1953 Argentine Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 18 January 1953
Winner:	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Pole position:	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Fastest lap:	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Circuit:	Buenos Aires, 97 laps
Round:	1 of 9

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	97	3hr 01m 04.600s	9 FL
2	+1	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	96	+1 lap	6
3	+2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	96	+1 lap	4
4	+2	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	96	+1 lap	3
5	+4	Oscar Galvez	Maserati	96	+1 lap	2
6	+5	Jean Behra	Gordini	94	+3 laps
7		Maurice Trintignant & Harry Schell	Gordini	91	+6 laps
8	+8	John Barber	Cooper-Bristol	90	+7 laps
9	+3	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	87	+10 laps
R		Robert Manzon	Gordini	67	DNF
R		Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	36	DNF
R		Felice Bonetto	Maserati	31	DNF
R		Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	30	DNF
R		Carlos Menditeguy	Gordini	24	DNF
R		Pablo Birger	Simca-Gordini	21	DNF
R		Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Cooper-Bristol	20	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:55.400
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1:56.100
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	1:56.500
4	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	1:57.100
5	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	1:58.500
6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:59.400
7	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2:00.400
8	Robert Manzon	Gordini	2:00.900
9	Oscar Galvez	Maserati	2:01.300
10	Carlos Menditeguy	Gordini	2:01.800
11	Jean Behra	Gordini	2:02.600
12	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	2:03.200
13	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Cooper-Bristol	2:03.700
14	Pablo Birger	Simca-Gordini	2:03.800
15	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2:04.200
16	John Barber	Cooper-Bristol	2:06.800

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:55.400
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1:56.100	0.700
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	1:56.500	1.100
4	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	1:57.100	1.700
5	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	1:58.500	3.100
6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:59.400	4.000
7	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2:00.400	5.000
8	Robert Manzon	Gordini	2:00.900	5.500
9	Oscar Galvez	Maserati	2:01.300	5.900
10	Carlos Menditeguy	Gordini	2:01.800	6.400
11	Jean Behra	Gordini	2:02.600	7.200
12	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	2:03.200	7.800
13	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Cooper-Bristol	2:03.700	8.300
14	Pablo Birger	Simca-Gordini	2:03.800	8.400
15	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2:04.200	8.800
16	John Barber	Cooper-Bristol	2:06.800	11.400

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	9
2	Luigi Villoresi	6
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	4
4	Mike Hawthorn	3
5	Oscar Galvez	2

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: John Barber (only start), Pablo Birger, Oscar Galvez (only start), Carlos Menditeguy, Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz (only start)

Wins

Driver: 9th for Alberto Ascari

Constructor: 11th for Ferrari NEW RECORD

Race 1-2

Constructor: 8th for Ferrari

Podiums

Driver: 13th for Alberto Ascari, 7th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez, 6th for Luigi Villoresi

Constructor: 33rd & 34th for Ferrari, 3rd for Maserati

Poles

Driver: 8th for Alberto Ascari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)

Constructor: 11th for Ferrari NEW RECORD

Fastest laps

Driver: 7th for Alberto Ascari

Constructor: 8th for Ferrari

Front row starts

Driver: 21st for Giuseppe Farina, 14th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 13th for Alberto Ascari, 4th for Luigi Villoresi

Points finishes

Driver: 1st and only for Oscar Galvez (49th different point scorer, 3rd Argentine driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 7th for Alberto Ascari

Win & fastest lap

Driver: 7th for Alberto Ascari

Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)

Driver: 6th for Alberto Ascari

See also

• Argentine Grand Prix
• Buenos Aires Circuit
• 1953 World Championship season