1958 Italian Grand Prix

1958 Italian Grand Prix
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Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Race details
Date 7 September 1958
Official name XXIX Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent road course
Course length 5.750 km (3.573 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 404.5 km (250.1 miles)
Pole position
Driver Vanwall
Time 1:40.5
Fastest lap
Driver United States Phil Hill Ferrari
Time 1:42.9[1]
Podium
First Vanwall
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1958 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 7 September 1958. It was race 10 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 9 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Vanwall won the first Constructors' Championship in the category with 1 race left to go. After retiring his original car, entered by Scuderia Centro Sud, Carroll Shelby took over Masten Gregory's car, entered by Temple Buell, and finished fourth. No points were awarded for the shared drive.[2]

  1. ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 138. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
  2. ^ Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 138. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.