Sports car world championship 1958
The 1958 World Sports Car Championship was the sixth season of this championship. It began on January 26th and ended on September 13th, 1958.
championship
For the 1958 season, the CSI created new technical regulations, the main content of which was to reduce the engine displacement to 3 liters. Regardless of this, Maserati withdrew its racing team from international motorsport for financial reasons after the end of the 1957 racing season.
The two dominant vehicles of the season were the Ferrari 250TR / 58 and the Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 . Although Aston Martin was able to win two races of the season with the DBR1 / 300, Ferrari was already world champion after the fifth round of the season. For Enzo Ferrari's team it was the fifth world title since the championship was introduced in 1953 . Scuderia works cars won the first three races of the season in Buenos Aires , Sebring and Sicily . It was not until the fourth round, the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring , that Stirling Moss and Jack Brabham clinched their first victory for Aston Martin. Due to the success of Olivier Gendebien and Phil Hill at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , Ferrari could no longer be overtaken in the overall standings and decided not to compete in the RAC Tourist Trophy , where Aston Martin celebrated their second win of the season.
As in previous years, championship points were awarded in the respective races for the first six placed in the order 8-6-4-3-2-1. The exception was the Tourist Trophy, where only the first four points in the order 4-3-2-1 were counted for the world championship. The five best results of the season counted for the overall ranking of the World Championship.
Racing calendar
| No. | date | Race name / circuit |
team | Overall winner | vehicle | championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 26th |
 1000 km race of Buenos Aires( Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz ) |
 Scuderia Ferrari
|
 Peter Collins Phil Hill
|
Ferrari 250TR / 58 | Brands |
| 2 | March 22 |
Sebring 12-hour race ( Sebring International Raceway ) |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Peter Collins Phil Hill
|
Ferrari 250TR / 58 | Brands |
| 3 | May 11th |
Targa Florio ( Piccolo circuito delle Madonie ) |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
 Olivier Gendebien Luigi Musso
|
Ferrari 250TR / 58 | Brands |
| 4th | June 1st |
 1000 km race on the Nürburgring( Nürburgring ) |
David Brown Aston Martin Ltd.
|
Stirling Moss Jack Brabham
|
Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 | Brands |
| 5 | June 21-22 |
 24 Hours of Le Mans( Circuit des 24 Heures ) |
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Olivier Gendebien Phil Hill
|
Ferrari 250TR / 58 | Brands |
| 6th | 13.september |
RAC Tourist Trophy ( Goodwood Circuit ) |
David Brown Ltd.
|
Stirling Moss Tony Brooks
|
Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 | Brands |
Brand world championship for designers
Overall rating
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ferrari
|
8th | 8th | 8th | (6) | 8th | 0 | 32 |
| 2 |
Porsche
|
4th | 4th | 6th | (1) | 4th | (1) | 18th |
| 3 |
Aston Martin
|
8th | 6th | 4th | 18th | |||
| 4th |
lotus
|
3 | 3 | |||||
| 5 |
OSCA
|
2 | 2 |
literature
- Alain Bienvenu: Endurance. 50 ans d'histoire. Volume 2: 1964-1981. Éditions ETAI, Boulogne-Billancourt 2004, ISBN 2-7268-9327-9 .
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .