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Home / Seasons / 1953 F1 World Championship Season

1953 F1 season

Season info

Season

4

Races

9

Drivers’ Champion

Alberto Ascari (2nd and last title)

Constructors’ Champion

n/a

Reigning Drivers’ Champion

Alberto Ascari

Reigning Constructors’ Champion

n/a

← 1952 1954 →

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Wins, poles & fastest laps

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Qualifying

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Season stats

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  • Calendar
  • Race results
  • Driver and constructor entries
  • First-time winners, podium finishers and polesitters

Calendar

#Grand PrixCircuitDate
1ArgentinaBuenos Aires18 January
2Indianapolis 500Indianapolis30 May
3NetherlandsZandvoort07 June
4BelgiumSpa-Francorchamps21 June
5FranceReims05 July
6BritainSilverstone18 July
7GermanyNurburgring02 August
8SwitzerlandBremgarten23 August
9ItalyMonza13 September
← 1952 1954 →
First race (Grand Prix)
Argentina
First race (circuit)
Buenos Aires (first Argentine circuit to host a World Championship race)
First race at a circuit since…
1951 for Reims
Last Grand Prix until…
1955 for Netherlands
Last race at a circuit until…
1955 for Zandvoort

Race results

#Grand PrixResult
1ArgentinaResult
2Indianapolis 500Result
3NetherlandsResult
4BelgiumResult
5FranceResult
6BritainResult
7Germany (drivers’ title decider)Result
8SwitzerlandResult
9ItalyResult
← 1952 1954 →

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)
← 1952 1954 →
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

DriverGrand Prix
Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft)Indianapolis
Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari)France
ConstructorGrand Prix
Maserati (Juan Manuel Fangio)Italy
← 1952 1954 →

Maiden podium finishes

DriverGrand Prix
Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft)Indianapolis
Art Cross (Kurtis Kraft)Indianapolis
Duane Carter (Kurtis Kraft)Indianapolis
Onofre Marimon (Maserati)Belgium
← 1952 1954 →

Maiden pole positions

DriverGrand Prix
Bill Vukovich (Kurtis Kraft)Indianapolis
ConstructorGrand Prix
Maserati (Juan Manuel Fangio)Belgium
← 1952 1954 →

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