1958 German Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 8 of 11 in the 1958 Formula One season | |||
Nürburgring layout
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| Date | 3 August 1958 | ||
| Official name | XX Großer Preis von Deutschland | ||
| Location | Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent road course | ||
| Course length | 22.810 km (14.173 mi) | ||
| Distance | 15 laps, 342.150 km (212.595 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 9:14.0 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Stirling Moss
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Vanwall | |
| Time | 9:09.2 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Vanwall | ||
| Second | Cooper-Climax | ||
| Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
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The 1958 German Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 3 August 1958 at Nürburgring. It was the eighth race of the 1958 Formula One season.
To increase participation, the organizers opened the field to Formula 2 cars. Also, the race distance was shortened to 15 laps from 22 previously. The two races were run at the same time but the Formula 2 entries (shown in yellow) were not eligible for World Championship points and some sources do not consider these starts in career stats. Peter Collins died after an accident on the 11th lap, as rival Tony Brooks went on to victory. On lap 11 during the race while Collins was chasing Tony Brooks' Vanwall in the Pflanzgarten section Collins had a fatal accident as his Ferrari ran too wide, crashed into a ditch and went flying into the air. His car then somersaulted and he struck a tree head first while he was pushing his Ferrari to the limit, although he was given medical treatment he died in hospital later that day. Brooks said in his biography that Collins drove harder than any other driver he had ever faced in his racing career. But others believed he had almost suffered the same incident as Luigi Musso did at the 1958 French Grand Prix earlier that season and that this race had the rivalry that was similar to the Collins and Fangio duel 2 years before.
* Despite being the fifth-placed Formula One car, Allison scored no points because he finished tenth on the road behind five Formula Two cars
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