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Home / Seasons / 1953 F1 World Championship Season / 1953 Argentine Grand Prix

1953 Argentine Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 January 1953
Winner
  • Alberto Ascari
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Alberto Ascari
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Alberto Ascari
  • Ferrari
CircuitBuenos Aires, 97 laps
Round1 of 9
Race numbers

The 1953 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 24th World Championship race
  • 1st World Championship Argentine Grand Prix
  • 1st World Championship race at Buenos Aires
More 1953 season
More Argentine Grands Prix
Previous race1952 Italian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari973hr 01m 04.600s9 FL
2+1(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari96+1 lap6
3+2(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati96+1 lap4
4+2(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari96+1 lap3
5+4(ARG) Oscar GalvezMaserati96+1 lap2
6+5(FRA) Jean BehraGordini94+3 laps 
7 
  • (FRA) Maurice Trintignant
  • (USA) Harry Schell
Gordini91+6 laps 
8+8(GBR) John BarberCooper-Bristol90+7 laps 
9+3(GBR) Alan BrownCooper-Bristol87+10 laps 
R (FRA) Robert ManzonGordini67DNF 
R (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati36DNF 
R (ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati31DNF 
R (ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari30DNF 
R (ARG) Carlos MenditeguyGordini24DNF 
R (ARG) Pablo BirgerSimca-Gordini21DNF 
R (ARG) Adolfo Schwelm CruzCooper-Bristol20DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:55.400

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
2(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
3(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
4(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
5(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati
6(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari
7(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini
8(FRA) Robert ManzonGordini
9(ARG) Oscar GalvezMaserati
10(ARG) Carlos MenditeguyGordini
11(FRA) Jean BehraGordini
12(GBR) Alan BrownCooper-Bristol
13(ARG) Adolfo Schwelm CruzCooper-Bristol
14(ARG) Pablo BirgerSimca-Gordini
15(ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati
16(GBR) John BarberCooper-Bristol

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Alberto Ascari9
2(ITA) Luigi Villoresi6
3(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez4
4(GBR) Mike Hawthorn3
5(ARG) Oscar Galvez2

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Stats & milestones

Race debut
John Barber (only start)
Pablo Birger
Oscar Galvez (only start)
Carlos Menditeguy
Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz (only start)
Wins
9th for Alberto Ascari
11th for Ferrari NEW RECORD
Race 1-2
8th for Ferrari
Podiums
13th for Alberto Ascari
7th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez
6th for Luigi Villoresi
33rd & 34th for Ferrari
3rd for Maserati
Poles
8th for Alberto Ascari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)
11th for Ferrari NEW RECORD
Fastest laps
7th for Alberto Ascari
8th for Ferrari
Front row starts
21st for Giuseppe Farina
14th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first since 1951; first for Maserati)
13th for Alberto Ascari
4th for Luigi Villoresi
Points finishes
1st and only for Oscar Galvez (49th different point scorer, 3rd Argentine driver)
Pole & win
7th for Alberto Ascari
Win & fastest lap
7th for Alberto Ascari
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
6th for Alberto Ascari

See also

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

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