1953 British Grand Prix
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Circuit | Silverstone, 90 laps |
Round | 6 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1953 British Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 90 | 2hr 50m 00.000s | 8.5 FL | |
2 | +2 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 90 | +1m 00.000s | 6 |
3 | +2 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 88 | +2 laps | 4 |
4 | -2 | (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Maserati | 88 | +2 laps | 3.5 FL |
5 | -2 | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 87 | +3 laps | 2 |
6 | +10 | (ITA) Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 82 | +8 laps | |
7 | +12 | (THA) Birabongse Bhanudej | Connaught-Lea Francis | 82 | +8 laps | |
8 | +3 | (GBR) Ken Wharton | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 80 | +10 laps | |
R | (GBR) Jimmy Stewart | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 79 | DNF | ||
9 | +5 | (GBR) Peter Whitehead | Cooper-Alta (privateer) | 79 | +11 laps | |
10 | +14 | (FRA) Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) | 78 | +12 laps | |
R | (GBR) Tony Rolt | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 71 | DNF | ||
R | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 67 | DNF | ||
R | (ARG) Onofre Marimon | Maserati | 67 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Peter Collins | HWM-Alta | 56 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 56 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Jack Fairman | HWM-Alta | 54 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Roy Salvadori | Connaught-Lea Francis | 50 | DNF | ||
R | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) | 34 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta | 31 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jean Behra | Gordini | 30 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Ian Stewart | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 26 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 15 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Duncan Hamilton | HWM-Alta | 14 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Bob Gerard | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 8 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) Harry Schell | Gordini | 5 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Tony Crook | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Ken McAlpine | Connaught-Lea Francis | 0 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
(MCO) Louis Chiron | OSCA (privateer) |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:48.000
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari | 33.5 |
2 | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | 16 |
3 | (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez | 13.5 |
4 | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi | 13 |
= | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio | 13 |
6 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | 12 |
7 | (USA) Bill Vukovich | 9 |
8 | (USA) Art Cross | 6 |
9 | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried | 5 |
10 | (ARG) Onofre Marimon | 4 |
11 | (USA) Duane Carter | 2 |
= | (USA) Sam Hanks | 2 |
= | (ITA) Felice Bonetto | 2 |
14 | (ARG) Oscar Galvez | 2 |
= | (USA) Jack McGrath | 2 |
= | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | 2 |
17 | (USA) Paul Russo | 1.5 |
= | (USA) Fred Agabashian | 1.5 |
Constructor
The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.
Stats & 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