1953 F1 World Championship Season

1952 F1 World Championship

1954 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Alberto Ascari (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	n/a
Races:	9
Winning drivers:	Alberto Ascari (5) Bill Vukovich (1) Mike Hawthorn (1) Giuseppe Farina (1) Juan Manuel Fangio (1)
Winning constructors:	Ferrari (7) Kurtis Kraft (1) Maserati (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Bill Vukovich Mike Hawthorn
First-time winners (constructor):	Maserati

1953 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	18 January	1953 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1953 Indianapolis 500
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	7 June	1953 Dutch Grand Prix
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	21 June	1953 Belgian Grand Prix
5	France	Reims	5 July	1953 French Grand Prix
6	Britain	Silverstone	18 July	1953 British Grand Prix
7	Germany DT	Nurburgring	2 August	1953 German Grand Prix
8	Switzerland	Bremgarten	23 August	1953 Swiss Grand Prix
9	Italy	Monza	13 September	1953 Italian Grand Prix

Race Winners

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1 lap
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	1	3m 30.871s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	10.400s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2	2m 48.200s
5	France	Reims	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	7	1.000s
6	Britain	Silverstone	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1m 00.000s
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	3	1m 04.000s
8	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2	1m 12.930s
9	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2	1.300s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	0.700s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	1	0.427s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1.600s
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	DNF	2.000s
5	France	Reims	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	4	0.300s
6	Britain	Silverstone	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	1.000s
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	8	3.900s
8	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	4	0.600s
9	Italy	Monza	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	DNF	0.500s

Fastest Laps

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
4	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati
5	France	Reims	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
6	Britain	Silverstone	Alberto Ascari Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Ferrari Maserati
7	Germany	Nurburgring	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
8	Switzerland	Bremgarten	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
9	Italy	Monza	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati

1953 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	34.5 (46.5)
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	27.5 (29.5)	-7
3	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	26 (32)	-8.5
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	19 (27)	-15.5
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	17	-17.5
6	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	13.5 (14.5)	-21
7	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	9	-25.5
8	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	7	-27.5
9	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	6.5	-28
10	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	6	-28.5
11	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	4	-30.5
=	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	4	-30.5
13	Oscar Galvez	Maserati	2	-32.5
=	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	2	-32.5
=	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	2	-32.5
=	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	2	-32.5
=	Hermann Lang	Maserati	2	-32.5
18	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	1.5	-33
=	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	1.5	-33

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
Fastest lap: 1 point

Only the best four results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	CHE	ITA	Avg.	Best
1	Alberto Ascari	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1.25	1
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	2	2	1	4	4	2	1	2	2.25	1
3	Giuseppe Farina	4	3	4	6	5	3	3	3	3.88	3
4	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	5	5	3	5	2				4.00	2
5	Luigi Villoresi	3	4	5	3	6	6	6	5	4.75	3
6	Mike Hawthorn	6	6	7	7	3	4	7	6	5.75	3
7	Onofre Marimon			6	8	7	8	5	4	6.33	4
8	Robert Manzon	8								8.00	8
9	Oscar Galvez	9								9.00	9
10	Maurice Trintignant	7	12	8	23	8	5	4	8	9.38	4
11	Felice Bonetto	15	13		2	16	7	10	7	10.00	2
12	Carlos Menditeguy	10								10.00	10
13	Tony Rolt					10				10.00	10
14	Stirling Moss		9		13		12		10	11.00	9
15	Hermann Lang							11		11.00	11
16	Umberto Maglioli								11	11.00	11
17	Emmanuel de Graffenried		7	9	9	26	11	8	9	11.29	7
18	Sergio Mantovani								12	12.00	12
19	Harry Schell		10	12	20	9	10		15	12.67	9
20	Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz	13								13.00	13
21	Paul Frere			11				16		13.50	11
22	Pablo Birger	14								14.00	14
23	Peter Whitehead					14				14.00	14
24	Hans Herrmann						14			14.00	14
25	Ken Wharton		18		14	11		9	19	14.20	9
26	Jean Behra	11		14	22	22	9	12		15.00	9
27	Bob Gerard				12	18				15.00	12
28	Jimmy Stewart					15				15.00	15
29	Ken McAlpine		14			13	16		18	15.25	13
30	Louis Rosier		8	13	10	24	22	14	17	15.43	8
31	John Barber	16								16.00	16
32	Elie Bayol				15			22	13	16.67	13
33	Roy Salvadori		11		19	28	13		14	17.00	11
34	Birabongse Bhanudej				11	19	15		23	17.00	11
35	Lance Macklin		15	17	16	12		15	27	17.00	12
36	Duncan Hamilton					17				17.00	17
37	Peter Hirt							17		17.00	17
38	Jacques Swaters			21			19	13		17.67	13
39	Peter Collins		16	16	17	23				18.00	16
40	Andre Pilette			18						18.00	18
41	Willi Heeks						18			18.00	18
42	Albert Scherrer							18		18.00	18
43	Alan Brown	12				21	17		24	18.50	12
44	Arthur Legat			19						19.00	19
45	Max de Terra							19		19.00	19
46	Fred Wacker		20	15				23		19.33	15
47	Roberto Mieres		19		24				16	19.67	16
48	Georges Berger			20						20.00	20
49	Ian Stewart					20				20.00	20
50	Rodney Nuckey						20			20.00	20
51	Piero Carini								20	20.00	20
52	Chico Landi							20	21	20.50	20
53	Johnny Claes		17	10	21		25		30	20.60	10
54	Theo Fitzau						21			21.00	21
55	Charles de Tornaco			22						22.00	22
56	Yves Giraud-Cabantous				18				28	23.00	18
57	Edgar Barth						24			24.00	24
58	Jack Fairman					27			22	24.50	22
59	Louis Chiron				25	29		21	25	25.00	21
60	Tony Crook					25				25.00	25
61	Hans Stuck						23		29	26.00	23
62	Rudolf Krause						26			26.00	26
63	John Fitch								26	26.00	26
64	Kurt Adolff						27			27.00	27
65	Theo Helfrich						28			28.00	28
66	Wolfgang Seidel						29			29.00	29
67	Gunther Bechem						30			30.00	30
68	Ernst Loof						31			31.00	31
69	Ernst Klodwig						32			32.00	32
70	Erwin Bauer						33			33.00	33
71	Oswald Karch						34			34.00	34
72	Helm Glockler						35			35.00	35

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	500	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	CHE	ITA	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	1		1	1	4	1	8/R	1	R	34.5 (46.5)
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	R		R	R/R	2	2	2	4/R	1	28 (29.5)
3	Giuseppe Farina	R		2	R	5	3	1	2	2	26 (32)
4	Mike Hawthorn	4		4	6	1	5	3	3	4	19 (27)
5	Luigi Villoresi	2		R	2	6	R	8/R	6	3	17
6	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	3		3/R	R	3	4				13.5 (14.5)
7	Bill Vukovich		1								9
8	Emmanuel de Graffenried			5	4	7	R	5	R	R	7
9	Felice Bonetto	R		3		R	6	4	4/R	R	6.5
10	Art Cross		2								6
11	Onofre Marimon				3	9	R	R	R	R	4
=	Maurice Trintignant	7		6	5	R	R	R	R	5	4
13	Oscar Galvez	5									2
=	Sam Hanks		3								2
=	Duane Carter		3/R								2
=	Jack McGrath		5								2
=	Hermann Lang								5		2
18	Fred Agabashian		4								1.5
=	Paul Russo		4/R								1.5
	Stirling Moss			9		R		6		13
	Jean Behra	6			R	10	R	R	R
	Roberto Mieres			R		R				6
	Jimmy Daywalt		6
	Harry Schell	7		R	7	R	R	R		9
	Louis Rosier			7	8	8	10	10	R	16
	Ken Wharton			R		R	8		7	NC
	Birabongse Bhanudej					R	7	R		11
	Jacques Swaters				DNS			7	R
	Jim Rathmann		7/15
	Eddie Johnson		7
	Sergio Mantovani									7
	Luigi Musso									7
	Peter Collins			8	R	13	R
	John Barber	8
	Ernie McCoy		8
	Max de Terra								8
	Umberto Maglioli									8
	Alan Brown	9					R	R		12
	Fred Wacker			DNS	9				DNS
	Tony Bettenhausen		9^R
	Chuck Stevenson		9^R/23^R/29^R
	Peter Whitehead						9
	Hans Herrmann							9
	Albert Scherrer								9
	Louis Chiron					15	DNS		DNS	10
	Paul Frere				10				R
	Jimmy Davies		10
	Bob Gerard					11	R
	Duke Nalon		11^R
	Andre Pilette				11
	Rodney Nuckey							11
	Johnny Claes			NC	R	12		R		R
	Carl Scarborough		12
	Bob Scott		12^R/31^R
	Theo Helfrich							12
	Ken McAlpine			R			R	13		NC
	Manuel Ayulo		13^R
	Yves Giraud-Cabantous					14				15
	Hans Stuck							R		14
	Jimmy Bryan		14
	Rudolf Krause							14
	Bill Holland		15^R
	Ernst Klodwig							15
	Rodger Ward		16^R
	Andy Linden		16^R/23^R/33^R
	Duke Dinsmore		16^R
	Wolfgang Seidel							16
	Walt Faulkner		17
	Johnny Mantz		17^R
	Marshall Teague		18^R
	Spider Webb		19^R
	Johnny Thomson		19^R/32^R
	Jackie Holmes		19^R
	Bob Sweikert		20^R
	Mike Nazaruk		21^R
	Pat Flaherty		22^R
	Jerry Hoyt		23^R
	Johnnie Parsons		26^R
	Don Freeland		27^R
	Gene Hartley		28^R
	Cal Niday		30^R
	Lance Macklin			R	R	R	R		R	NC
	Roy Salvadori			R		R	R	R		R
	Elie Bayol					R			DNS	R
	Chico Landi								R	R
	Jack Fairman						R			NC
	Robert Manzon	R
	Carlos Menditeguy	R
	Pablo Birger	R
	Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz	R
	Georges Berger				R
	Arthur Legat				R
	Jimmy Stewart						R
	Tony Rolt						R
	Ian Stewart						R
	Duncan Hamilton						R
	Tony Crook						R
	Edgar Barth							R
	Oswald Karch							R
	Willi Heeks							R
	Theo Fitzau							R
	Kurt Adolff							R
	Gunther Bechem							R
	Ernst Loof							R
	Erwin Bauer							R
	Peter Hirt								R
	Piero Carini									R
	John Fitch									R
	Charles de Tornaco				DNS
	Helm Glockler							DNS

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1953 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1953 F1 World Championship Season Statistics