Race details | |||
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Race 7 of 11 in the 1958 Formula One season | |||
Silverstone Circuit in 1952-1973 configuration
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Date | 19 July 1958 | ||
Official name | XI RAC British Grand Prix | ||
Location |
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, England |
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Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.7105 km (2.927 mi) | ||
Distance | 75 laps, 353.288 km (219.525 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Vanwall | ||
Time | 1:39.4 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:40.8 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
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The 1958 British Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 19 July 1958 at Silverstone. It was the seventh race of the 1958 World Championship of Drivers.
Bernie Ecclestone entered a pair of Connaughts for Ivor Bueb and Jack Fairman, with Ecclestone also named as a driver of the Fairman car in case he needed to take over the entry.