1958 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix was held on August 24, and was the ninth race of the season. The race was won by Stirling Moss in a Vanwall, but main rival Mike Hawthorn brought home his Ferrari in second, and with the point for fastest lap Moss only made up one point on Hawthorn in the standings.

BackgroundEdit

Entry listEdit

The full entry list for the 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Stirling Moss	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	D
4	Tony Brooks	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	D
6	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW 5	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	D
8	Jean Behra	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
10	Harry Schell	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
12	Maurice Trintignant	RRC Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 2.2	D
14	Jack Brabham	Cooper Racing Organization	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 2.2	D
16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper Racing Organization	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 2.2	D
18	Cliff Allison	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
20	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF L4 2.0	D
22	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	143 V6 2.4	E
24	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	143 V6 2.4	E
26	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	143 V6 2.4	E
28	Carroll Shelby	Temple Buell	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
30	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
32	Jo Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P
34	Casimiro de Oliveira	Privateer	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	P

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	2	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	2:34.21	—
2	24	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:34.26	+ 0.05
3	6	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	2:34.60	+ 0.39
4	8	Jean Behra	BRM	2:34.99	+ 0.78
5	4	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2:35.96	+ 1.75
6	22	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	2:37.04	+ 2.83
7	10	Harry Schell	BRM	2:37.05	+ 2.84
8	14	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:37.46	+ 3.25
9	12	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	2:37.97	+ 3.76
10	28	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	2:43.03	+ 8.82
11	16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	2:34.26	+ 0.05
12	20	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	2:46.22	+ 12.01
13	18	Cliff Allison	Maserati	2:46.27	+ 12.06
14	32	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	2:46.60	+ 12.39
15	30	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati	3:01.95	+ 27.74

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ResultsEdit

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	50	2:11:27.80	1	8
2	24	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	50	+ 5:12.75	2	7*
3	6	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	49	+ 1 Lap	3	4
4	8	Jean Behra	BRM	49	+ 1 Lap	4	3
5	22	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	49	+ 1 Lap	6	2
6	10	Harry Schell	BRM	49	+ 1 Lap	7
7	14	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	48	+ 2 Laps	8
8	12	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	48	+ 2 Laps	9
Ret	28	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	47	Brakes	10
9	16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	46	+ 4 Laps	11
Ret	4	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	37	Spun Off	5
Ret	20	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	25	Spun Off	12
Ret	18	Cliff Allison	Maserati	15	Engine	13
Ret	32	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	9	Physical	14
Ret	30	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati	6	Engine	15
DNA	26	Phil Hill	Ferrari
DNA	34	Casimiro de Oliveira	Maserati
Source: [1]

Notes

• * – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

MilestonesEdit

Standings after raceEdit

ReferencesEdit

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