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

1953 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 August 1953
Winner
  • Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
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
More 1953 season
More German Grands Prix

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 9:59.800

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1953 German Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari33.5
2Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina20
3Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio19
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn18
5Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez13.5
6Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi13
7USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich9
8Switzerland flag Emmanuel de Graffenried7
9USA flag lazyload Art Cross6
10Italy flag lazyload Felice Bonetto5
11Argentina flag lazyload Onofre Marimon4
12USA flag lazyload Duane Carter2
=USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks2
14Argentina flag lazyload Oscar Galvez2
=USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath2
=France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant2
17USA flag lazyload Fred Agabashian1.5
=USA flag lazyload Paul Russo1.5

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

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Nurburgring circuit
  • 1953 World Championship season

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