1953 German Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 2 August 1953 |
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| Circuit | Nurburgring, 18 laps |
| Round | 7 of 9 |
| Race numbers | The 1953 German Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +2 |  Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 18 | 3hr 02m 25.000s | 8 |
| 2 |  Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 18 | +1m 04.000s | 6 | |
| 3 | +1 |  Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 18 | +1m 43.600s | 4 |
| 4 | +3 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 18 | +8m 48.600s | 3 |
| 5 | +6 |  Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) | 17 | +1 lap | 2 |
| 6 | +6 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | 17 | +1 lap | |
| 7 | +12 |  Jacques Swaters | Ferrari (privateer) | 17 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | -7 | Ferrari | 17 | +1 lap |
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| 9 | +5 |  Hans Herrmann | Veritas (privateer) | 17 | +1 lap | |
| 10 | +12 |  Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) | 17 | +1 lap | |
| 11 | +9 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 16 | +2 laps | |
| 12 | +16 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas (privateer) | 16 | +2 laps | |
| 13 | +3 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught-Lea Francis | 16 | +2 laps | |
| 14 | +12 | Rudolf Krause | BMW (privateer) | 16 | +2 laps | |
| R | Ferrari | 15 | DNF | |||
| R | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 15 | DNF | ||
| 15 | +17 | Ernst Klodwig | BMW (privateer) | 15 | +3 laps | |
| 16 | +13 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas (privateer) | 14 | +4 laps | |
| R | Onofre Marimon | Maserati | 13 | DNF | ||
| R | Johnny Claes | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 12 | DNF | ||
| R | Edgar Barth | EMW | 12 | DNF | ||
| R | Oswald Karch | Veritas (privateer) | 10 | DNF | ||
| R | Willi Heeks | Veritas (privateer) | 8 | DNF | ||
| R | Jean Behra | Gordini | 7 | DNF | ||
| R |  Harry Schell | Gordini | 6 | DNF | ||
| R |  Birabongse Bhanudej | Connaught-Lea Francis | 6 | DNF | ||
| R | Theo Fitzau | AFM-BMW (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
| R | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
| R | Gunther Bechem | AFM-BMW (privateer) | 2 | DNF | ||
| R | Roy Salvadori | Connaught-Lea Francis | 1 | DNF | ||
| R | Erwin Bauer | Veritas (privateer) | 1 | DNF | ||
| R | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 1 | DNF | ||
| R | Hans Stuck | AFM-Bristol (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
| R | Ernst Loof | Veritas (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
| Helm Glockler | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | |||||
Starting grid
Pole time: 9:59.800
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati |
| 3 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari |
| 4 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 5 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
| 6 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari |
| 7 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati |
| 8 | Onofre Marimon | Maserati |
| 9 | Jean Behra | Gordini |
| 10 | Harry Schell | Gordini |
| 11 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) |
| 12 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta |
| 13 | Roy Salvadori | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 14 | Hans Herrmann | Veritas (privateer) |
| 15 | Birabongse Bhanudej | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 16 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 17 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 18 | Willi Heeks | Veritas (privateer) |
| 19 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 20 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 21 | Theo Fitzau | AFM-BMW (privateer) |
| 22 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 23 | Hans Stuck | AFM-Bristol (privateer) |
| 24 | Edgar Barth | EMW |
| 25 | Johnny Claes | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) |
| 26 | Rudolf Krause | BMW (privateer) |
| 27 | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 28 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas (privateer) |
| 29 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas (privateer) |
| 30 | Gunther Bechem | AFM-BMW (privateer) |
| 31 | Ernst Loof | Veritas (privateer) |
| 32 | Ernst Klodwig | BMW (privateer) |
| 33 | Erwin Bauer | Veritas (privateer) |
| 34 | Oswald Karch | Veritas (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1953 German Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Alberto Ascari | 33.5 |
| 2 | Giuseppe Farina | 20 |
| 3 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 19 |
| 4 | Mike Hawthorn | 18 |
| 5 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | 13.5 |
| 6 | Luigi Villoresi | 13 |
| 7 | Bill Vukovich | 9 |
| 8 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | 7 |
| 9 | Art Cross | 6 |
| 10 | Felice Bonetto | 5 |
| 11 | Onofre Marimon | 4 |
| 12 | Duane Carter | 2 |
| = | Sam Hanks | 2 |
| 14 | Oscar Galvez | 2 |
| = | Jack McGrath | 2 |
| = | Maurice Trintignant | 2 |
| 17 | Fred Agabashian | 1.5 |
| = | Paul Russo | 1.5 |
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