1958 Argentine Grand Prix

1958 Argentine Grand Prix
1958 Argentine Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	19 January 1958
Official name	VI Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Location	Autódromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.912 km (2.431 miles)
Distance	80 laps, 312.96 km (194.48 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio;
Time	1:42.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio
Time	1:41.8
Podium
First	Stirling Moss;
Second	Luigi Musso;
Third	Mike Hawthorn;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1958 Argentine Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 19 January 1958 at Autodromo Municipal Ciudad de Buenos Aires Circuit. It was race 1 of 11 in the 1958 World Championship of Drivers and race 1 of 10 in the 1958 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was the sixth Argentine Grand Prix. It was held on the #2 variation of the circuit. The race was held over 80 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 313 kilometres.

The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss in Rob Walker's privately entered Cooper T43. Apart from being the first World Drivers Championship race win for Cooper as a constructor it was also the first win for a rear-engined car, the first win for a car entered by a privateer team and the first win for a car powered by an engine built by another manufacturer. Moss took his seventh Grand Prix victory by 2.7 seconds over Italian driver Luigi Musso (Ferrari 246 F1). Musso's British teammate Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari 246 F1) was third.