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1953 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 36 laps
Round4 of 9
Race numbers

The 1953 Belgian Grand Prix was the:

  • 27th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari362hr 48m 30.300s8
2+3(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari36+2m 48.200s6
R Maserati35DNF 
3+3(ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati35+1 lap4
4+5(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)35+1 lap3
5+3(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini35+1 lap2
6+1(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari35+1 lap 
7+5(USA) Harry SchellGordini33+3 laps 
8+5(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)33+3 laps 
9+6(USA) Fred WackerGordini32+4 laps 
10+1(BEL) Paul FrereHWM-Alta30+6 laps 
11+7(BEL) Andre PiletteConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)29+7 laps 
R (GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta19DNF 
R (ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari16DNF 
R (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati13DNF 
R (ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati11DNF1 FL
R (FRA) Jean BehraGordini9DNF 
R (GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta4DNF 
R (BEL) Georges BergerSimca-Gordini (privateer)3DNF 
R (BEL) Arthur LegatVeritas (privateer)0DNF 
Did not start
  (BEL) Jacques SwatersFerrari (privateer)   
  (BEL) Charles de TornacoFerrari (privateer)   

Notes

  • Jose Froilan Gonzalez ended lap 11 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jacques Swaters and Charles de Tornaco only took part in practice during the Grand Prix.

Starting grid

Pole time: 4:30.000

PosDriverConstructor
1(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
2(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
3(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati
4(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
5(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
6(ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati
7(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari
8(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini
9(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
10(BEL) Johnny ClaesMaserati
11(BEL) Paul FrereHWM-Alta
12(USA) Harry SchellGordini
13(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
14(FRA) Jean BehraGordini
15(USA) Fred WackerGordini
16(GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta
17(GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
18(BEL) Andre PiletteConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
19(BEL) Arthur LegatVeritas (privateer)
20(BEL) Georges BergerSimca-Gordini (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Alberto Ascari25
2(ITA) Luigi Villoresi13
3(USA) Bill Vukovich9
4(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez7
5(USA) Art Cross6
=(ITA) Giuseppe Farina6
7(GBR) Mike Hawthorn6
8(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried5
9(ARG) Onofre Marimon4
10(USA) Duane Carter2
=(USA) Sam Hanks2
=(ITA) Felice Bonetto2
13(ARG) Oscar Galvez2
=(USA) Jack McGrath2
=(FRA) Maurice Trintignant2
16(USA) Fred Agabashian1.5
=(USA) Paul Russo1.5

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Georges Berger
Fred Wacker
Last start
Arthur Legat
Simca-Gordini
Wins
11th for Alberto Ascari
13th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
10th for Ferrari (1st constructor to finish 1-2 in ten races)
Podiums
15th for Alberto Ascari
7th for Luigi Villoresi
1st for Onofre Marimon (31st different podium finisher, 3rd Argentine driver)
37th & 38th for Ferrari
5th for Maserati
Poles
9th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first since 1951; first for Maserati) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Alberto Ascari)
1st for Maserati (4th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
2nd for Jose Froilan Gonzalez
2nd for Maserati
Front row starts
16th for Juan Manuel Fangio
15th for Alberto Ascari
6th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (first since 1951)
Points finishes
1st for Onofre Marimon (52nd different point scorer, 4th Argentine driver)