1953 British Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	90	2hr 50m 00.000s	8.5 FL
2	+2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	90	+1m 00.000s	6
3	+2	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	88	+2 laps	4
4	-2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati	88	+2 laps	3.5 FL
5	-2	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	87	+3 laps	2
6	+10	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	82	+8 laps
7	+12	Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught-Lea Francis	82	+8 laps
8	+3	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	80	+10 laps
R		Jimmy Stewart	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	79	DNF
9	+5	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta (privateer)	79	+11 laps
10	+14	Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)	78	+12 laps
R		Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)	71	DNF
R		Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	67	DNF
R		Onofre Marimon	Maserati	67	DNF
R		Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	56	DNF
R		Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	56	DNF
R		Jack Fairman	HWM-Alta	54	DNF
R		Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis	50	DNF
R		Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)	34	DNF
R		Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	31	DNF
R		Jean Behra	Gordini	30	DNF
R		Ian Stewart	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)	26	DNF
R		Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	15	DNF
R		Duncan Hamilton	HWM-Alta	14	DNF
R		Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	8	DNF
R		Harry Schell	Gordini	5	DNF
R		Tony Crook	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	0	DNF
R		Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis	0	DNF
Did not start
		Louis Chiron	OSCA (privateer)

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:48.000

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
2	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	Maserati
3	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
4	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
5	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
6	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
7	Onofre Marimon	Maserati
8	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
9	Harry Schell	Gordini
10	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
11	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
12	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta
13	Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis
14	Peter Whitehead	Cooper-Alta (privateer)
15	Jimmy Stewart	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
16	Felice Bonetto	Maserati
17	Duncan Hamilton	HWM-Alta
18	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
19	Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught-Lea Francis
20	Ian Stewart	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
21	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
22	Jean Behra	Gordini
23	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta
24	Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)
25	Tony Crook	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
26	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)
27	Jack Fairman	HWM-Alta
28	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis

Championship standings

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

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	33.5
2	Mike Hawthorn	16
3	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	13.5
4	Luigi Villoresi	13
=	Juan Manuel Fangio	13
6	Giuseppe Farina	12
7	Bill Vukovich	9
8	Art Cross	6
9	Emmanuel de Graffenried	5
10	Onofre Marimon	4
11	Duane Carter	2
=	Sam Hanks	2
=	Felice Bonetto	2
14	Oscar Galvez	2
=	Jack McGrath	2
=	Maurice Trintignant	2
17	Paul Russo	1.5
=	Fred Agabashian	1.5

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