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1953 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitReims, 60 laps
Round5 of 9
Race numbers

The 1953 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 28th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Reims
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+6(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari602hr 44m 18.600s8
2+2(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati60+1.000s7 FL
3+2(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati60+1.400s4
4-3(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari60+4.600s3
5+1(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari60+1m 07.600s2
6-3(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari60+1m 15.900s 
7+2(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)58+2 laps 
8+2(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)56+4 laps 
9-1(ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati55+5 laps 
10+12(FRA) Jean BehraGordini55+5 laps 
11+1(GBR) Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)55+5 laps 
12+9(BEL) Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)53+7 laps 
13+4(GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta52+8 laps 
14+4(FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta50+10 laps 
15+10(MCO) Louis ChironOSCA (privateer)43+17 laps 
R (ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati42DNF 
R (GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Alta38DNF 
R (THA) Birabongse BhanudejConnaught-Lea Francis29DNF 
R (FRA) Elie BayolOSCA (privateer)18DNF 
R (GBR) Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)17DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini14DNF 
R (GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta9DNF 
R (ARG) Roberto MieresGordini4DNF 
R (USA) Harry SchellGordini4DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis2DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:41.200

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
2(ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati
3(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
4(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
5(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezMaserati
6(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
7(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari
8(ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati
9(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
10(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
11(THA) Birabongse BhanudejConnaught-Lea Francis
12(GBR) Bob GerardCooper-Bristol (privateer)
13(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Alta
14(GBR) Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)
15(FRA) Elie BayolOSCA (privateer)
16(GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
17(GBR) Peter CollinsHWM-Alta
18(FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta
19(GBR) Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis
20(USA) Harry SchellGordini
21(BEL) Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
22(FRA) Jean BehraGordini
23(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini
24(ARG) Roberto MieresGordini
25(MCO) Louis ChironOSCA (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Alberto Ascari28
2(GBR) Mike Hawthorn14
3(ITA) Luigi Villoresi13
4(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez11
5(USA) Bill Vukovich9
6(ITA) Giuseppe Farina8
7(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio7
8(USA) Art Cross6
9(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried5
10(ARG) Onofre Marimon4
11(USA) Duane Carter2
=(USA) Sam Hanks2
=(ITA) Felice Bonetto2
14(ARG) Oscar Galvez2
=(USA) Jack McGrath2
=(FRA) Maurice Trintignant2
17(USA) Fred Agabashian1.5
=(USA) Paul Russo1.5

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Stats & milestones

Wins
1st for Mike Hawthorn (11th different winner, 1st British driver)
14th for Ferrari
Podiums
9th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first podium since 1951; first for Maserati)
9th for Jose Froilan Gonzalez (last for Maserati)
2nd for Mike Hawthorn (first for Ferrari)
39th for Ferrari
6th & 7th for Maserati
Poles
10th for Alberto Ascari (1st driver to take ten pole positions, 1st Italian driver) NEW RECORD
13th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
9th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first since 1951; first for Maserati)
3rd for Maserati
Front row starts
16th for Alberto Ascari
5th and last for Luigi Villoresi
1st and only for Felice Bonetto (21st different front row starter, 7th Italian driver)