1958 Monaco Grand Prix
| 1958 Monaco Grand Prix | |||||
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 18 May 1958 | ||||
| Official name | XVI Grand Prix Automobile | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||||
| Course | Street Circuit | ||||
| Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 100 laps, 314.5 km (195.4 miles) | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver |
| Vanwall | |||
| Time | 1:39.8 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:40.6 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Cooper-Climax | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third |
| Ferrari | |||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 1958 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 May 1958 at Monaco. It was race 2 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the 16th Monaco Grand Prix and was held over 100 laps of the three kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 314 kilometres.
The race was won by French driver Maurice Trintignant in the second and final Grand Prix victory of his long career. The win was the second consecutive victory for the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team. Trintignant took the teams newly acquired Cooper T45 to a twenty-second victory over Italian driver Luigi Musso driving a Ferrari 246 F1 with Musso's British teammate Peter Collins (Ferrari 246 F1) was third.
Trintignant's win put the superiority of front-engined cars in doubt. Musso's second place put him into a four-point championship lead over Moss and Trintignant.