1958 Portuguese Grand Prix

  1958 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 11 in the 1958 Formula One season
Date	24 August 1958
Official name	VII Portuguese Grand Prix
Location	Circuito da Boavista Oporto (Porto), Portugal
Course	Public road
Course length	7.4 km (4.625 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 370 km (231.25 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
Time	2:34.21
Fastest lap
Driver	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Time	2:32.37
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
Second	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Third	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall
Lap leaders

The 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuito da Boavista, Oporto on 24 August 1958. It was the ninth race of the 1958 Formula One season.

Mike Hawthorn was at first disqualified during this race, losing seven points. However, Championship rival Stirling Moss had seen the incident which caused the disqualification and went to the judges to revert the decision since he felt Hawthorn had done nothing wrong. Eventually, Hawthorn was classified and retained his seven points.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Stirling Moss	Vanwall	50	2:11:27.80	1	8
2	24	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	50	+ 5:12.75	2	7
3	6	Stuart Lewis-Evans	Vanwall	49	+ 1 Lap	3	4
4	8	Jean Behra	BRM	49	+ 1 Lap	4	3
5	22	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	49	+ 1 Lap	6	2
6	10	Harry Schell	BRM	49	+ 1 Lap	7
7	14	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	48	+ 2 Laps	8
8	12	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	48	+ 2 Laps	9
9	16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	46	+ 4 Laps	11
Ret	28	Carroll Shelby	Maserati	47	Brakes	10
Ret	4	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	37	Spun Off	5
Ret	20	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	25	Spun Off	12
Ret	18	Cliff Allison	Maserati	15	Engine	13
Ret	32	Jo Bonnier	Maserati	9	Physical	14
Ret	30	Maria Teresa de Filippis	Maserati	6	Engine	15
DNA	26	Phil Hill	Ferrari
DNA	34	Casimiro de Oliveira	Maserati
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Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mike Hawthorn 36 (37) 2 Stirling Moss 32 3 Tony Brooks 16 4 Peter Collins 14 5 Roy Salvadori 13

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Vanwall 41 1 2 Ferrari 40 (45) 3 Cooper-Climax 29 4 BRM 15 5 Maserati 6

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results counted towards each Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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