1953 Italian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 13 September 1953
Winner	Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Pole position	Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Fastest lap	Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Circuit	Monza, 80 laps
Round	9 of 9
Race numbers	The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was the: 32nd World Championship race 4th World Championship Italian Grand Prix 4th World Championship race at Monza
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Next race	1954 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+1	(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	80	2hr 49m 45.900s	9 FL
2	+1	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	80	+1.400s	6
R		(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	79	DNF
3	+2	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	79	+1 lap	4
4	+2	(GBR) Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	79	+1 lap	3
5	+3	(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	79	+1 lap	2
R		(ITA) Felice Bonetto	Maserati	77	DNF
6	+10	(ARG) Roberto Mieres	Gordini	77	+3 laps
7	+5	(ITA) Sergio Mantovani (ITA) Luigi Musso	Maserati	76	+4 laps
R		(ARG) Onofre Marimon	Maserati	75	DNF
8	+3	(ITA) Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	75	+5 laps
9	+6	(USA) Harry Schell	Gordini	75	+5 laps
10	+15	(MCO) Louis Chiron	OSCA (privateer)	72	+8 laps
11	+12	(THA) Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati (privateer)	72	+8 laps
R		(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)	70	DNF
12	+12	(GBR) Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	70	+10 laps
13	-3	(GBR) Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	70	+10 laps
14	+15	(DEU) Hans Stuck	AFM-Bristol (privateer)	67	+13 laps
15	+13	(FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM-Alta	67	+13 laps
16	+1	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)	65	+15 laps
NC		(GBR) Jack Fairman	Connaught-Lea Francis	61	+19 laps
NC		(GBR) Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)	57	+23 laps
NC		(GBR) Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis	56	+24 laps
R		(ITA) Piero Carini	Ferrari	40	DNF
R		(GBR) Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis	33	DNF
R		(BRA) Chico Landi	Maserati (privateer)	18	DNF
R		(FRA) Elie Bayol	OSCA (privateer)	17	DNF
R		(USA) John Fitch	HWM-Alta	14	DNF
R		(BEL) Johnny Claes	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)	7	DNF
R		(GBR) Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	6	DNF

Pole time: 2:02.700

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(ITA) Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
2	(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
3	(ITA) Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
4	(ARG) Onofre Marimon	Maserati
5	(ITA) Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
6	(GBR) Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
7	(ITA) Felice Bonetto	Maserati
8	(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
9	(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati (privateer)
10	(GBR) Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta
11	(ITA) Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari
12	(ITA) Sergio Mantovani	Maserati
13	(FRA) Elie Bayol	OSCA (privateer)
14	(GBR) Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis
15	(USA) Harry Schell	Gordini
16	(ARG) Roberto Mieres	Gordini
17	(FRA) Louis Rosier	Ferrari (privateer)
18	(GBR) Ken McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis
19	(GBR) Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
20	(ITA) Piero Carini	Ferrari
21	(BRA) Chico Landi	Maserati (privateer)
22	(GBR) Jack Fairman	Connaught-Lea Francis
23	(THA) Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati (privateer)
24	(GBR) Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol (privateer)
25	(MCO) Louis Chiron	OSCA (privateer)
26	(USA) John Fitch	HWM-Alta
27	(GBR) Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta
28	(FRA) Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM-Alta
29	(DEU) Hans Stuck	AFM-Bristol (privateer)
30	(BEL) Johnny Claes	Connaught-Lea Francis (privateer)

How the championship standings stood post-race.

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

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)