1958 Caen Grand Prix

  1958 Caen Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1958 Formula One season
Date	July 20, 1958
Official name	VI Grand Prix de Caen
Location	La Prairie, Caen, France
Course	Grand Prix Circuit
Course length	3.52 km (2.187 mi)
Distance	86 laps, 302.72 km (188.08 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap
Driver	Jean Behra	BRM
Time	1:20.8
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Second	Jo Bonnier	Maserati
Third	Bruce Halford	Maserati

The 1958 Caen Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 20 July 1958 at the Circuit de la Prairie, Caen. The race was run over 86 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss who lapped the field in a Cooper T45.^[1]

Classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Stirling Moss	R. R. C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	2:00:09.7	1
2		Jo Bonnier	Joakim Bonnier	Maserati	85 laps	6
3		Bruce Halford	Bruce Halford	Maserati	85 laps	4
4	8	Maurice Trintignant	R. R. C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	84 laps	5
5		Stuart Lewis-Evans	British Racing Partnership	Cooper-Climax	82 laps	10
6		Gerino Gerini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	82 laps	11
7		George Wicken	George Wicken	Cooper-Climax	82 laps	7
Ret	2	Jean Behra	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	Engine	2
Ret	6	Harry Schell	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	Gearbox oil leak	8
Ret		Dick Gibson	Dick Gibson	Cooper-Climax	Overheating	3
Ret		Keith Ballisat	Dick Gibson	Cooper-Climax	Lost wheel	9
Ret		Les Leston	John Fisher	Lotus-Climax	Accident/engine	12

References

1. "VI Grand Prix de Caen 1958". F2 Register. Retrieved 16 July 2012.

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