F1 season
Season info
Season no. | 4 |
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Races | 9 |
Drivers’ Champion | Alberto Ascari (2nd and last title) |
Constructors’ Champion | n/a |
Reigning Drivers’ Champion | Alberto Ascari |
Reigning Constructors’ Champion | n/a |
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Driver and constructor entries
The following drivers and constructors participated in the 1953 F1 season (excluding Indianapolis 500 entries). Round(s) entered are shown in parentheses.
- AFM (privateers)
- (DEU) Gunther Bechem (7)
- (DDR) Theo Fitzau (7) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Hans Stuck (7, 9)
- BMW (privateers)
- (DDR) Ernst Klodwig (7)
- (DDR) Rudolf Krause (7)
- Connaught (works team)
- (GBR) Roy Salvadori (3, 5-7, 9)
- (GBR) Ken McAlpine (3, 6-7, 9)
- (GBR) Stirling Moss (3)
- (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (5-7)
- (GBR) Jack Fairman (9) (Rookie)
- Connaught (privateers)
- (BEL) Johnny Claes (3, 5, 7, 9)
- (BEL) Andre Pilette (4)
- (GBR) Tony Rolt (6)
- (GBR) Ian Stewart (6) (Rookie)
- Cooper (works team)
- (GBR) John Barber (1) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Alan Brown (1)
- (ARG) Adolfo Schwelm Cruz (1) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Stirling Moss (5, 7, 9)
- Cooper (privateers)
- (GBR) Ken Wharton (3, 5-6, 8-9)
- (GBR) Bob Gerard (5-6)
- (GBR) Alan Brown (6-7, 9)
- (GBR) Tony Crook (6)
- (GBR) Jimmy Stewart (6) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Peter Whitehead (6)
- (DEU) Helm Glockler (7) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Rodney Nuckey (7) (Rookie)
- EMW (works team)
- (DEU) Edgar Barth (7) (Rookie)
- Ferrari (works team)
- (ITA) Alberto Ascari (1, 3-9)
- (ITA) Giuseppe Farina (1, 3-9)
- (GBR) Mike Hawthorn (1, 3-9)
- (ITA) Luigi Villoresi (1, 3-9)
- (ITA) Piero Carini (9)
- (ITA) Umberto Maglioli (9) (Rookie)
- Ferrari (privateers)
- (FRA) Louis Rosier (3-9)
- (BEL) Jacques Swaters (4, 7-8)
- (BEL) Charles de Tornaco (4)
- (DEU) Kurt Adolff (7) (Rookie)
- (CHE) Max de Terra (8)
- (CHE) Peter Hirt (8)
- Gordini (works team)
- (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (1, 3-9)
- (USA) Harry Schell (1, 3-7, 9)
- (FRA) Jean Behra (1, 4-8)
- (FRA) Robert Manzon (1)
- (ARG) Carlos Menditeguy (1) (Rookie)
- (USA) Fred Wacker (3-4, 8) (Rookie)
- (ARG) Roberto Mieres (3, 5, 9) (Rookie)
- HWM (works team)
- (GBR) Lance Macklin (3-6, 8-9)
- (GBR) Peter Collins (3-6)
- (BEL) Paul Frere (4, 8)
- (FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous (5, 9)
- (GBR) Jack Fairman (6) (Rookie)
- (GBR) Duncan Hamilton (6)
- (CHE) Albert Scherrer (8) (Rookie)
- (USA) John Fitch (9) (Rookie)
- Maserati (works team)
- (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio (1, 3-9)
- (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez (1, 3-6)
- (ITA) Felice Bonetto (1, 3, 5-9)
- (ARG) Oscar Galvez (1) (Rookie)
- (ARG) Onofre Marimon (4-9)
- (BEL) Johnny Claes (4)
- (DEU) Hermann Lang (8) (Rookie)
- (ITA) Sergio Mantovani (9) (Rookie)
- (ITA) Luigi Musso (9) (Rookie)
- Maserati (privateers)
- (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried (3-9)
- (BRA) Chico Landi (8-9)
- (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej (9)
- OSCA (privateers)
- (MCO) Louis Chiron (5-6, 8-9)
- (FRA) Elie Bayol (5, 8-9)
- Simca-Gordini (works team)
- (ARG) Pablo Birger (1) (Rookie)
- Simca-Gordini (privateer)
- (BEL) Georges Berger (4) (Rookie)
- Veritas (privateers)
- (BEL) Arthur Legat (4)
- (DEU) Erwin Bauer (7) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Willi Heeks (7)
- (DEU) Theo Helfrich (7)
- (DEU) Hans Herrmann (7) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Oswald Karch (7) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Ernst Loof (7) (Rookie)
- (DEU) Wolfgang Seidel (7) (Rookie)
- Final season (drivers)
- Kurt Adolff
- John Barber
- Erwin Bauer
- Gunther Bechem
- Felice Bonetto
- Piero Carini
- Tony Crook
- Max de Terra
- Charles de Tornaco
- Theo Fitzau
- Oscar Galvez
- Yves Giraud-Cabantous
- Helmut Glockler
- Duncan Hamilton
- Willi Heeks
- Peter Hirt
- Oswald Karch
- Ernst Klodwig
- Rudolf Krause
- Arthur Legat
- Ernst Loof
- Albert Scherrer
- Adolfo Schwelm Cruz
- Ian Stewart
- Jimmy Stewart
- Hans Stuck
- First entry (drivers) since…
- 1950 for Tony Rolt
- 1951 for Louis Chiron, Juan Manuel Fangio, Bob Gerard, Onofre Marimon, Andre Pilette and Jacques Swaters
- Last entry (drivers) until…
- 1955 for Pablo Birger, Louis Chiron, Johnny Claes, Jack Fairman, John Fitch, Ken McAlpine and Tony Rolt
- 1956 for Chico Landi
- 1958 for Wolfgang Seidel
- 1960 for Edgar Barth
- Debut season (constructors)
- EMW (only season)
- Final season (constructors)
- AFM
- BMW
- EMW
- Simca-Gordini
- Veritas
- Last entry (constructors) until…
- 1958 for OSCA
Maiden wins
Driver | Grand Prix |
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Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |
Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) | France |
Constructor | Grand Prix |
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Maserati (Juan Manuel Fangio) | Italy |
Maiden podium finishes
Driver | Grand Prix |
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Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |
Art Cross (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |
Duane Carter (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |
Onofre Marimon (Maserati) | Belgium |
Maiden pole positions
Driver | Grand Prix |
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Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft) | Indianapolis |
Constructor | Grand Prix |
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Maserati (Juan Manuel Fangio) | Belgium |