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

1953 Dutch Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 June 1953
Winner
  • Alberto Ascari
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Alberto Ascari
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Luigi Villoresi
  • Ferrari
CircuitZandvoort, 90 laps
Round3 of 9
Race numbers

The 1953 Dutch Grand Prix was the:

  • 26th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Dutch Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Zandvoort
More 1953 season
More Dutch Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari902hr 53m 35.800s8
2+1(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari90+10.400s6
3+10
  • (ITA) Felice Bonetto
  • (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez
Maserati89+1 lap
  • 2
  • 2
4+2(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari89+1 lap3
5+2(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)88+2 laps2
6+6(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini87+3 laps 
7+1(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)86+4 laps 
8+8(GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta84+6 laps 
9 (GBR) Stirling MossConnaught-Lea Francis83+7 laps 
R (ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari67DNF1 FL
R (GBR) Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis63DNF 
R (USA) Harry SchellGordini59DNF 
NC (BEL) Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)52+38 laps 
R (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati36DNF 
R (ARG) Roberto MieresGordini28DNF 
R (ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati22DNF 
R (GBR) Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)19DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis14DNF 
R (GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta7DNF 
Did not start
  (USA) Fred WackerGordini   

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:51.100

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
2(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
3(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
4(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
5(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati
6(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari
7(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
8(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
9(GBR) Stirling MossConnaught-Lea Francis
10(USA) Harry SchellGordini
11(GBR) Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis
12(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini
13(ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati
14(GBR) Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis
15(GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
16(GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta
17(BEL) Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
18(GBR) Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)
19(ARG) Roberto MieresGordini

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Alberto Ascari17
2(USA) Bill Vukovich9
3(ITA) Luigi Villoresi7
4(USA) Art Cross6
=(ITA) Giuseppe Farina6
6(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez6
7(GBR) Mike Hawthorn6
8(USA) Duane Carter2
=(USA) Sam Hanks2
=(ITA) Felice Bonetto2
11(ARG) Oscar Galvez2
=(USA) Jack McGrath2
=(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried2
14(USA) Fred Agabashian1.5
=(USA) Paul Russo1.5

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Roberto Mieres
Wins
10th for Alberto Ascari (1st driver to win ten races, 1st Italian driver)
12th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
9th for Ferrari
Podiums
14th for Alberto Ascari
12th for Giuseppe Farina
8th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez
2nd and last for Felice Bonetto (first podium since 1951; only podium for Maserati)
35th & 36th for Ferrari
4th for Maserati
Poles
9th for Alberto Ascari NEW RECORD
12th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
1st and only for Luigi Villoresi (9th different fastest lap setter, 4th Italian driver)
9th for Ferrari
Front row starts
22nd for Giuseppe Farina
15th for Juan Manuel Fangio
14th for Alberto Ascari
Pole & win
8th for Alberto Ascari

See also

  • Dutch Grand Prix
  • Zandvoort circuit
  • 1953 World Championship season

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