1958 Monaco Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 2 of 11 in the 1958 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 18 May 1958 | ||
| Official name | XVI Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco | ||
| Course | Street Circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.145 km (1.954 mi) | ||
| Distance | 100 laps, 314.5 km (195.4 mi) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Vanwall | ||
| Time | 1:39.8 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Mike Hawthorn
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:40.6 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Cooper-Climax | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
The 1958 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 May 1958 at Monaco. It was the second round of the 1958 Formula One season. The race was the 16th Monaco Grand Prix and was held over 100 laps of the three kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 314 kilometres.
The race was won by French driver Maurice Trintignant in the second and final Grand Prix victory of his long career. The win was the second consecutive victory for the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team. Trintignant took the teams newly acquired Cooper T45 to a twenty-second victory over Italian driver Luigi Musso driving a Ferrari Dino 246 with Musso's British teammate Peter Collins (Ferrari Dino 246) was third.
Trintignant's win put doubt in the superiority of front-engined cars. Musso's second place put him into a four-point championship lead over Moss and Trintignant.
Vanwall and BRM returned after their Argentine absence and so Stirling Moss, Jean Behra and Harry Schell all went back to their regular drives. In Moss' place at the Rob Walker Racing Team with the new 2000 cc engined Cooper T45 was French driver Maurice Trintignant. The race winning Cooper T43 could not even qualify for the small 16-car Monaco grid, Ron Flockhart was first reserve for the race.
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