1958 German Grand Prix

1958 German Grand Prix
Race 8 of 11 in the 1958 Formula One season
Nürburgring layout
Race details
Date	3 August 1958
Official name	XX Großer Preis von Deutschland
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	22.810 km (14.173 miles)
Distance	15 laps, 342.150 km (212.595 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Time	9:14.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
Time	9:09.2
Podium
First	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
Second	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax
Third	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax
Lap leaders

The 1958 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 3 August 1958 at Nürburgring. It was the eighth race of the 1958 Formula One season.

To increase participation, the organizers opened the field to Formula 2 cars. Also, the race distance was shortened to 15 laps from 22 previously. The two races were run at the same time but the Formula 2 entries (shown in yellow) were not eligible for World Championship points and some sources do not consider these starts in career stats. Peter Collins died after an accident on the 11th lap, as rival Tony Brooks went on to victory. On lap 11 during the race while Collins was chasing Tony Brooks' Vanwall in the Pflanzgarten section Collins had a fatal accident as his Ferrari ran too wide, crashed into a ditch and went flying into the air. His car then somersaulted and he struck a tree head first while he was pushing his Ferrari to the limit, although he was given medical treatment he died in hospital later that day. Brooks said in his biography that Peter Collins drove harder than any other driver he had ever faced in his racing career. But others believed he had almost suffered the same incident as Luigi Musso did at the 1958 French Grand Prix earlier that season.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	15	2:21:15.0	2	8
2	10	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	15	+3:29.7	6	6
3	11	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	15	+5:11.2	7	4
4	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	15	+6:16.3	5	3
5	20	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	15	+6:26.3	12
6	21	Edgar Barth	Porsche	15	+6:32.4	13
7	26	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	15	+6:59.3	11
8	30	Tony Marsh	Cooper-Climax	15	+7:09.9	14
9	23	Phil Hill	Ferrari	15	+7:45.5	10
10	12	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	13	+2 Laps	24	0*
11	28	Ivor Bueb	Lotus-Climax	13	+2 Laps	16
Ret	3	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	11	Clutch	1
Ret	2	Peter Collins	Ferrari	10	Fatal Accident	4
Ret	22	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper-Climax	9	Suspension	17
Ret	6	Harry Schell	BRM	9	Brakes	8
Ret	27	Christian Goethals	Cooper-Climax	4	Fuel pump	23
Ret	25	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	4	Oil pipe	22
Ret	5	Jean Behra	BRM	4	Suspension	9
Ret	18	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	3	Engine	15
Ret	17	Hans Herrmann	Maserati	3	Engine	20
Ret	7	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	3	Magneto	3	1
Ret	19	Dick Gibson	Cooper-Climax	2	Engine	18
Ret	29	Brian Naylor	Cooper-Climax	1	Fuel pump	25
Ret	24	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	Collision	19
Ret	16	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	1	Accident	21
DNS	14	Troy Ruttman	Maserati		Engine
Source:

* Despite being the fifth-placed Formula One car, Allison scored no points because he finished tenth on the road behind five Formula Two cars

Notes

• No points awarded for fifth to Bruce McLaren (as he was driving Formula 2 car). The fifth-placed Formula 1 car finished behind five Formula 2 entries.
• Excluding the Indianapolis 500, this was the first championship race in F1 history not to feature an Italian driver.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Mike Hawthorn	30
	2	Stirling Moss	24
4	3	Tony Brooks	16
1	4	Peter Collins	14
4	5	Roy Salvadori	13

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Ferrari	37 (39)
	2	Vanwall	33
	3	Cooper-Climax	29
	4	BRM	12
	5	Maserati	6

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best six results counted towards each Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.