The 1958 German Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1958 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 3 August 1958. Mike Hawthorn started on pole position for Ferrari and Tony Brooks was the race winner in the Vanwall.
During an interview with Beyond The Grid – The F1® Podcast released on 28 August 2019, Brooks revealed that he considered this race to have been his greatest.
1958 German Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
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1 | 8 | Tony Brooks | Great Britain | Vanwall | Dunlop | 15 | 2:21:15.000 | 2:21:15.000 | - | - | 8 | ||
2 | 10 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | 15 | +209.700 | 2:24:44.700 | +3:29.700 | +3:29.700 | 6 | |||
3 | 11 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Cooper Climax | 15 | +311.200 | 2:26:26.200 | +5:11.200 | +1:41.500 | 4 | |||
4 | 4 | Wolfgang von Trips | Germany | Ferrari | Englebert | 15 | +376.300 | 2:27:31.300 | +6:16.300 | +1:05.100 | 3 | ||
5 | 12 | Cliff Allison | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 13 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 2 laps | |||||
DNF | 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Great Britain | Ferrari | Englebert | 11 | DNF | ||||||
DNF | 2 | Peter Collins | Great Britain | Ferrari | Englebert | 10 | DNF | ||||||
DNF | 6 | Harry Schell | United States | BRM | 9 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 5 | Jean Behra | France | BRM | 4 | DNF | |||||||
DNF | 17 | Hans Herrmann | Germany | Maserati | Pirelli | 3 | DNF | ||||||
DNF | 7 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Vanwall | Dunlop | 3 | DNF | 9:09.200 | 3 | 1 | |||
DNF | 16 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Maserati | Pirelli | 1 | DNF | ||||||
DNS | 14 | Troy Ruttman | United States | Maserati | Pirelli | DNF |