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XVIe Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco

18 May 1958Monte Carlo314.500 km (3145 m x 100 Laps)

 Pole Position: Tony Brooks, Vanwall VW10, 1:39.8 (113.4 km/h) Fastest Lap: Mike Hawthorn, Ferrari Dino 246, 1:40.6 (112.5 km/h lap 36) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 20 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T45-Climax 2:52:27.9 109.4 km/h 2 34 Luigi Musso Ferrari Dino 246 2:52:48.1 109.2 km/h 3 36 Peter Collins Ferrari Dino 246 2:53:06.7 109.0 km/h 4 16 Jack Brabham Cooper T45-Climax -3 Laps 5 8 Harry Schell BRM P25 -9 Laps 40 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari Dino 246 91 Engine 6 24 Cliff Allison Lotus 12-Climax -13 Laps Did Not Finish: 58 Jo Bonnier Maserati 250F 71 Accident 26 Graham Hill Lotus 12-Climax 69 Halfshaft/Wheel lost 18 Roy Salvadori Cooper T45-Climax 56 Gearbox 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Dino 246 47 Fuel pump 28 Stirling Moss Vanwall VW7 38 Engine 6 Jean Behra BRM P25 29 Brakes 46 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 250F 28 Engine 30 Tony Brooks Vanwall VW10 22 Engine/Spark plugs 32 Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall VW5 11 Overheating Did Not Qualify: 22 Ron Flockhart Cooper T43-Climax 4 Francesco Godia-Sales Maserati 250F 50 Ken Kavanagh Maserati 250F 48 Gerino Gerini Maserati 250F 12 Bruce Kessler Connaught B-Alta 14 Paul Emery Connaught B-Alta 44 Maria-Teresa de Filippis Maserati 250F 56 André Testut Maserati 250F 52 Giulio Cabianca OSCA F2 54 Luigi Piotti OSCA F2 42 Horace Gould Maserati 250F 12 Bernie Ecclestone Connaught B-Alta 50 Luigi Taramazzo Maserati 250F 56 Louis Chiron Maserati 250F Did Not Appear: 2 Keith Campbell Maserati 250F 10 Ron Flockhart BRM P25 Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 6 Jean Behra BRM P25 1-27 27 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Dino 246 28-32 14 28 Stirling Moss Vanwall VW7 33-38 6 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Dino 246 39-47 20 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T45-Climax 48-100 53 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 30 Tony Brooks Vanwall VW10 1:39.8 113.4 Vandervell Products Ltd 2 6 Jean Behra BRM P25 1:40.8 112.3 Owen Racing Organisation 3 16 Jack Brabham Cooper T45-Climax 1:41.0 112.1 Cooper Car Co 4 18 Roy Salvadori Cooper T45-Climax 1:41.0 112.1 Cooper Car Co 5 20 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T45-Climax 1:41.1 112.0 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 6 38 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Dino 246 1:41.5 111.5 Scuderia Ferrari 7 32 Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall VW5 1:41.8 111.2 Vandervell Products Ltd 8 28 Stirling Moss Vanwall VW7 1:42.3 110.7 Vandervell Products Ltd 9 36 Peter Collins Ferrari Dino 246 1:42.4 110.6 Scuderia Ferrari 10 34 Luigi Musso Ferrari Dino 246 1:42.6 110.4 Scuderia Ferrari 11 8 Harry Schell BRM P25 1:43.8 109.1 Owen Racing Organisation 12 40 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari Dino 246 1:44.3 108.6 Scuderia Ferrari 13 24 Cliff Allison Lotus 12-Climax 1:44.6 108.2 Team Lotus 14 46 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 250F 1:44.7 108.1 Giorgio Scarlatti 15 26 Graham Hill Lotus 12-Climax 1:45.0 107.8 Team Lotus 16 58 Jo Bonnier Maserati 250F 1:45.0 107.8 Jo Bonnier Did Not Qualify: 17 22 Ron Flockhart Cooper T43-Climax 1:45.9 106.9 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 18 4 Francesco Godia-Sales Maserati 250F 1:46.0 106.8 Francesco Godia-Sales 19 50 Ken Kavanagh Maserati 250F 1:49.0 103.9 Ken Kavanagh 20 48 Gerino Gerini Maserati 250F 1:49.8 103.1 Scuderia Centro Sud 21 12 Bruce Kessler Connaught B-Alta 1:50.5 102.5 BC Ecclestone 22 14 Paul Emery Connaught B-Alta 1:50.8 102.2 BC Ecclestone 23 44 Maria-Teresa de Filippis Maserati 250F 1:50.8 102.2 Maria-Teresa de Filippis 24 56 André Testut Maserati 250F 1:51.4 101.6 André Testut 25 52 Giulio Cabianca OSCA F2 1:52.0 101.1 OSCA Automobili 26 54 Luigi Piotti OSCA F2 1:52.4 100.7 OSCA Automobili 27 42 Horace Gould Maserati 250F 1:54.0 99.3 H.H. Gould 28 12 Bernie Ecclestone Connaught B-Alta 6:05.0 31.0 BC Ecclestone 29 50 Luigi Taramazzo Maserati 250F - - Ken Kavanagh 30 56 Louis Chiron Maserati 250F - - André Testut Not Present: 2 Keith Campbell Maserati 250F - - Keith Campbell 10 Ron Flockhart BRM P25 - - Owen Racing Organisation
Starting Grid:
30 Tony Brooks
Vanwall VW10
1:39.8
6 Jean Behra
BRM P25
1:40.8
16 Jack Brabham
Cooper T45-Climax
1:41.0
18 Roy Salvadori
Cooper T45-Climax
1:41.0
20 Maurice Trintignant
Cooper T45-Climax
1:41.1
38 Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari Dino 246
1:41.5
32 Stuart Lewis-Evans
Vanwall VW5
1:41.8
28 Stirling Moss
Vanwall VW7
1:42.3
36 Peter Collins
Ferrari Dino 246
1:42.4
34 Luigi Musso
Ferrari Dino 246
1:42.6
8 Harry Schell
BRM P25
1:43.8
40 Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari Dino 246
1:44.3
24 Cliff Allison
Lotus 12-Climax
1:44.6
46 Giorgio Scarlatti
Maserati 250F
1:44.7
26 Graham Hill
Lotus 12-Climax
1:45.0
58 Jo Bonnier
Maserati 250F
1:45.0
Notes:
  • Weather: Sunny, Hot, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    Ferrari had won the non-championship Syracuse and International Trophy races in the Spring with the new Ferrari Dino 246s and so they were expected to do well in Monaco but after practice there were British cars monopolizing the two front rows of the grid with Tony Brooks on pole with his Vanwall, Jean Behra second in a BRM and Jack Brabham completing the front row in his Cooper. The second row featured Roy Salvadori in the second factory Cooper and Maurice Trintignant in a Rob Walker Cooper. Mike Hawthorn's Ferrari shared row three with the Vanwalls of Stuart Lewis-Evans and Stirling Moss.

    It was a significant event in that it marked the World Championship debut of Team Lotus with drivers Cliff Allison and Graham Hill. It also saw a revival at international level of a Connaught team, Bernie Ecclestone having bought the cars. Bruce Kessler, Paul Emery and Ecclestone himself all tried to qualify the cars but without success.

    The race saw Salvadori take the lead at the start from Brooks and Behra but the Englishman went wide at the first corner and had to pit after his suspension was bent by contact with another car. Behra thus took the lead from Brooks, Brabham and Moss. Hawthorn was the star of the early laps as he moved up to third place by lap eight. It would be another 11 laps before the Ferrari passed Brooks, who was suffering from a misfire which would lead to his retirement on lap 22. While this was going on Moss was closing up on Hawthorn. Behra went into the pits with brake trouble sooner afterwards and so Hawthorn and Moss began to battle for the lead. Moss took the lead on lap 33 but he retired with an engine failure five laps later and so Hawthorn was back in the lead. On lap 46 he stopped with a broken fuel pump. This left Trintignant in the lead in his Cooper and with a lead of 40 seconds he was safe for the rest of the event, being followed home by Musso and Peter Collins. Brabham finished fourth with Schell and Allison being credited with fifth and sixth places, despite finishing many laps behind.