The 1958 World Sportscar Championship was a motor racing series for sportscars which ran from 26 January to 13 September 1958 and comprised six races in six countries. It was the sixth

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. The championship was won by

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Season

1958 Lotus Eleven Mk II roadster (9598866136)

After major accidents at the 1955 Les 24 Heures du Mans and

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, the sport’s governing body, F.I.A. and its ''Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI)'' dictated several technical changes to the 1958 Sports Car regulations with engine capacity now limited to three litres. Although Le Mans continued, the Mille Miglia was never run in its original format again and was dropped from the calendar, with the Sicilian Targa Florio replacing it as the Italian round of the championship. This allowed

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to dominate the season, as

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withdrew from motor racing, leaving

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and

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as the main opposition, but as the previous seasons, the majority of the fields were made up of amateur or gentlemen drivers, often up against professional racing drivers with experience in

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Season results

Race results

Championship standings

Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 266

The cars

The following models contributed to the net championship point scores of their respective manufacturers. * Ferrari 250 TR 58 * Porsche 718 RSK & Porsche 550A RS * Aston Martin DBR1/300 & Aston Martin DB3S *

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* Osca S1500

References

External links

1958 World Sportscar Championship race results, www.classicscars.com

{{DEFAULTSORT:1958 World Sportscar Championship Season World Sportscar Championship seasons

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