The 1958 Formula One season was the 12th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 9th World Championship of Drivers, the first International Cup for F1 Manufacturers and five non-champi
Mike Hawthorn won his first and only championship (and the first for a British driver), driving for Scuderia Ferrari.
Hawthorn's compatriot, Stirling Moss, finished as runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship for the fourth season in a row.
Vanwall won the first International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the Vanwall VW 5.
Ferrari finished runner-up in the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with Ferrari 246 and 156.
The 1959 Formula One season was the 13th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 10th World Championship of Drivers, the second International Cup for F1 Manufacturers and five non-cham
1958 Formula One season
…engineering took over, too. The season began with two wins for the nimble Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout cars that would dominate F1 from 1959 onwards. After the two Cooper-Climax wins, scored by the private Rob Walker team, not by the Cooper "factory" nor by a Coventry Climax entry, newcomer…
Jack Brabham (pictured in 1966) won his first of three drivers' championships, driving a Cooper-Climax
Aston Martin debuted in F1 with average results but no championship points.
Jean Behra suffered a fatal accident ahead of the German Grand Prix.
Stirling Moss (front) took the lead of the Dutch Grand Prix from Jo Bonnier (back), but soon after, he retired with mechanical woes, giving the Swede his maiden win.