1958 Moroccan Grand Prix

1958 Moroccan Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	19 October 1958
Official name	VII Grand Prix International Automobile du Maroc
Location	Ain-Diab Circuit Casablanca
Course	Road-based with permanent infrastructure
Course length	7.618 km (4.734 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 403.754 km (250.902 miles)
Weather	Warm, dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Time	2:23.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
Time	2:22.5 on lap 21
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
Second	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
Third	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix, formally the VII Grand Prix International Automobile du Maroc, was a one-off 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.^[1]

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.

The race saw an accident involving Stuart Lewis-Evans, who died six days later from the burns he sustained.