British GP 1958
British GP, 1958
The relationship between Enzo Ferrari and Peter Collins had been rather complicated in the summer of 1958 with Ferrari convinced that Collins was losing his edge. At the French GP Collins was demoted to the Ferrari F2 team but team leader Mike Hawthorn stood up to Ferrari and Collins was reinstated in the F1 team. Luigi Musso's death at Reims left Ferrari without one of his top drivers and so Collins's position in the team was suddenly safe. At the British GP Ferrari decided to run only three cars, the third being driven by Wolfgang Von Trips. The opposition came from Vanwall, BRM and Cooper and the front row of the grid boasted one car from each major team with Stirling Moss (Vanwall) fastest from Harry Schell (BRM), Roy Salvadori (Cooper) and Hawthorn. Cliff Allison put his Lotus fifth, while Collins with sixth and Stuart Lewis-Evans seventh. On the first lap Collins burst through from the second row to lead by the time the field went down Hangar Straight. Moss was second with Hawthorn, Schell, Brooks and Salvadori in a tight bunch behind him. Collins increased the lead lap by lap with Moss and Hawthorn having broken away from the pack. On lap 26 Moss's Vanwall blew its engine and so Collins was left in the comfortable position of having his team mate and friend behind him. Lewis-Evans was third but he was soon overtaken by Salvadori. Hawthorn had a hurried pit stop for oil a few laps later but managed to stay ahead of Salvadori. Collins duly won the race from Hawthorn while Salvadori just managed to hold off Lewis-Evans for third.
| POS | NO | DRIVER | ENTRANT | LAPS | TIME/RETIREMENT | QUAL POS |
| 1 | 1 | Peter Collins | Ferrari D246 | 75 | 2h09m04.200s | 6 |
| 2 | 2 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari D246 | 75 | 2h09m28.400s | 4 |
| 3 | 10 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax T45 | 75 | 2h09m54.800s | 3 |
| 4 | 9 | Stuart Lewis-Evans | Vanwall VW (57) | 75 | 2h09m55.000s | 7 |
| 5 | 20 | Harry Schell | BRM P25 | 75 | 2h10m19.000s | 2 |
| 6 | 11 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax T45 | 75 | 2h10m27.400s | 10 |
| 7 | 8 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall VW (57) | 74 | 9 | |
| 8 | 4 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax T43 | 73 | 12 | |
| 9 | 5 | Carroll Shelby | Maserati 250F | 72 | 15 | |
| r | 3 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari D246 | 59 | Engine | 11 |
| r | 22 | Jo Bonnier | Maserati 250F | 49 | Gearbox | 13 |
| r | 6 | Gerino Gerini | Maserati 250F | 43 | Gearbox | 18 |
| r | 12 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Climax T45 | 40 | Clutch | 16 |
| r | 7 | Stirling Moss | Vanwall VW (57) | 25 | Engine | 1 |
| r | 17 | Cliff Allison | Lotus-Climax 12 | 21 | Engine | 5 |
| r | 15 | Ivor Bueb | Connaught-Alta B | 19 | Gearbox | 17 |
| r | 19 | Jean Behra | BRM P25 | 19 | Puncture | 8 |
| r | 18 | Alan Stacey | Lotus-Climax 16 | 19 | Overheating | 20 |
| r | 16 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Climax 16 | 17 | Overheating | 14 |
| r | 14 | Jack Fairman | Connaught-Alta B | 7 | Engine | 19 |