1958 World Sportscar Championship Explained

The 1958 World Sportscar Championship was a motor racing series for sportscars which ran from 26 January to 13 September 1958 and comprised six races in six countries. It was the sixth World Sportscar Championship.

The championship was won by Ferrari.

Season

After major accidents at the 1955 Les 24 Heures du Mans and 1957 Mille Miglia, the sport's governing body, F.I.A. and its Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) dictated several technical changes to the 1958 Sports Car regulations with engine capacity now limited to three litres. Although Le Mans continued, the Mille Miglia was never run in its original format again and was dropped from the calendar, with the Sicilian Targa Florio replacing it as the Italian round of the championship.[1] [2] [3]

This allowed Scuderia Ferrari to dominate the season, as Maserati withdrew from motor racing, leaving Aston Martin and Porsche as the main opposition, but as the previous seasons, the majority of the fields were made up of amateur or gentlemen drivers, often up against professional racing drivers with experience in Formula One.

Season results

Race results

RoundDateEventCircuit or LocationWinning driverWinning teamWinning carResults
1January 26 1000km of Buenos AiresAutódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz Peter Collins
Phil Hill
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 58Results
2March 22 12-Hour Florida International Grand Prix of Endurance for The Amoco TrophySebring International Raceway Phil Hill
Peter Collins
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 58Results
3May 11 Targa FlorioCircuito Piccolo delle Madonie Luigi Musso
Olivier Gendebien
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 58Results
4June 1 Internationales ADAC 1000 Kilometre Rennen NürburgringNürburgring Stirling Moss
Jack Brabham
David Brown, Aston Martin Ltd. Aston Martin DBR1/300Results
5June 21–22 24 Heures du MansCircuit de la Sarthe Olivier Gendebien
Phil Hill
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 250 TR 58Results
6September 13 RAC Tourist TrophyGoodwood Circuit Stirling Moss
Tony Brooks
David Brown Ltd. Aston Martin DBR1/300Results

Championship standings

Pos Manufacturer BUE SEB TGA NÜR TTRTotal
1 [4] Ferrari888(6)832 (38)
2 Porsche446(1)4(1)18 (20)
3 Aston Martin86418
4 Lotus33
5 O.S.C.A.22

[5]

The cars

The following models contributed to the net championship point scores of their respective manufacturers.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cavallion.com/images/samples/174-BA%20Race.pdf{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: World Sports Car Championship . 2016-01-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055916/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/gen/wsc.html . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: 1957 Maserati 450 S.
  4. 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey Section, Previous FIA Championship Winners, page 122
  5. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 266