1953 Argentine Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 18 January 1953 |
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| Circuit | Buenos Aires, 97 laps |
| Round | 1 of 9 |
| Race numbers | The 1953 Argentine Grand Prix was the
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| Previous race | 1952 Italian Grand Prix |
Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 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 | 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
Pole time: 1:55.400
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati |
| 3 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari |
| 4 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari |
| 5 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Maserati |
| 6 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 7 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
| 8 | Robert Manzon | Gordini |
| 9 | Oscar Galvez | Maserati |
| 10 | Carlos Menditeguy | Gordini |
| 11 | Jean Behra | Gordini |
| 12 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol |
| 13 | Adolfo Schwelm Cruz | Cooper-Bristol |
| 14 | Pablo Birger | Simca-Gordini |
| 15 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati |
| 16 | John Barber | Cooper-Bristol |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1953 Argentine Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 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
- 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