1958 Aintree 200

XIII Aintree International 200 Meeting
Aintree for the 1958 non-championship race
Race details
Date	19 April, 1958
Official Name	XIII Aintree International 200 Meeting
Location	Aintree Motor Racing Circuit Aintree, Merseyside, UK
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.827km (3mi)
Distance	67 laps, 323.409km (201 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Jean Behra BRM
Time	1:59.8
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Time	2:01.4
Podium
First	Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Third	Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax
Lap Leaders
No race-code specified

The 1958 Aintree 200 was a non-championship race held on April 19. The race had an exciting finish, when Stirling Moss held off Jack Brabham by 0.2 seconds. Tony Brooks finished third. Each of the top six finishers were driving Cooper-Climax cars, although three of them used Formula 2 engines.

Polesitter Jean Behra, driving a BRM, retired before half distance with brake problems.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 1958 Aintree 200 is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jean Behra	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
2*	Harry Schell	Owen Racing Organisation	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
3	Geoff Richardson	Privateer	Connaught	B	Alta	GP 2.5 L4	D
4	Verdun Edwards	Autospeed Garages	Connaught	B	Alta	GP 2.5 L4	D
5	Archie Scott Brown	B.C. Ecclestone	Connaught	B	Alta	GP 2.5 L4	A
6	Paul Emery	B.C. Ecclestone	Connaught	B	Alta	GP 2.5 L4	A
7	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 2.2 L4	D
8	Keith Ballisat	Equipe Prideux	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 2.0 L4	D
9	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 2.2 L4	D
10	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 2.2 L4	D
11	Horace Gould	H.H. Gould	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	D
12	Bruce Halford	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	D
14	Ken Kavanagh	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
15	Keith Campbell	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
16	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
17	Cliff Allison	Team Lotus	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
18	Dennis Taylor	Privateer	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
19	Maurice Trintignant	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
20	Tony Brooks	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
21	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	British Racing Partnership	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
23	George Wicken	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
24	Brian Naylor	J.B. Naylor	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
25	Jim Russell	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
26	Ian Burgess	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
27†	Ken Tyrrell	Nixon's Garage	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
28	Ivor Bueb	Ecurie Demi Litre	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
29	David Shale	S&W Motors	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
30	Tim Parnell	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
31	Tony Marsh	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
32	Jackie Lewis	Privateer	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D

• A pink background indicates a driver driving a Formula Two car.
• * Schell originally drove a BRM P25, but he chose to drive a 1.5-liter F2 Cooper-Climax instead.
• ^† Henry Taylor also drove a F2 car #27, but he withdrew from the race.

Race

Results

Note: a pink background indicates a car running under Formula 2 regulations.

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	67	2:20:47.0	3
2	10	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	67	+ 0.2	4
3	20	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax	67	+ 1:05.2	10
4	9	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	67	+ 1:28.0	2
5	22	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Cooper-Climax	67	+ 2:11.0	5
6	2	Harry Schell	Cooper-Climax	66	+ 1 Lap	14
7	16	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	66	+ 1 Lap	6
8	17	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	66	+ 1 Lap	7
9	5	Archie Scott Brown	Connaught-Alta	65	+ 2 Laps	8
10	19	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	65	+ 2 Laps	13
11	26	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	65	+ 2 Laps	15
12	25	Jim Russell	Cooper-Climax	65	+ 2 Laps	19
13	21	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	64	+ 3 Laps	16
14	6	Paul Emery	Connaught-Alta	63	+ 4 Laps	18
15	3	Geoff Richardson	Connaught-Alta	63	+ 4 Laps	20
16	18	Dennis Taylor	Lotus-Climax	62	+ 5 Laps	28
Ret	27	Ken Tyrrell	Cooper-Climax	62	+ 5 Laps	no time
Ret	28	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Climax	51	Accident damage	9
Ret	24	Brian Naylor	Cooper-Climax	37	Accident	12
Ret	29	David Shale	Cooper-Climax	33	Overheating	25
Ret	15	Keith Campbell	Maserati	29	Oil pipe	22
Ret	1	Jean Behra	BRM	28	Brakes	1
Ret	8	Keith Ballisat	Cooper-Climax	26	Gearbox	24
Ret	4	Verdun Edwards	Connaught-Alta	21	Spin	27
Ret	14	Ken Kavanagh	Maserati	20	Fuel leak	23
Ret	12	Bruce Halford	Maserati	15	Puncture	11
Ret	30	Tim Parnell	Cooper-Climax	12	Suspension	26
Ret	23	George Wicken	Cooper-Climax	7	Gear change	21
Ret	31	Tony Marsh	Cooper-Climax	4	Mechanical	17
DNS	32	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax		Reserve driver	-
WD	2	Harry Schell	BRM		Drove in Formula 2 class	-
DNA	11	Horace Gould	Maserati		-	-
DNA	27	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax			-

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