1958 Moroccan Grand Prix

The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix was the final race of the 1958 Formula One season. It was the 13th Moroccan Grand Prix and the second on the Ain-Diab layout.

Mike Hawthorn took home his fourth pole position, while Stirling Moss won his fourth race of the year, but it wouldn't be enough as Hawthorn would finish in second to take home his first and only championship.

The race though would be marked in tragedy when Stuart Lewis-Evans' engine seized and flew him off the track at high speed, with the car bursting into flames. He was airlifted back to the UK, but would die from his burns six days later.

BackgroundEdit

Heading into the final round of the championship, Mike Hawthorn held a eight point lead heading into the final race at Morocco which was a non-championship race in the previous season. Robert La Caze, a F2 driver, became the first person from Africa to compete in a Formula One race. In the constructors championship, Vanwall held a six point lead from Ferrari. But despite the margin, the dropped score rule meant that Vanwall would win the first constructors championship.

Title PermutationsEdit

Drivers' ChampionshipEdit

Mike Hawthorn enters the race with a 8-point lead over Stirling Moss with only one race left, and is likely to secure the title.

The possible permutations are:

• For Hawthorn to win the Championship:
  • Second place or better.
• For Moss to win the Championship:
  • Moss needs to win and get fastest lap and hope that Hawthorn finishes 3rd or lower.

Entry ListEdit

Outlined below is the full entry list for the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Olivier Gendebien	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	143 2.4 V6	E
4	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	143 2.4 V6	E
6	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	143 2.4 V6	E
8	Stirling Moss	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	D
10	Tony Brooks	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	D
12	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	D
14	Jean Behra	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
16	Harry Schell	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
18	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
20	Ron Flockhart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
22	Masten Gregory	Temple Buell	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	D
24	Hans Herrmann	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
26	Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
28	Gerino Gerini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 2.5 L6	P
30	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 2.2 L4	D
32	Jack Fairman	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 2.2 L4	D
34	Cliff Allison	Team Lotus	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF 2.0 L4	D
36	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF 2.2 L4	D
38	Maurice Trintignant	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 2.2 L4	D
40	Paul Emery	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson	56	Alta	GP 2.5 L4	D
42	Jean-Claude Vidilles	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
44	Keith Hall	Team Lotus	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
46	Jean Kerguen	Privateer	Porsche	RS550	Porsche	547/3 1.5 F4	D
50	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
52	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
54	François Picard	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
56	Tom Bridger	British Racing Partnership	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
58	Robert La Caze	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
60	André Guelfi	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D

• A pink background represents as drivers in Formula Two entrants.

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

Outlined below are the full qualifying results for the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	Ave. Speed
1	6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:23.1	—	191.648 km/h
2	8	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2:23.2	+0.1s	191.514 km/h
3	12	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	2:23.7	+0.6s	190.848 km/h
4	14	Jean Behra	BRM	2:23.8	+0.7s	190.715 km/h
5	4	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2:24.1	+1.0s	190.318 km/h
6	2	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	2:24.3	+1.2s	190.054 km/h
7	10	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2:24.4	+1.3s	189.922 km/h
8	18	Jo Bonnier	BRM	2:24.9	+1.8s	189.267 km/h
9	38	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	2:26.1	+3.0s	187.713 km/h
10	16	Harry Schell	BRM	2:26.5	+3.4s	187.200 km/h
11	32	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	2:27.0	+3.9s	186.563 km/h
12	36	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	2:27.1	+4.0s	186.436 km/h
13	22	Masten Gregory	Maserati	2:27.6	+4.5s	185.805 km/h
14	30	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	2:28.6	+5.5s	184.554 km/h
15	20	Ron Flockhart	BRM	2:29.8	+6.7s	183.076 km/h
16	34	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	2:33.7	+10.6s	178.431 km/h
17	28	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	2:35.1	+12.0s	176.820 km/h
18	24	Hans Herrmann	Maserati	2:35.1	+12.0s	176.820 km/h
19	50	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:36.6	+13.5s	175.126 km/h
20	26	Wolfgang Seidel	Maserati	2:38.2	+15.1s	173.355 km/h
21	52	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:39.0	+15.9s	172.483 km/h
22	56	Tom Bridger	Cooper-Climax	3:01.0	+37.9s	151.518 km/h
23	58	Robert La Caze	Cooper-Climax	3:03.5	+40.4s	149.454 km/h
24	54	François Picard	Cooper-Climax	3:06.4	+43.3s	147.129 km/h
25	60	André Guelfi	Cooper-Climax	3:09.0	+45.9s	145.105 km/h
WD	40	Paul Emery	Emeryson-Alta	Withdrawn
WD	42	Jean-Claude Vidilles	Cooper-Climax	Withdrawn
WD	44	Keith Hall	Lotus-Climax	Withdrawn
WD	46	Jean Kerguen	Porsche	Withdrawn

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ResultsEdit

Outlined below are the full results for the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	53	2:09:15.0	2	9FL
2	6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	53	+1:24.8	1	6
3	4	Phil Hill	Ferrari	53	+1:25.6	5	4
4	18	Jo Bonnier	BRM	53	+1:46.8	8	3
5	16	Harry Schell	BRM	53	+1:46.8	10	2
6	22	Masten Gregory	Maserati	52	+1 Lap	13
7	30	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	51	+2 Laps	14
8	32	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	50	+3 Laps	11
9	24	Hans Herrmann	Maserati	50	+3 Laps	18
10	34	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	49	+4 Laps	16
11	50	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	49	+4 Laps	19
12	28	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	48	+5 Laps	16
13	52	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	48	+5 Laps	21
14	58	Robert La Caze	Cooper-Climax	48	+5 Laps	23
15	60	André Guelfi	Cooper-Climax	48	+5 Laps	25
16	36	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	45	+8 Laps	12
Ret	12	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	41	Fatal Accident	3
Ret	54	François Picard	Cooper-Climax	31	Accident	24
Ret	56	Tom Bridger	Cooper-Climax	30	Accident	22
Ret	10	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	29	Engine	7
Ret	2	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	29	Accident	6
Ret	14	Jean Behra	BRM	26	Engine	4
Ret	26	Wolfgang Seidel	Maserati	15	Accident	20
Ret	20	Ron Flockhart	BRM	15	Camshaft	15
Ret	38	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	9	Engine	9
WD	40	Paul Emery	Emeryson-Alta
WD	42	Jean-Claude Vidilles	Cooper-Climax
WD	44	Keith Hall	Lotus-Climax
WD	46	Jean Kerguen	Porsche

• ^FL Indicates a driver scored one point for fastest lap.

MilestonesEdit

• Only race for François Picard, Tom Bridger, André Guelfi and Robert La Caze.
• Last race for Gerino Gerini, Stuart Lewis-Evans and Mike Hawthorn.
• First points for Jo Bonnier.
• First Grand Prix for an African driver (Moroccan).

Standings after raceEdit

World Championship for Drivers Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Mike Hawthorn 42 (49) — 2 Stirling Moss 41 — 3 Stirling Moss 24 — 4 Roy Salvadori 15 — 5 Peter Collins 14 — 6 Harry Schell 12 ▲2 7 Maurice Trintignant 12 ▼1 8 Luigi Musso 12 ▼1 9 Stuart Lewis-Evans 11 — 10 Phil Hill 9 ▲5 11 Jean Behra 9 ▼1 12 Wolfgang von Trips 9 ▼1 13 Jimmy Bryan 8 ▼1 14 Juan Manuel Fangio 7 ▼1 15 George Amick 6 ▼1 16 Johnny Boyd 4 — 17 Tony Bettenhausen 4 — 18 Jack Brabham 3 — 19 Cliff Allison 3 — 20 Jo Bonnier 3 — 21 Jim Rathmann 2 —

International Cup for Manufacturers Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Vanwall 48 (57) — 2 Ferrari 40 (57) — 3 Cooper-Climax 31 — 4 BRM 18 — 5 Maserati 6 — 6 Lotus-Climax 3 —

NotesEdit

V T E	Moroccan Grand Prix
Circuits	Ain-Diab Circuit (1957–1958)
Races	1958
Non-Championship Races	1957