1953 British Grand Prix

Date	Saturday, 18 July 1953
Winner	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Pole position	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Fastest lap	Jose Froilan Gonzalez & Alberto Ascari Maserati & Ferrari
Circuit	Silverstone, 90 laps
Round	6 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
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)

Pole time: 1:48.000

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

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