1953 Swiss Grand Prix
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Circuit | Bremgarten, 65 laps |
Round | 8 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1953 Swiss Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +1 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 65 | 3hr 01m 34.400s | 9 FL |
2 | +1 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 65 | +1m 12.930s | 6 |
3 | +4 | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 65 | +1m 35.960s | 4 |
4 | -3 |
| Maserati | 64 | +1 lap |
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5 | +6 | (DEU) Hermann Lang | Maserati | 62 | +3 laps | 2 |
6 | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 62 | +3 laps | ||
7 | +2 | (GBR) Ken Wharton | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) | 62 | +3 laps | |
R | (BRA) Chico Landi | Maserati (privateer) | 54 | DNF | ||
8 | +11 | (CHE) Max de Terra | Ferrari (privateer) | 51 | +14 laps | |
9 | +9 | (CHE) Albert Scherrer | HWM-Alta | 49 | +16 laps | |
R | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) | 48 | DNF | ||
R | (ARG) Onofre Marimon | Maserati | 46 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 43 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Jean Behra | Gordini | 37 | DNF | ||
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| Maserati | 29 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta | 29 | DNF | ||
R | (CHE) Peter Hirt | Ferrari (privateer) | 17 | DNF | ||
R | (BEL) Paul Frere | HWM-Alta | 1 | DNF | ||
R | (FRA) Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
R | (BEL) Jacques Swaters | Ferrari (privateer) | 0 | DNF | ||
Did not start | ||||||
(MCO) Louis Chiron | OSCA (privateer) | |||||
(FRA) Elie Bayol | OSCA (privateer) | |||||
(USA) Fred Wacker | Gordini |
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:40.100
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati |
2 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
3 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari |
4 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Gordini |
5 | (ARG) Onofre Marimon | Maserati |
6 | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari |
7 | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
8 | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati (privateer) |
9 | (GBR) Ken Wharton | Cooper-Bristol (privateer) |
10 | (ITA) Felice Bonetto | Maserati |
11 | (DEU) Hermann Lang | Maserati |
12 | (FRA) Jean Behra | Gordini |
13 | (BEL) Jacques Swaters | Ferrari (privateer) |
14 | (FRA) Louis Rosier | Ferrari (privateer) |
15 | (GBR) Lance Macklin | HWM-Alta |
16 | (BEL) Paul Frere | HWM-Alta |
17 | (CHE) Peter Hirt | Ferrari (privateer) |
18 | (CHE) Albert Scherrer | HWM-Alta |
19 | (CHE) Max de Terra | Ferrari (privateer) |
20 | (BRA) Chico Landi | Maserati (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (ITA) Alberto Ascari | 34.5 |
2 | (ITA) Giuseppe Farina | 24 |
3 | (ARG) Juan Manuel Fangio | 20.5 |
4 | (GBR) Mike Hawthorn | 19 |
5 | (ARG) Jose Froilan Gonzalez | 13.5 |
6 | (ITA) Luigi Villoresi | 13 |
7 | (USA) Bill Vukovich | 9 |
8 | (CHE) Emmanuel de Graffenried | 7 |
9 | (ITA) Felice Bonetto | 6.5 |
10 | (USA) Art Cross | 6 |
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 |
= | (DEU) Hermann Lang | 2 |
18 | (USA) Paul Russo | 1.5 |
= | (USA) Fred Agabashian | 1.5 |
Constructor
The Constructors’ championship did not begin until 1958.
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Hermann Lang
- Albert Scherrer (only start)
- Last start
- Max de Terra
- Peter Hirt
- Wins
- 13th and last for Alberto Ascari (last Italian winner until 1956)
- 17th for Ferrari
- Race 1-2
- 11th for Ferrari
- Podiums
- 17th and last for Alberto Ascari
- 15th for Giuseppe Farina
- 4th for Mike Hawthorn
- 44th, 45th & 46th for Ferrari
- Poles
- 10th for Juan Manuel Fangio (2nd driver to take ten pole positions, 1st Argentine driver)
- 2nd for Maserati
- Fastest laps
- 10th for Alberto Ascari (1st driver to set ten fastest laps, 1st Italian driver; last for Ferrari) NEW RECORD
- 12th for Ferrari
- Front row starts
- 24th for Giuseppe Farina
- 19th for Juan Manuel Fangio & Alberto Ascari
- Points finishes
- 8th and last for Felice Bonetto
- 1st and only for Hermann Lang (53rd different point scorer, 1st German driver)
- Win & fastest lap
- 9th and last for Alberto Ascari (last Italian driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1966)