1958 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1958 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 May 1958 at Monaco. It was the second round of the 1958 Formula One season.

Race report

Lotus 12, chassis no 353, (pictured above in 2010) was driven by Graham Hill in his Grand Prix debut at Monaco in 1958

Vanwall and BRM returned after their Argentine absence and so Stirling Moss went back to his regular drive. In his place with the new 2000cc engined Cooper was French driver Maurice Trintignant. Jean Behra led until his brakes failed, and then Mike Hawthorn swept by in the Ferrari. Moss had been duelling with him throughout the race until he retired on lap 38, and Hawthorn followed suit on lap 47 with a broken fuel pump. Graham Hill retired from fourth place in his first race on lap 69, after briefly leading. Stuart Lewis-Evans and Tony Brooks retired, leaving Trintignant to lead home by some 20 seconds giving Cooper its second race win of the year.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	100	2:52:27.9	5	8
2	34	Luigi Musso	Ferrari	100	+20.2 secs	10	6
3	36	Peter Collins	Ferrari	100	+38.8 secs	9	4
4	16	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	97	+3 Laps	3	3
5	8	Harry Schell	BRM	91	+9 Laps	12	2
6	24	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	87	+13 Laps	13
Ret	40	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	91	Engine	11
Ret	58	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	71	Accident	16
Ret	26	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	69	Halfshaft	15
Ret	18	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	56	Gearbox	4
Ret	38	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	47	Fuel pump	6	1
Ret	28	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	38	Engine	8
Ret	6	Jean Behra	BRM	29	Brakes	2
Ret	46	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati	28	Engine	14
Ret	30	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	22	Engine	1
Ret	32	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	11	Overheating	7
DNQ	22	Ron Flockhart	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	50	Ken Kavanagh	Maserati
DNQ	48	Gerino Gerini	Maserati
DNQ	12	Bruce Kessler	Connaught-Alta
DNQ	14	Paul Emery	Connaught-Alta
DNQ	44	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati
DNQ	56	André Testut	Maserati
DNQ	52	Giulio Cabianca	Osca
DNQ	54	Luigi Piotti	Osca
DNQ	42	Horace Gould	Maserati
DNQ	10	Ron Flockhart	BRM
DNQ	12	Bernie Ecclestone	Connaught-Alta
DNQ	50	Luigi Taramazzo	Maserati
DNQ	56	Louis Chiron	Maserati
DNQ	4	Paco Godia	Maserati

Notes

• Pole position: Tony Brooks - 1:39.8
• Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn - 1:40.6
• Lap Leaders: Jean Behra 27 laps (1-27); Mike Hawthorn 14 laps (28-32, 39-47); Stirling Moss 6 laps (33-38); Maurice Trintignant 53 laps (48-100).
• First win for Dunlop in Formula One.
• Formula One World Championship debut for the Lotus team.
• First F1 Grand Prix for Graham Hill.
• Last F1 Grand Prix drive for Louis Chiron.

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Luigi Musso	12
2	Stirling Moss	8
3	Maurice Trintignant	8
4	Mike Hawthorn	5
5	Peter Collins	4

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	16
2	Ferrari	12
3	Maserati	3
4	BRM	2

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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