1958 World Sportscar Championship

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The 1958 World Sportscar Championship was a motor racing series for sportscars which ran from 26 January to 13 September 1958 and comprised six races in six countries. It was the sixth World Sportscar Championship.

The championship was won by Ferrari.

Video 1958 World Sportscar Championship

Season

After major accidents at the 1955 Les 24 Heures du Mans and 1957 Mille Miglia, the sport's governing body, F.I.A. and its Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) dictated several technical changes to the 1958 Sports Car regulations with engine capacity now limited to three litres.

This allowed Scuderia Ferrari to dominate the season, as Maserati withdrew from motor racing, leaving Aston Martin and Porsche as the main opposition, but as the previous seasons, the majority of the fields were made up of amateur or gentlemen drivers, often up against professional racing drivers with experience in Formula One.

Maps 1958 World Sportscar Championship

Season results

Race results

Championship standings

Note:

Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1, excepting the RAC Tourist Trophy, for which points were awarded 4-3-2-1 for the first four positions.
Manufacturers were awarded points only for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars.
Only the best four results from the six races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not retained are listed within brackets in the above table. Gross points earned are shown in the Total column within brackets.