1958 Moroccan Grand Prix

F1 1958 Italian Grand Prix 1959 Monaco Grand Prix Morocco Moroccan VII Grand Prix International Automobile du Maroc 19 October Ain-Diab.svg 1958 Ain-Diab CircuitCasablanca Road-based with permanent infrastructure 4.734 7.618 53 250.902 403.754 Warm, dry, sunny Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:23.1 UK Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:22.5 21 UK Stirling Moss Vanwall UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari UK Phil Hill Ferrari USA 1912 MAR The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix, formally the VII Grand Prix International Automobile du Maroc, was a Formula One motor race held at Ain-Diab Circuit, Casablanca on 19 October 1958, after a six-week break following the Italian Grand Prix. It was race 11 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 10 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It is the only time Morocco has hosted a World Championship Grand Prix.https://racingnews365.com/the-story-of-formula-1s-only-moroccan-grand-prix The story of Formula 1's only Moroccan Grand Prix Racingnews365.com 18 February 2021 13 August 2022 Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) started from pole position, but Stirling Moss won the race driving for Vanwall. Hawthorn finished second which secured him the World Drivers' Championship. Phil Hill was third, also for Ferrari. Vanwall made sure of the World Constructors' Championship and both this and Hawthorn's drivers' title were firsts for British teams or drivers. On 21 October 1958, Hawthorn retired from the sport after winning the title, but died after a road accident. The race saw an accident involving Stuart Lewis-Evans, who died six days later from the burns he sustained. Report Background Both Mike Hawthorn and Stirling Moss came into the race with a chance of becoming World Drivers' Champion. Moss, on 32 points, needed to win the race and set fastest lap, with Hawthorn (40 pts) finishing no higher than third or to win without fastest lap with Hawthorn again finishing third or lower but also without fastest lap. Practice and qualifying There was an entry of 25 cars, of which 19 were to Formula One (F1) specification. Ferrari and Vanwall entered three cars each, BRM four and Lotus and Cooper two each. There were a further five non-works F1 entries. Six Formula Two Coopers brought the total entry to 25.Jenkinson Denis Denis Jenkinson Grand Prix Du Maroc: Moss (Vanwall) is perfection - but it is not enough 14 Motor Sport magazine archive http://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1958/14/grand-prix-du-maroc November 1958 21 October 2015 In Friday practice, Jean Behra (BRM) set fastest time at 2:25.2. Tony Brooks (Vanwall) and Hawthorn (Ferrari) were second and third, four and five tenths behind respectively. Moss did not better 2:26, despite a late attempt, having been hampered by other cars during some of his fast lap attempts. On the Saturday, Hawthorn set fastest time with 2:23.1 which was one-tenth ahead of Moss who was content with his position in the middle of the front row on the three-then-two grid. Stuart Lewis-Evans was on his outside, a further half-a-second behind. The second row was made up of Phil Hill (Ferrari) and Behra. Race Moss and Lewis-Evans led away, with Phil Hill also making a good start from the second row. At the end of the first lap, Moss led from Hill and Hawthorn was third followed by Jo Bonnier, Brooks, Lewis-Evans and Behra. On lap three, Hill tried to out-brake Moss, but failed, and left the track without damaging the car, allowing Hawthorn and Bonnier to pass. Moss, now unhampered, began to draw away from Hawthorn who was being caught by Hill who had passed Bonnier after recovering from the earlier incident. By lap eight, Hill had passed Hawthorn but had little hope of catching Moss, who was already lapping the Formula Two cars at the rear of the field. Moss's teammate, Brooks, chased down Bonnier for fourth place and subsequently passed Hawthorn for third on lap 17. On lap 18 Moss was involved in a minor collision with the Maserati of Wolfgang Seidel which forced the latter to retire and Moss to be wary of engine temperature thereafter. At 25 laps, Moss led Hill by 20s with Brooks a further 42s behind. Hawthorn was fourth followed by Bonnier and Olivier Gendebien with Lewis-Evans, Behra, Masten Gregory and Harry Schell completing the first ten runners. Hawthorn re-passed Brooks shortly afterwards and on lap 30 Brooks's engine blew and he retired. This left Hawthorn in third place, but some distance behind Hill, who was 27s behind Moss and steadily losing ground on the leader. At this point, Gendebien, Tom Bridger and François Picard all retired through accidents, with only the latter sustaining more than minor injuries. Hill had little hope of catching Moss and the Ferrari team signalled to him to allow Hawthorn to catch up and take the second position needed to claim the Drivers' Championship. Hill's lead over Hawthorn was such that it took till lap 39 for the change to occur. Shortly afterwards, Moss lapped Schell, who then attempted to stay close to the Vanwall hampering Moss's progress. On lap 41, Lewis-Evans's engine broke in a corner, sending him off the road where the car caught fire. The driver was able to extricate himself but was badly burned. At 48 laps, Moss slowed to allow Schell to move back ahead and thus avoid the possibility of further interference with his own race. Such was the lead that Moss had at this stage that he was still able to finish nearly 1.5 minutes ahead of the Ferraris of Hawthorn and Hill. Moss had also set fastest lap, but Hawthorn's second place was enough to secure him the World Drivers' Championship. Post race Lewis-Evans was airlifted back to Britain by Vanwall team owner Tony VandervellWilliamson Martin Hawthorn's title on another day of tragedy http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/16060.html e..espn.co.uk 5 November 2015 but died as a result of his burns six days later.Small Steve The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who 1994 Guinness 229 0851127029 Vandervell, already in failing health himself, ended his involvement with the Vanwall team partly as a result of the accident. Lewis-Evans was also a close friend of Bernie Ecclestone, who was at the race. Following his death Ecclestone sold his Connaught team and carsBower Tom No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone Faber and Faber 2011 48/chapter 2 (Gambling) (Kobo edition) 9780571269372 and ceased involvement with the sport till 1965.Bower Tom No Angel: The Secret Life of Bernie Ecclestone Faber and Faber 2011 1/chapter 3 (Embryo) (Kobo edition) 9780571269372 It was also the last race for Hawthorn who retired as a driver shortly after the season ended. He was killed in a road accident in Surrey on 22 January 1959.Small Steve The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who Guinness 179 0851127029 Picard ultimately recovered from his injuries after six months of incapacity, but did not race again.Small Steve The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who 1994 Guinness 290 0851127029 Classification A yellow background denotes a Formula Two entry: Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 6 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:23.1 — 2 8 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Vanwall 2:23.2 +0.1 3 12 United Kingdom Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 2:23.7 +0.6 4 14 France Jean Behra BRM 2:23.8 +0.7 5 4 United States 1912 Phil Hill Ferrari 2:24.1 +1.0 6 2 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 2:24.3 +1.2 7 10 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Vanwall 2:24.4 +1.3 8 18 Sweden Jo Bonnier BRM 2:24.9 +1.8 9 38 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 2:26.0 +2.9 10 16 United States 1912 Harry Schell BRM 2:26.4 +3.3 11 32 United Kingdom Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 2:27.0 +3.9 12 36 United Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 2:27.1 +4.0 13 22 United States 1912 Masten Gregory Maserati 2:27.6 +4.5 14 30 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2:28.6 +5.5 15 20 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart BRM 2:29.8 +6.7 16 34 United Kingdom Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 2:33.7 +10.6 17 28 Italy Gerino Gerini Maserati 2:35.1 +12.0 18 24 West Germany Hans Herrmann Maserati 2:35.1 +12.0 19 50 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:36.6 +13.5 20 26 West Germany Wolfgang Seidel Maserati 2:38.2 +15.1 21 52 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:41.7 +18.6 22 56 United Kingdom Tom Bridger Cooper-Climax 2:42.5 +19.4 23 58 Morocco Robert La Caze Cooper-Climax 2:43.1 +20.0 24 54 France François Picard Cooper-Climax 2:46.4 +23.3 25 60 France André Guelfi Cooper-Climax 2:47.8 +24.7Source: Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 GBR Stirling Moss Vanwall 53 2:09:15.1 2 91 1 2 6 GBR Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 53 +1:24.7 1 6 3 4 USA 1912 Phil Hill Ferrari 53 +1:25.5 5 4 4 18 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 53 +1:46.7 8 3 5 16 USA 1912 Harry Schell BRM 53 +2:33.7 10 2 6 22 USA 1912 Masten Gregory Maserati 52 +1 lap 13 7 30 GBR Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 51 +2 laps 14 8 32 GBR Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 50 +3 laps 11 9 24 DEU Hans Herrmann Maserati 50 +3 laps 18 10 34 GBR Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 49 +4 laps 16 11 50 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 49 +4 laps 19 12 28 ITA Gerino Gerini Maserati 48 +5 laps 17 13 52 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 48 +5 laps 21 14 58 MAR Robert La Caze Cooper-Climax 48 +5 laps 23 15 60 FRA André Guelfi Cooper-Climax 48 +5 laps 25 16 36 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 45 +8 laps 12 Ret Retired 12 GBR Stuart Lewis-Evans Vanwall 41 Fatal accident 3 Ret Retired 54 FRA François Picard Cooper-Climax 312 2 Accident 24 Ret Retired 56 GBR Tom Bridger Cooper-Climax 303 3 Accident 22 Ret Retired 10 GBR Tony Brooks Vanwall 29 Engine 7 Ret Retired 2 BEL Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 29 Accident 6 Ret Retired 14 FRA Jean Behra BRM 26 Engine 4 Ret Retired 26 DEU Wolfgang Seidel Maserati 15 Accident 20 Ret Retired 20 GBR Ron Flockhart BRM 15 Camshaft 15 Ret Retired 38 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 9 Engine 9Sources:https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1958/races/168/morocco/race-result.html 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix Formula1.com (new version) 2022-02-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20210416033308/https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1958/races/168/morocco/race-result.html 2021-04-16http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1958/688/ 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix Formula1.com (old version) 16 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140603234300/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1958/688/ 3 June 2014https://www.statsf1.com/en/1957/allemagne/engages.aspx Germany 1957 – Race entrants StatsF1.com 2022-02-16 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap 2 2 – The Motor Sport magazine lists Picard with 28 laps, and indirectly supports this lower lap count with the article's narrative 3 3 – The Motor Sport magazine lists Bridger with 26 laps, and indirectly supports this lower lap count with the article's narrative Final Championship standings Bold text indicates the World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 GBR Mike Hawthorn 42 (49) 10px 2 GBR Stirling Moss 41 10px 3 GBR Tony Brooks 24 10px 4 GBR Roy Salvadori 15 10px 5 GBR Peter Collins 14Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1958/maroc/championnat.aspx Morocco 1958 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Vanwall 48 (57) 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 40 (57) 10px 3 GBR Cooper-Climax 31 10px 4 GBR BRM 18 10px 5 ITA Maserati 6Source: 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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