1953 Italian Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 13 September 1953 |
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| Circuit | Monza, 80 laps |
| Round | 9 of 9 |
| Race numbers | The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was the
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| Next race | 1954 Argentine Grand Prix |
Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +1 |  Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 80 | 2hr 49m 45.900s | 9 FL |
| 2 | +1 |  Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 80 | +1.400s | 6 |
| R | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 79 | DNF | ||
| 3 | +2 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 79 | +1 lap | 4 |
| 4 | +2 |  Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 79 | +1 lap | 3 |
| 5 | +3 |  Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 79 | +1 lap | 2 |
| R | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 77 | DNF | ||
| 6 | +10 | Roberto Mieres | Gordini | 77 | +3 laps | |
| 7 | +5 | Maserati | 76 | +4 laps | ||
| R | Onofre Marimon | Maserati | 75 | DNF | ||
| 8 | +3 | Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari | 75 | +5 laps | |
| 9 | +6 |  Harry Schell | Gordini | 75 | +5 laps | |
| 10 | +15 |  Louis Chiron | OSCA (privateer) | 72 | +8 laps | |
| 11 | +12 |  Birabongse Bhanudej | Maserati (privateer) | 72 | +8 laps | |
| R |  Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) | 70 | DNF | ||
| 12 | +12 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 70 | +10 laps | |
| 13 | -3 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | 70 | +10 laps | |
| 14 | +15 |  Hans Stuck | AFM-Bristol (privateer) | 67 | +13 laps | |
| 15 | +13 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | HWM-Alta | 67 | +13 laps | |
| 16 | +1 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) | 65 | +15 laps | |
| NC | Jack Fairman | Connaught-Lea Francis | 61 | +19 laps | ||
| NC | Ken Wharton | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 57 | +23 laps | ||
| NC | Ken McAlpine | Connaught-Lea Francis | 56 | +24 laps | ||
| R | Piero Carini | Ferrari | 40 | DNF | ||
| R | Roy Salvadori | Connaught-Lea Francis | 33 | DNF | ||
| R |  Chico Landi | Maserati (privateer) | 18 | DNF | ||
| R | Elie Bayol | OSCA (privateer) | 17 | DNF | ||
| R | John Fitch | HWM-Alta | 14 | DNF | ||
| R |  Johnny Claes | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) | 7 | DNF | ||
| R | Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta | 6 | DNF | ||
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:02.700
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati |
| 3 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari |
| 4 | Onofre Marimon | Maserati |
| 5 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari |
| 6 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
| 7 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati |
| 8 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
| 9 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) |
| 10 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta |
| 11 | Umberto Maglioli | Ferrari |
| 12 | Sergio Mantovani | Maserati |
| 13 | Elie Bayol | OSCA (privateer) |
| 14 | Roy Salvadori | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 15 | Harry Schell | Gordini |
| 16 | Roberto Mieres | Gordini |
| 17 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) |
| 18 | Ken McAlpine | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 19 | Ken Wharton | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 20 | Piero Carini | Ferrari |
| 21 | Chico Landi | Maserati (privateer) |
| 22 | Jack Fairman | Connaught-Lea Francis |
| 23 | Birabongse Bhanudej | Maserati (privateer) |
| 24 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
| 25 | Louis Chiron | OSCA (privateer) |
| 26 | John Fitch | HWM-Alta |
| 27 | Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta |
| 28 | Yves Giraud-Cabantous | HWM-Alta |
| 29 | Hans Stuck | AFM-Bristol (privateer) |
| 30 | Johnny Claes | Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1953 Italian Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Alberto Ascari | 34.5 |
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 28 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Farina | 26 |
| 4 | Mike Hawthorn | 19 |
| 5 | Luigi Villoresi | 17 |
| 6 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | 13.5 |
| 7 | Bill Vukovich | 9 |
| 8 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | 7 |
| 9 | Felice Bonetto | 6.5 |
| 10 | Art Cross | 6 |
| 11 | Onofre Marimon | 4 |
| 12 | Maurice Trintignant | 4 |
| 13 | Duane Carter | 2 |
| = | Sam Hanks | 2 |
| 15 | Oscar Galvez | 2 |
| = | Jack McGrath | 2 |
| = | Hermann Lang | 2 |
| 18 | Fred Agabashian | 1.5 |
| = | Paul Russo | 1.5 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- John Fitch, Umberto Maglioli, Sergio Mantovani, Luigi Musso
- Last start
- Felice Bonetto, Alan Brown, Piero Carini, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Hans Stuck
- AFM, OSCA
- Wins
- 7th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first win since 1951; first for Maserati; 1st driver to win the Italian Grand Prix for Maserati)
- 1st for Maserati (5th different winner)
- Podiums
- 16th for Giuseppe Farina, 12th for Juan Manuel Fangio, 8th and last for Luigi Villoresi
- 47th & 48th for Ferrari, 10th for Maserati (3rd constructor to score ten podiums)
- Poles
- 13th for Alberto Ascari (last for Ferrari)
- 16th for Ferrari
- Fastest laps
- 10th for Juan Manuel Fangio (2nd driver to set ten fastest laps, 1st Argentine driver) EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Alberto Ascari)
- 5th for Maserati
- Front row starts
- 25th for Giuseppe Farina, 20th for Alberto Ascari (2nd driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 2nd Italian driver), 20th for Juan Manuel Fangio (3rd driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 1st Argentine driver)
- Win & fastest lap
- 5th for Juan Manuel Fangio (first since 1951; first for Maserati)