1958 Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix 1958 was held on September 7, 1958 held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza near Monza and was the tenth race of the Formula 1 season 1958.
- 3.1 Start -up
- 3.2 race
- 4.1 Drivers' Championship
- 4.2 Constructors' Championship
Reports
Background
The Grand Prix of Italy 1958 was the penultimate round of the Formula 1 season in 1958, both drivers 'and constructors' world titles were also still open. Vanwall and Ferrari were the dominant team in the last race and the championship itself dueled the two top riders of this team, Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss to the drivers' title.
Moss won in the two years before the Italian Grand Prix in 1956 and the Grand Prix of Italy 1957. Moss was the only participating former winner of the Grand Prix, with the design engineers once Vanwall, Maserati and Ferrari previously won twice each.
At home race Ferrari brought back several vehicles at the start. After last Grand Prix of Portugal in 1958 was only two Ferrari drivers were started, there were four cars here. In addition, next to Hawthorn and Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips, Phil Hill and Olivier returned Gendebein back to Scuderia Ferrari.
Another change in the composition of the top teams there were in BRM. Bonnier, the previously mostly in private Maserati 250F drove, joined the British team. His teammates were Jean Behra and Harry Schell. Maurice Trintignant drove again for the Rob Walker Racing Team, he had two cars available for this purpose, a Cooper T43 and a Cooper T45. Many riders qualified with private Maserati 250F for the race, Giulio Cabianca and Hans Herrmann for the team from Bonnier, Masten Gregory and Carroll Shelby for Temple Buell, Gerino Gerini Scuderia Centro Sud and for Maria Teresa de Filippis with its own team. For Cabianca was the Italian Grand Prix 1958, the first race of his career, for which he qualified after him was in 1958 did not succeed at the Grand Prix of Monaco. De Filippis, however, qualified for the last time for a race.
In the drivers' standings Hawthorn led with four points ahead of Moss with two races remaining. Due to the worst scores control Hawthorn needed a placement with more than one point, Moss with more than two points in order to improve in the drivers' standings, because only the top five placings included. In the Constructors' Championship, it was also very scarce, Vanwall had only one point more than Ferrari.
Training
When training for the Grand Prix of Italy 1958 Vanwall won against Ferrari and took the first two grid positions. Moss set the fastest lap and achieved his third pole position of the season. For Vanwall it was the fifth pole position in 1958 and also the last team history. In second place was Tony Brooks qualified.
Hawthorn qualified in third place ahead of another Vanwall driver, Stuart Lewis -Evans. The three places behind were filled from the other Ferrari drivers behind this BRM positioned on the eighth to tenth. In midfield, Gregory drove a strong training and outdid his legacy at this time and not competitive Maserati drivers of Cooper and Lotus, who were inferior to the high-speed Monza circuit the higher-powered cars.
Race
The best start Phil Hill, who improved to position two before the first curve from seventh. The starting duel won Moss, later in the first lap of the race however, he was overtaken by Phil Hill, who characterized the lead held for the first time in his career in a Formula 1 race.
In the back of the field there was a serious accident in which Graf Berghe von Trips and Schell collided occurred. Here, the Ferrari and Graf Berghe von Trips overturned was thrown from the car. A rose bush slowed down the impact with the ground, but broke a leg of trip and fell for the last races of the season. Schell was uninjured. Another launch accident occurred between Gendebein and Cooper - driver Jack Brabham. Brabham retired immediately, Gendebein four laps later with a damaged suspension. In addition, only a few laps after the start had Shelby and Gerini the race with broken wagons Place.
Hawthorn overtook meanwhile Lewis -Evans and following drivers' title aspirant Moss. In the internal team Ferrari duel he sat down in round five against Phil Hill through and took the lead. Phil Hill at that time had difficulties due to the tire, so that Moss and Lewis Evans overtook him. This resulted in a thrilling duel for victory between the two drivers who competed for the title in the drivers' world championship. Hawthorn defended the first place for two laps, then drove Moss two rounds at the top, before Hawthorn overtook him on lap nine, but Moss led again one lap later. Countered Hawthorn in round 15 when the duel was decided by gearbox problems in Moss. Moss fell back and retired on lap 17 from. Previously Bonnier retired on lap 14 with a lack of power transmission, and there were at his BRM a fire, whereby only a B.R.M. was in the race. Also for Trintignant the race was stopped after a gearbox failure.
For Vanwall pointed at the halfway point of the race, a setback in the fight for the title, Lewis Evans ' car overheated on lap 30, which was only Brooks for Vanwall in the race. Be dueled again Hawthorn and Phil Hill, who had fought back to the top at the top. On lap 35 Hill took the lead after Hawthorn had to change tires in the pits, they were but three laps later with its own tire change pit stop back at Hawthorn for the back put the last tour kilometers of his career in Formula 1.
The high number of failures of the race continued. Herrmann and Cabianca suffered engine damage, the last remaining BRM of Behra was eliminated with defective coupling and de Filippis had in round 57 a Pleuelschaden on her Maserati. Then also both Lotus driver fell out and Roy Salvadori Cooper. All three, however, were still counted. A total of four vehicles were only still in the race, which the Italian Grand Prix in 1958 made it one of the races with the fewest target arrivals.
Brooks, who was holding back at the start of the race, attacked end of the race and the residue is reduced to the two Ferraris continuously. Ten laps to go he was in striking distance and in round 61 already in the lead, which he defended until the finish line. This was Brooks ' third victory of the Formula 1 season 1958 Vanwall for the fifth victory of the season and also the third in a row. Hawthorn extended his lead in the drivers' championship by the second place further out, Phil Hill scored third place, the first podium of his career. He also set the fastest lap of the race, also for the first time. Fourth place Schell came in to the finish Maserati, who had taken the car from Gregory during the race. Since driver exchange, however, was no longer allowed from the Formula 1 season in 1958, both drivers were disqualified. The disqualification was later reversed, but both drivers did not receive any points for fourth place. For position five Salvadori still received despite failure points because he had completed a certain portion of the race distance.
In the drivers' standings Hawthorn increased his lead to eight points on Moss. This meant prank results control mitbetrachtet that Moss the last race of the season would need to win and Hawthorn at most third party should not have been so Moss would still become World Champion. For Hawthorn could only with a win or a second place to improve their score. In the event that Moss does not win, Hawthorn would have been automatically World Champion.
In the Constructors' World Championship Vanwall approached by absolute points at Ferrari, who had two points more. Through the void results control - it included only the five best races of each designer - but Vanwall had the Constructors' title already safely. Vanwall was the first designer who won the newly introduced title; However, it remained the only title of the designer, as the team at the end of the season completely withdrew from Formula 1.
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Race
WM stands after the race
The first five of the race were 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 points. The driver with the fastest lap of the race also received 1 point. It included only the six best results from eleven races. In the constructors' championship included only the points of the top ranked driver of a team.