Talk:1959 Formula One season

Formula One Mid‑importance

This article is part of WikiProject Formula One, an attempt to improve and standardize articles related to Formula One, including drivers, teams and constructors, events and history. Feel free to join the project and help with any of the tasks or consult the project page for further information.

View the task list
Discuss the project
Help out with Portal:Formula OneFormula OneWikipedia:WikiProject Formula OneTemplate:WikiProject Formula OneFormula One articles

Mid

This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

Season Summary?

Latest comment: 9 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The statement "Vanwall's withdrawal, believed to have been a result of the high mortality rate of the 1958 season" should have a citation. It is speculative and not fully supported by other sources. For example, in his book "Vanwall Green for Glory", Ed McDonough states that Vandervell's health was a significant factor.

The first sentence of the "Season Summary" section refers to the 1958 season, but appears to ignore its results. It states that Ferrari was "the only race-winning team in the Championship", but two of the 1958 races were won by Coopers entered by the R. R. C. Walker Racing Team which continued to compete (and win races) in 1959. This is just sloppy and, along with poor writing in later sections, justifies the "Start-Class" rating.

Bill321 (talk) 22:50, 4 April 2015 (UTC)Reply

Add topic