1953 German Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 2 August 1953
Winner	Giuseppe Farina Ferrari
Pole position	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Fastest lap	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Circuit	Nurburgring, 18 laps
Round	7 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

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+2	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	18	3hr 02m 25.000s	8
2		(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	18	+1m 04.000s	6
3	+1	(GBR) Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	18	+1m 43.600s	4
4	+3	(ITA) Felice Bonetto	Maserati	18	+8m 48.600s	3
5	+6	(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)	17	+1 lap	2
6	+6	(GBR) Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	17	+1 lap
7	+12	(BEL) Jacques Swaters	Ferrari (privateer)	17	+1 lap
8	-7	(ITA) Alberto Ascari (ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	17	+1 lap	1 FL
9	+5	(DEU) Hans Herrmann	Veritas (privateer)	17	+1 lap
10	+12	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)	17	+1 lap
11	+9	(GBR) Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	16	+2 laps
12	+16	(DEU) Theo Helfrich	Veritas (privateer)	16	+2 laps
13	+3	(GBR) Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis	16	+2 laps
14	+12	(DEU) Rudolf Krause	BMW (privateer)	16	+2 laps
R		(ITA) Luigi Villoresi (ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	15	DNF
R		(GBR) Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	15	DNF
15	+17	(DEU) Ernst Klodwig	BMW (privateer)	15	+3 laps
16	+13	(DEU) Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas (privateer)	14	+4 laps
R		(ARG) Onofre Marimon	Maserati	13	DNF
R		(BEL) Johnny Claes	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)	12	DNF
R		(DEU) Edgar Barth	EMW	12	DNF
R		(DEU) Oswald Karch	Veritas (privateer)	10	DNF
R		(DEU) Willi Heeks	Veritas (privateer)	8	DNF
R		(FRA) Jean Behra	Gordini	7	DNF
R		(USA) Harry Schell	Gordini	6	DNF
R		(THA) Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught-Lea Francis	6	DNF
R		(DEU) Theo Fitzau	AFM-BMW (privateer)	3	DNF
R		(DEU) Kurt Adolff	Ferrari (privateer)	3	DNF
R		(DEU) Gunther Bechem	AFM-BMW (privateer)	2	DNF
R		(GBR) Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis	1	DNF
R		(DEU) Erwin Bauer	Veritas (privateer)	1	DNF
R		(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	1	DNF
R		(DEU) Hans Stuck	AFM-Bristol (privateer)	0	DNF
R		(DEU) Ernst Loof	Veritas (privateer)	0	DNF
Did not start
		(DEU) Helm Glockler	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)

Starting grid

Pole time: 9:59.800

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
2	(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
3	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
4	(GBR) Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
5	(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
6	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
7	(ITA) Felice Bonetto	Maserati
8	(ARG) Onofre Marimon	Maserati
9	(FRA) Jean Behra	Gordini
10	(USA) Harry Schell	Gordini
11	(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)
12	(GBR) Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta
13	(GBR) Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
14	(DEU) Hans Herrmann	Veritas (privateer)
15	(THA) Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught-Lea Francis
16	(GBR) Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis
17	(GBR) Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
18	(DEU) Willi Heeks	Veritas (privateer)
19	(BEL) Jacques Swaters	Ferrari (privateer)
20	(GBR) Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
21	(DEU) Theo Fitzau	AFM-BMW (privateer)
22	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)
23	(DEU) Hans Stuck	AFM-Bristol (privateer)
24	(DEU) Edgar Barth	EMW
25	(BEL) Johnny Claes	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)
26	(DEU) Rudolf Krause	BMW (privateer)
27	(DEU) Kurt Adolff	Ferrari (privateer)
28	(DEU) Theo Helfrich	Veritas (privateer)
29	(DEU) Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas (privateer)
30	(DEU) Gunther Bechem	AFM-BMW (privateer)
31	(DEU) Ernst Loof	Veritas (privateer)
32	(DEU) Ernst Klodwig	BMW (privateer)
33	(DEU) Erwin Bauer	Veritas (privateer)
34	(DEU) Oswald Karch	Veritas (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	(ITA) Alberto Ascari	33.5
2	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	20
3	(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	19
4	(GBR) Mike Hawthorn	18
5	(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez	13.5
6	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	13
7	(USA) Bill Vukovich	9
8	(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried	7
9	(USA) Art Cross	6
10	(ITA) Felice Bonetto	5
11	(ARG) Onofre Marimon	4
12	(USA) Duane Carter	2
=	(USA) Sam Hanks	2
14	(ARG) Oscar Galvez	2
=	(USA) Jack McGrath	2
=	(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	2
17	(USA) Fred Agabashian	1.5
=	(USA) Paul Russo	1.5

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Stats & 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