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1953 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitNurburgring, 18 laps
Round7 of 9
Race numbers

The 1953 German Grand Prix was the:

  • 30th World Championship race
  • 3rd World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Nurburgring
  • 1953 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari183hr 02m 25.000s8
2 (ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati18+1m 04.000s6
3+1(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari18+1m 43.600s4
4+3(ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati18+8m 48.600s3
5+6(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)17+1 lap2
6+6(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Alta17+1 lap 
7+12(BEL) Jacques SwatersFerrari (privateer)17+1 lap 
8-7Ferrari17+1 lap
  • 1 FL
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9+5(DEU) Hans HerrmannVeritas (privateer)17+1 lap 
10+12(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)17+1 lap 
11+9(GBR) Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol (privateer)16+2 laps 
12+16(DEU) Theo HelfrichVeritas (privateer)16+2 laps 
13+3(GBR) Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis16+2 laps 
14+12(DEU) Rudolf KrauseBMW (privateer)16+2 laps 
R Ferrari15DNF 
R (GBR) Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)15DNF 
15+17(DEU) Ernst KlodwigBMW (privateer)15+3 laps 
16+13(DEU) Wolfgang SeidelVeritas (privateer)14+4 laps 
R (ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati13DNF 
R (BEL) Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)12DNF 
R (DEU) Edgar BarthEMW12DNF 
R (DEU) Oswald KarchVeritas (privateer)10DNF 
R (DEU) Willi HeeksVeritas (privateer)8DNF 
R (FRA) Jean BehraGordini7DNF 
R (USA) Harry SchellGordini6DNF 
R (THA) Birabongse BhanudejConnaught-Lea Francis6DNF 
R (DEU) Theo FitzauAFM-BMW (privateer)3DNF 
R (DEU) Kurt AdolffFerrari (privateer)3DNF 
R (DEU) Gunther BechemAFM-BMW (privateer)2DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis1DNF 
R (DEU) Erwin BauerVeritas (privateer)1DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini1DNF 
R (DEU) Hans StuckAFM-Bristol (privateer)0DNF 
R (DEU) Ernst LoofVeritas (privateer)0DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Helm GlocklerCooper-Bristol (privateer)   

Starting grid

Pole time: 9:59.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari
2(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
3(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
4(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari
5(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini
6(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari
7(ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati
8(ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati
9(FRA) Jean BehraGordini
10(USA) Harry SchellGordini
11(CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
12(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Alta
13(GBR) Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis
14(DEU) Hans HerrmannVeritas (privateer)
15(THA) Birabongse BhanudejConnaught-Lea Francis
16(GBR) Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis
17(GBR) Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)
18(DEU) Willi HeeksVeritas (privateer)
19(BEL) Jacques SwatersFerrari (privateer)
20(GBR) Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol (privateer)
21(DEU) Theo FitzauAFM-BMW (privateer)
22(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
23(DEU) Hans StuckAFM-Bristol (privateer)
24(DEU) Edgar BarthEMW
25(BEL) Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
26(DEU) Rudolf KrauseBMW (privateer)
27(DEU) Kurt AdolffFerrari (privateer)
28(DEU) Theo HelfrichVeritas (privateer)
29(DEU) Wolfgang SeidelVeritas (privateer)
30(DEU) Gunther BechemAFM-BMW (privateer)
31(DEU) Ernst LoofVeritas (privateer)
32(DEU) Ernst KlodwigBMW (privateer)
33(DEU) Erwin BauerVeritas (privateer)
34(DEU) Oswald KarchVeritas (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Alberto Ascari33.5
2(ITA) Giuseppe Farina20
3(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio19
4(GBR) Mike Hawthorn18
5(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez13.5
6(ITA) Luigi Villoresi13
7(USA) Bill Vukovich9
8(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried7
9(USA) Art Cross6
10(ITA) Felice Bonetto5
11(ARG) Onofre Marimon4
12(USA) Duane Carter2
=(USA) Sam Hanks2
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.

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Kurt Adolff (only start)
Edgar Barth
Erwin Bauer (only start)
Theo Fitzau (only start)
Oswald Karch (only start)
Ernst Loof (only start)
Rodney Nuckey (only start)
Wolfgang Seidel
EMW (only start)
Last start
Gunther Bechem
Willi Heeks
Ernst Klodwig
Rudolf Krause
BMW
Veritas
World Champion
2nd and last title for Alberto Ascari (1st driver to to win two championships, 1st Italian driver) NEW RECORD
Wins
5th and last for Giuseppe Farina (first win since 1951; only win for Ferrari)
16th for Ferrari
Podiums
14th for Giuseppe Farina
11th for Juan Manuel Fangio
3rd for Mike Hawthorn
42nd & 43rd for Ferrari
9th for Maserati
Poles
12th for Alberto Ascari
15th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
9th for Alberto Ascari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio)
11th for Ferrari
Front row starts
23rd for Giuseppe Farina
18th for Alberto Ascari & Juan Manuel Fangio
3rd for Mike Hawthorn
Points finishes
4th and last for Emmanuel de Graffenried