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

1953 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 September 1953
Winner
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
Pole position
  • Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Italy flag lazyload Maserati
CircuitMonza, 80 laps
Round9 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
More 1953 season
More Italian Grands Prix
Next race1954 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMaserati802hr 49m 45.900s9 FL
2+1Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari80+1.400s6
R Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari79DNF 
3+2Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiFerrari79+1 lap4
4+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari79+1 lap3
5+3France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantGordini79+1 lap2
R Italy flag lazyload Felice BonettoMaserati77DNF 
6+10Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresGordini77+3 laps 
7+5
  • Italy flag lazyload Sergio Mantovani
  • Italy flag lazyload Luigi Musso
Maserati76+4 laps 
R Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati75DNF 
8+3Italy flag lazyload Umberto MaglioliFerrari75+5 laps 
9+6USA flag lazyload Harry SchellGordini75+5 laps 
10+15Monaco flag lazyload Louis ChironOSCA (privateer)72+8 laps 
11+12Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejMaserati (privateer)72+8 laps 
R Switzerland flag Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)70DNF 
12+12United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)70+10 laps 
13-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossCooper-Alta70+10 laps 
14+15Germany flag lazyload Hans StuckAFM-Bristol (privateer)67+13 laps 
15+13France flag lazyload Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta67+13 laps 
16+1France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)65+15 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanConnaught-Lea Francis61+19 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)57+23 laps 
NC United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis56+24 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Piero CariniFerrari40DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis33DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Chico LandiMaserati (privateer)18DNF 
R France flag lazyload Elie BayolOSCA (privateer)17DNF 
R USA flag lazyload John FitchHWM-Alta14DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta6DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:02.700

PosDriverConstructor
1Italy flag lazyload Alberto AscariFerrari
2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
3Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe FarinaFerrari
4Argentina flag lazyload Onofre MarimonMaserati
5Italy flag lazyload Luigi VilloresiFerrari
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike HawthornFerrari
7Italy flag lazyload Felice BonettoMaserati
8France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantGordini
9Switzerland flag Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossCooper-Alta
11Italy flag lazyload Umberto MaglioliFerrari
12Italy flag lazyload Sergio MantovaniMaserati
13France flag lazyload Elie BayolOSCA (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis
15USA flag lazyload Harry SchellGordini
16Argentina flag lazyload Roberto MieresGordini
17France flag lazyload Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis
19United Kingdom flag lazyload Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)
20Italy flag lazyload Piero CariniFerrari
21Brazil flag lazyload Chico LandiMaserati (privateer)
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanConnaught-Lea Francis
23Thailand flag lazyload Birabongse BhanudejMaserati (privateer)
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)
25Monaco flag lazyload Louis ChironOSCA (privateer)
26USA flag lazyload John FitchHWM-Alta
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Lance MacklinHWM-Alta
28France flag lazyload Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta
29Germany flag lazyload Hans StuckAFM-Bristol (privateer)
30Belgium flag lazyload Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Alberto Ascari34.5
2Argentina flag lazyload Juan Manuel Fangio28
3Italy flag lazyload Giuseppe Farina26
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn19
5Italy flag lazyload Luigi Villoresi17
6Argentina flag lazyload Jose Froilan Gonzalez13.5
7USA flag lazyload Bill Vukovich9
8Switzerland flag Emmanuel de Graffenried7
9Italy flag lazyload Felice Bonetto6.5
10USA flag lazyload Art Cross6
11Argentina flag lazyload Onofre Marimon4
12France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant4
13USA flag lazyload Duane Carter2
=USA flag lazyload Sam Hanks2
15Argentina flag lazyload Oscar Galvez2
=USA flag lazyload Jack McGrath2
=Germany flag lazyload Hermann Lang2
18USA flag lazyload Fred Agabashian1.5
=USA flag lazyload Paul Russo1.5

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)

See also

  • Italian Grand Prix
  • Monza circuit
  • 1953 World Championship season

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