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

1953 Italian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 13 September 1953
Winner
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • Maserati
Pole position
  • Alberto Ascari
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
  • 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+1(ARG) Juan Manuel FangioMaserati802hr 49m 45.900s9 FL
2+1(ITA) Giuseppe FarinaFerrari80+1.400s6
R (ITA) Alberto AscariFerrari79DNF 
3+2(ITA) Luigi VilloresiFerrari79+1 lap4
4+2(GBR) Mike HawthornFerrari79+1 lap3
5+3(FRA) Maurice TrintignantGordini79+1 lap2
R (ITA) Felice BonettoMaserati77DNF 
6+10(ARG) Roberto MieresGordini77+3 laps 
7+5
  • (ITA) Sergio Mantovani
  • (ITA) Luigi Musso
Maserati76+4 laps 
R (ARG) Onofre MarimonMaserati75DNF 
8+3(ITA) Umberto MaglioliFerrari75+5 laps 
9+6(USA) Harry SchellGordini75+5 laps 
10+15(MCO) Louis ChironOSCA (privateer)72+8 laps 
11+12(THA) Birabongse BhanudejMaserati (privateer)72+8 laps 
R (CHE) Emmanuel de GraffenriedMaserati (privateer)70DNF 
12+12(GBR) Alan BrownCooper-Bristol (privateer)70+10 laps 
13-3(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Alta70+10 laps 
14+15(DEU) Hans StuckAFM-Bristol (privateer)67+13 laps 
15+13(FRA) Yves Giraud-CabantousHWM-Alta67+13 laps 
16+1(FRA) Louis RosierFerrari (privateer)65+15 laps 
NC (GBR) Jack FairmanConnaught-Lea Francis61+19 laps 
NC (GBR) Ken WhartonCooper-Bristol (privateer)57+23 laps 
NC (GBR) Ken McAlpineConnaught-Lea Francis56+24 laps 
R (ITA) Piero CariniFerrari40DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea Francis33DNF 
R (BRA) Chico LandiMaserati (privateer)18DNF 
R (FRA) Elie BayolOSCA (privateer)17DNF 
R (USA) John FitchHWM-Alta14DNF 
R (BEL) Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea Francis (privateer)7DNF 
R (GBR) Lance MacklinHWM-Alta6DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:02.700

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Alberto Ascari34.5
2(ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio28
3(ITA) Giuseppe Farina26
4(GBR) Mike Hawthorn19
5(ITA) Luigi Villoresi17
6(ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez13.5
7(USA) Bill Vukovich9
8(CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried7
9(ITA) Felice Bonetto6.5
10(USA) Art Cross6
11(ARG) Onofre Marimon4
12(FRA) Maurice Trintignant4
13(USA) Duane Carter2
=(USA) Sam Hanks2
15(ARG) Oscar Galvez2
=(USA) Jack McGrath2
=(DEU) Hermann Lang2
18(USA) Fred Agabashian1.5
=(USA) Paul Russo1.5

Constructor

The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.

Stats & 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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