his patented Fluid bearing#Thinwalls, which were produced at his Vandervell Products factory at Acton, London, London....
74 +1 Lap 9 
8 4Maurice Trintignant
Maurice Trintignant

Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant was a motor racing driver and vintner from France. He competed in the Formula One World Championship for fourteen years, between 1950 and 1964, one of the longest careers in the early years of F1....
Cooper
Cooper Car Company

The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper . Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946....
-Climax
Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a United Kingdom Forklift, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer....
73 +2 Laps 12 
9 5Carroll Shelby
Carroll Shelby

Carroll Hall Shelby, is an American racing and automotive designer and former racing driver....
Maserati
Maserati

Maserati is an Italy manufacturer of automobile racing and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident....
72 +3 Laps 15 
Ret 3Wolfgang von Trips
Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips

Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips was a Germany racing driver. He was the son of a noble Rhineland family....
Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari

Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. Though the Scuderia and Ferrari Corse Clienti continue to manage the racing activities of numerous Ferrari customers and private teams, Ferrari's racing division has completely devoted its attention and funding to its...
59 Engine 11 
Ret 22Jo Bonnier
Joakim Bonnier

Joakim "Jo" Bonnier was a Sweden sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams....
Maserati
Maserati

Maserati is an Italy manufacturer of automobile racing and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident....
49 Gearbox 13 
Ret 6Gerino Gerini
Gerino Gerini

Gerino Gerini is a former racing driver from Italy.A native of Rome, he participated in 7 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on January 22, 1956....
Maserati
Maserati

Maserati is an Italy manufacturer of automobile racing and sports cars, established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. The company's headquarters are now in Modena, and its emblem is a trident....
44 Gearbox 18 
Ret 12Ian Burgess
Ian Burgess

Ian Burgess is a United Kingdom former racing driver from England. He participated in 20 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on July 19, 1958 and numerous non-Championship Formula One races....
Cooper
Cooper Car Company

The Cooper Car Company was founded in 1946 by Charles Cooper and his son John Cooper . Together with John's boyhood friend, Eric Brandon, they began by building racing cars in Charles' small garage in Surbiton, Surrey, England in 1946....
-Climax
Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a United Kingdom Forklift, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer....
40 Clutch 16 
Ret 7Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss Order of the British Empire is a retired racing driver from England. His success in a variety of categories placed him among the world's elite – he is often called "the greatest driver never to win the World Championship"....
Vanwall
Vanwall

Vanwall was a Formula One team in the 1950s. The Vanwall name was derived by combining the name of the team owner Tony Vandervell with that of his patented Fluid bearing#Thinwalls, which were produced at his Vandervell Products factory at Acton, London, London....
25 Engine 1 
Ret 17Cliff Allison
Cliff Allison

Henry Clifford Allison was a racing driver who participated in Formula One during seasons to for the Team Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Scuderia Ferrari and British Racing Partnership teams....
Lotus
Team Lotus

Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, American Championship Car Racing and sports car racing....
-Climax
Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a United Kingdom Forklift, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer....
21 Engine 5 
Ret 19Jean Behra
Jean Behra

Jean Marie Behra was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Scuderia Ferrari and Porsche teams....
BRM
British Racing Motors

British Racing Motors was a United Kingdom Formula 1 motor racing team. Founded in 1945, it raced from 1950 to 1977, competing in 197 Grand Prix motor racing and winning 17....
19 Suspension 8 
Ret 15Ivor Bueb
Ivor Bueb

Ivor L?on John Bueb was a sports car racing and Formula One driver from England.Bueb started racing seriously in a Formula 3 500cc Cooper Car Company in 1953, graduating to the Cooper works team in 1955 when he finished second in the British championship....
Connaught-Alta 19 Gearbox 17 
Ret 18Alan Stacey
Alan Stacey

Alan Stacey , was a United Kingdom racing driver from England. He began his association with Lotus when he built one of the Lotus 6 kits then being offered by the company....
Lotus
Team Lotus

Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, American Championship Car Racing and sports car racing....
-Climax
Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a United Kingdom Forklift, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer....
19 Overheating 20 
Ret 16Graham Hill
Graham Hill

Norman Graham Hill was a United Kingdom racing driver and two-time Formula One World Champion. He was born in Hampstead, London.Graham Hill is the only driver to win the so-called Triple Crown of Motorsport....
Lotus
Team Lotus

Team Lotus was the motorsport sister company of English sports car manufacturer Lotus Cars. The team ran cars in many motorsport series including Formula One, Formula Two, Formula Ford, Formula Junior, American Championship Car Racing and sports car racing....
-Climax
Coventry Climax

Coventry Climax was a United Kingdom Forklift, fire pump, and speciality engine manufacturer....
17 Overheating 14 
Ret 14Jack Fairman
Jack Fairman

Jack Fairman was a British racing driver from England. He participated in 13 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on July 18, 1953. He scored a total of 5 championship points, all of which came in the 1956 Formula One season....
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Connaught-Alta 7 Ignition 19 


* replacing Bernie Ecclestone
Bernie Ecclestone

Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies....