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

1953 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 18 July 1953
Winner
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez & Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati & Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitSilverstone, 90 laps
Round6 of 9
Race numbers

The 1953 British Grand Prix was the

  • 29th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Silverstone
More 1953 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari902hr 50m 00.000s8.5 FL
2+2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMaserati90+1m 00.000s6
3+2Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari88+2 laps4
4-2Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati88+2 laps3.5 FL
5-2United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari87+3 laps2
6+10Italy flag lazyload Felice BonettoMaserati82+8 laps 
7+12Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejConnaught-Lea Francis82+8 laps 
8+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)80+10 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jimmy StewartCooper-Bristol (privateer)79DNF 
9+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WhiteheadCooper-Alta (privateer)79+11 laps 
10+14France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)78+12 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony RoltConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)71DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiFerrari67DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati67DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsHWM-Alta56DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)56DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanHWM-Alta54DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis50DNF 
R Switzerland flag Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)34DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta31DNF 
R France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini30DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian StewartConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)26DNF 
R France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantGordini15DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Duncan HamiltonHWM-Alta14DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)8DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Harry SchellGordini5DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony CrookCooper-Bristol (privateer)0DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis0DNF 
Did not start
  Monaco flag lazyload Louis ChironOSCA (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:48.000

PosDriverConstructor
1Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari
2Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari
4Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
5Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
6Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiFerrari
7Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati
8France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantGordini
9USA flag lazyload Harry SchellGordini
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony RoltConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter WhiteheadCooper-Alta (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jimmy StewartCooper-Bristol (privateer)
16Italy flag lazyload Felice BonettoMaserati
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Duncan HamiltonHWM-Alta
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)
19Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejConnaught-Lea Francis
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian StewartConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)
22France flag lazyload Jean BehraGordini
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter CollinsHWM-Alta
24France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony CrookCooper-Bristol (privateer)
26Switzerland flag Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanHWM-Alta
28United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1953 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari33.5
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn16
3Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez13.5
4Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi13
=Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio13
6Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina12
7USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich9
8USA flag lazyload Art Cross6
9Switzerland flag Emmanuel de Graffenried5
10Argentina flag lazyload Onofre Marimon4
11USA flag lazyload Duane Carter2
=USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks2
=Italy flag lazyload Felice Bonetto2
14Argentina flag lazyload Oscar Galvez2
=USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath2
=France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant2
17USA flag lazyload Paul Russo1.5
=USA flag lazyload Fred Agabashian1.5

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Jack Fairman, Ian Stewart (only start), Jimmy Stewart (only start)
Last start
Tony Crook, Duncan Hamilton
Wins
12th for Alberto Ascari
15th for Ferrari
Podiums
16th for Alberto Ascari, 13th for Giuseppe Farina, 10th for Juan Manuel Fangio (3rd driver to score ten podiums, 1st Argentine driver)
40th & 41st for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 40 podiums), 8th for Maserati
Poles
11th for Alberto Ascari
14th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
8th for Alberto Ascari, 3rd for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (last for Maserati)
10th for Ferrari (2nd constructor to set ten fastest laps), 4th for Maserati
Front row starts
17th for Alberto Ascari & Juan Manuel Fangio, 7th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (last for Maserati), 2nd for Mike Hawthorn (first for Ferrari)
Pole & win
9th and last for Alberto Ascari (last Italian driver to win from pole until 1984)
Win & fastest lap
8th for Alberto Ascari
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
7th and last for Alberto Ascari

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1953 World Championship season

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