The 1958 Italian Grand Prix was a
Formula One
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motor race held at
Monza
Monza (, ; ; , locally ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) on the Lambro, River Lambro, a tributary of the Po (river), River Po, in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capital of the province of Mo ...
on 7 September 1958. It was race 10 of 11 in the
1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 9 of 10 in the
1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
Vanwall
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won the first Constructors' Championship in the category with 1 race left to go. After retiring his original car, entered by Scuderia Centro Sud,
Carroll Shelby
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Shelby was involved with the AC Cobra and Ford Mustang, Mustang for Ford Motor Company. With driver Ken Miles, he dev ...
took over
Masten Gregory
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Gregory participated in 43 Form ...
's car, entered by Temple Buell, and finished fourth. No points were awarded for the shared drive.
Classification
Qualifying
Race
;Notes
* – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
* – No points awarded for shared drive
Championship standings after the race
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Constructors' Championship standings
*
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results counted towards each Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
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Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix () is the fifth oldest national Grand Prix motor racing, motor racing Grand Prix (after the French Grand Prix, the United States Grand Prix, the Spanish Grand Prix and the Russian Grand Prix), having been held since 1921 ...
Italian Grand Prix
1958 in Italian motorsport