1958 Italian Grand Prix: F1 Race, Qualifying & Winners

Tony Brooks turned a difficult start into a magnificent Monza victory in the 1958 Italian Grand Prix. His recovery secured Vanwall the inaugural constructors’ title, while Mike Hawthorn salvaged second with a failing clutch to strengthen his position in the drivers’ championship.

Result	Driver / Time	Team
Pole position	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
Pole time	1:40.500
Fastest lap	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Fastest-lap time	1:42.900 on lap 26
First	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
Second	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Third	Phil Hill	Ferrari

Weekend Schedule

Date	Session	Local Time
5 September 1958	Friday timed practice	Start time unconfirmed
6 September 1958	Saturday final qualifying	Start time unconfirmed
7 September 1958	Race	Start time unconfirmed

All times are local. The race time is the scheduled start; weather delays and interruptions are described below.

Championship background

Mike Hawthorn arrived at round 10 leading the 1958 F1 World Championship on 36 points, with Stirling Moss on 32.

Race entries

Ferrari fielded Hawthorn, Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips and Olivier Gendebien, with several brake and engine combinations under evaluation. Jo Bonnier joined BRM alongside Jean Behra and Harry Schell. Masten Gregory returned after injury in the Temple Buell Maserati, while Carroll Shelby drove a separate Centro Sud entry.

Friday timed practice

Monza prompted some striking experiments. Moss tried a transparent cockpit canopy on his Vanwall, but the extra comfort brought no useful speed advantage and a missed gear damaged his engine. Ferrari evaluated revised engines and brakes, with Hawthorn trying disc brakes. Brooks set the afternoon’s quickest lap, while an engine failure left Allison needing a replacement for his older Lotus.

Saturday final qualifying

Vanwall abandoned its canopy experiment and fitted a replacement engine for Moss, who delivered a late 1:40.5 to take pole. Brooks completed a Vanwall one-two, with Hawthorn and Lewis-Evans filling the remaining front-row places. Ferrari changed Hawthorn’s engine specification again, while Allison faced the race with a smaller 1.5-litre engine. Shelby’s preparations were disrupted by a driveshaft failure and a change of car.

Qualifying Classification

The best lap across the two timed practice days established the grid. The road circuit was used, without the banking; there were no separate knockout qualifying stages.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Best Time
1	26	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	1:40.500
2	28	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	1:41.2
3	14	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:41.8
4	30	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	1:42.4
5	20	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	1:42.5
6	16	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	1:42.6
7	18	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:42.7
8	8	Jean Behra	BRM	1:43.2
9	10	Harry Schell	BRM	1:43.2
10	12	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1:44.7
11	32	Masten Gregory	Maserati	1:44.9
12	38	Graham Hill	Lotus	1:46.0
13	2	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	1:46.4
14	6	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	1:47.0
15	4	Jack Brabham	Cooper	1:47.3
16	36	Cliff Allison	Lotus	1:47.8
17	34	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	1:48.0
18	24	Hans Herrmann	Maserati	1:49.8
19	40	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	1:50.1
20	22	Giulio Cabianca	Maserati	1:54.6
21	42	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati	1:55.9

What happened in the 1958 Italian Grand Prix?

Phil Hill burst into the lead from the second row, but an early tyre problem forced him into the pits. The opening lap also eliminated von Trips and Schell in a collision, while contact between Brabham and Gendebien eventually put both cars out. Hawthorn and Moss fought at the front until the Vanwall‘s gearbox failed.

Brooks had lost considerable time investigating an oil leak, yet his car remained competitive. As Ferrari made tyre stops, he steadily worked back towards Hawthorn. Gregory also pressed the Ferrari hard before exhaustion on his return from injury prompted him to hand over to Shelby.

Hawthorn’s clutch began slipping in the closing stages, and Brooks caught and passed him to win. Hawthorn nursed the Ferrari home second ahead of Phil Hill, who set fastest lap. Gregory and Shelby shared fourth without scoring points under the new shared-drive rule, leaving Salvadori fifth. Vanwall had clinched the manufacturers’ championship, though Hawthorn remained ahead of Moss in the drivers’ contest.

After the race, Mike Hawthorn headed the drivers’ standings with 40 points, followed by Stirling Moss on 32.

1958 Italian Grand Prix race results

The 1958 Italian Grand Prix was held on 7 September 1958.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time / Retired	Pts.
1	28	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	70	2:03:47.8	8
2	14	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	70	+ 24.2	6
3	18	Phil Hill	Ferrari	70	+ 28.3	5
4	32	Masten Gregory / Carroll Shelby	Maserati	69	+ 1 Lap	0
5	6	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	62	+ 8 Laps	2
6	38	Graham Hill	Lotus	62	+ 8 Laps	0
7	36	Cliff Allison	Lotus	61	+ 9 Laps	0
Ret	42	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati	57	Engine	0
Ret	22	Giulio Cabianca	Maserati	51	Engine	0
Ret	8	Jean Behra	BRM	42	Clutch	0
Ret	24	Hans Herrmann	Maserati	32	Engine	0
Ret	30	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	30	Overheating	0
Ret	2	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	24	Gearbox	0
Ret	26	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	17	Gearbox	0
Ret	12	Jo Bonnier	BRM	14	Transmission	0
Ret	20	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	4	Suspension	0
Ret	40	Gerino Gerini	Maserati	2	Accident	0
Ret	34	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	1	Handling	0
Ret	16	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	0	Accident	0
Ret	10	Harry Schell	BRM	0	Accident	0
Ret	4	Jack Brabham	Cooper	0	Suspension	0

Includes 1 point for fastest lap

No points awarded for shared drive

1958 Italian Grand Prix Fastest Laps

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Lap	Time
1	18	Phil Hill	Ferrari	26	1:42.900

Only drivers with a recorded lap time appear. One championship point was awarded for fastest lap, divided equally when shared.

1958 Post-Race F1 Championship Standings

Championship standings after the 1958 Italian Grand Prix.

1958 Post-Race F1 Drivers' Championship Standings

POS	Driver	Nationality	Car	PTS
1	Mike Hawthorn	British	Ferrari	40
2	Stirling Moss	British	Cooper / Vanwall	32
3	Tony Brooks	British	Vanwall	24
4	Roy Salvadori	British	Cooper	15
5	Peter Collins	British	Ferrari	14
6	Maurice Trintignant	French	Cooper / Maserati / BRM	12
7	Luigi Musso	Italian	Ferrari	12
8	Harry Schell	American	Maserati / BRM	12
9	Stuart Lewis-Evans	British	Vanwall	11
10	Wolfgang von Trips	German	Ferrari	9
11	Jean Behra	French	Maserati / BRM	9
12	Jimmy Bryan	American	Epperly	8
13	Juan Manuel Fangio	Argentine	Maserati	7
14	George Amick	American	Epperly	6
15	Phil Hill	American	Maserati / Ferrari	5
16	Johnny Boyd	American	Kurtis Kraft	4
17	Tony Bettenhausen	American	Epperly	4
18	Jack Brabham	Australian	Cooper	3
19	Cliff Allison	British	Team Lotus / Maserati	3
20	Jim Rathmann	American	Epperly	2
—	Carroll Shelby	American	Maserati	0
—	Masten Gregory	American	Maserati	0
—	Bruce McLaren	New Zealander	Cooper	0
—	Graham Hill	British	Team Lotus	0
—	Olivier Gendebien	Belgian	Ferrari	0
—	Jimmy Reece	American	Watson	0
—	Edgar Barth	German	Porsche	0
—	Ian Burgess	British	Cooper	0
—	Carlos Menditeguy	Argentine	Maserati	0
—	Don Freeland	American	Phillips	0
—	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	Maserati / BRM	0
—	Paco Godia	Spanish	Maserati	0
—	Jud Larson	American	Watson	0
—	Tony Marsh	British	Cooper	0
—	Gerino Gerini	Italian	Maserati	0
—	Horace Gould	British	Maserati	0
—	Eddie Johnson	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Maria de Filippis	Italian	Maserati	0
—	Troy Ruttman	American	Maserati	0
—	Bill Cheesbourg	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Ivor Bueb	British	Connaught / Team Lotus	0
—	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Dutch	Porsche	0
—	Al Keller	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Johnnie Parsons	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Johnnie Tolan	American	Kuzma	0
—	Giulio Cabianca	Italian	OSCA / Maserati	0
—	Hans Herrmann	German	Maserati	0
—	Giorgio Scarlatti	Italian	Maserati	0
—	Wolfgang Seidel	German	Maserati / Cooper	0
—	Bob Christie	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Dempsey Wilson	American	Kuzma	0
—	Anthony Foyt	American	Kuzma	0
—	Christian Goethals	Belgian	Cooper	0
—	Mike Magill	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Paul Russo	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Alan Stacey	British	Team Lotus	0
—	Shorty Templeman	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Rodger Ward	American	Lesovsky	0
—	Jack Fairman	British	Connaught	0
—	Billy Garrett	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Eddie Sachs	American	Kuzma	0
—	Dick Gibson	British	Cooper	0
—	Johnny Thomson	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Brian Naylor	British	Cooper	0
—	Chuck Weyant	American	Dunn	0
—	Jack Turner	American	Lesovsky	0
—	Bob Veith	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Dick Rathmann	American	Watson	0
—	Ed Elisian	American	Watson	0
—	Pat O'Connor	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Paul Goldsmith	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Jerry Unser	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Len Sutton	American	Kurtis Kraft	0
—	Art Bisch	American	Kuzma	0

1958 Post-Race F1 Constructors' Championship Standings

POS	Car	PTS
1	Vanwall	46
2	Ferrari	40
3	Cooper	31
4	BRM	15
5	Maserati	6
6	Team Lotus	3
—	Porsche	0
—	Connaught	0

Drivers counted their best 6 results. The first five places earned 8–6–4–3–2 points, with one further point for fastest lap, shared equally when necessary. Shared drives earned no championship points. Constructors also retained their best 6 results, scoring through only their highest-placed eligible car, without fastest-lap points. Indianapolis counted for drivers only.

1958 Formula 1 Race Calendar

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	1958 Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires	19 January
2	1958 Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	18 May
3	1958 Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	26 May
4	1958 Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana	30 May
5	1958 Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	15 June
6	1958 French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux, Reims	6 July
7	1958 British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	19 July
8	1958 German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	3 August
9	1958 Portuguese Grand Prix	Circuito da Boavista, Porto	24 August
10	1958 Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	7 September
11	1958 Moroccan Grand Prix	Ain-Diab Circuit, Casablanca	19 October