Race details | ||
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Race 7 of 9 in the 1953 Formula One season | ||
Nürburgring layout | ||
Date | 2 August 1953 | |
Official name | XVI Großer Preis von Deutschland | |
Location | Nürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany | |
Course | Permanent road course 22.810 km (14.173 mi) | |
Distance | 18 laps, 410.580 km (255.123 mi) | |
Weather | Sunny, mild, dry | |
Pole position | ||
Driver | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
Time | 9:59.8 | |
Fastest lap | ||
Driver | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari |
Time | 9:56.0 on lap 12 | |
Podium | ||
First | Nino Farina | Ferrari |
Second | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati |
Third | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari |
The 1953 German Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 2 August 1953 at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It was the seventh round of the 1953 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.
This race was won by Nino Farina in a Ferrari, just over 1 minute ahead of Juan Manuel Fangio. This was Farina's last victory in Formula One.
Classification[]
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | Nino Farina | Ferrari | 18 | 3:02:25.0 | 3 | 8 |
2 | 5 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 18 | + 1:04.0 | 2 | 6 |
3 | 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 18 | + 1:43.6 | 4 | 4 |
4 | 7 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 18 | + 8:48.6 | 7 | 3 |
5 | 17 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati | 17 | + 1 Lap | 11 | 2 |
6 | 19 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta | 17 | + 1 Lap | 12 | |
7 | 18 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari | 17 | + 1 Lap | 19 | |
8 | 1 | Alberto Ascari Luigi Villoresi |
Ferrari | 17 | + 1 Lap | 1 | |
9 | 31 | Hans Herrmann | Veritas | 17 | + 1 Lap | 14 | |
10 | 20 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 17 | + 1 Lap | 22 | |
11 | 40 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol | 16 | + 2 Laps | 20 | |
12 | 24 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas | 16 | + 2 Laps | 28 | |
13 | 16 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 16 | + 2 Laps | 16 | |
14 | 36 | Rudolf Krause | BMW | 16 | + 2 Laps | 26 | |
15 | 37 | Ernst Klodwig | BMW | 15 | + 3 Laps | 32 | |
16 | 22 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas | 14 | + 4 Laps | 29 | |
Ret | 4 | Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari |
Ferrari | 15 | Engine | 6 | 1 |
Ret | 38 | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol | 15 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 8 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 13 | Suspension | 8 | |
Ret | 35 | Edgar Barth | EMW | 12 | Exhaust | 24 | |
Ret | 12 | Johnny Claes | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 12 | Retirement | 25 | |
Ret | 26 | Oswald Karch | Veritas | 10 | Retirement | 34 | |
Ret | 23 | Willi Heeks | Veritas | 8 | Retirement | 18 | |
Ret | 9 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 7 | Gearbox | 9 | |
Ret | 11 | Harry Schell | Gordini | 6 | Engine | 10 | |
Ret | 14 | Prince Bira | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 6 | Suspension | 15 | |
Ret | 28 | Theo Fitzau | AFM-BMW | 3 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 34 | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari | 3 | Retirement | 27 | |
Ret | 41 | Günther Bechem | AFM-BMW | 2 | Retirement | 30 | |
Ret | 10 | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 1 | Differential | 5 | |
Ret | 15 | Roy Salvadori | Connaught-Lea-Francis | 1 | Engine | 13 | |
Ret | 32 | Erwin Bauer | Veritas | 1 | Retirement | 33 | |
Ret | 21 | Hans Stuck | AFM-Bristol | 0 | Retirement | 23 | |
Ret | 30 | Ernst Loof | Veritas | 0 | Fuel Pump | 31 |
Notes[]
- Shared Drives: (Ascari and Villoresi switched cars)
- Car #1: Ascari (9 laps) then Villoresi (8 laps)
- Car #4: Villoresi (10 laps) then Ascari (5 laps)
- Farina's win means that he is the oldest driver to win a race driving by himself.
- Despite not scoring any more points, Ascari won the championship at this race with an unassailable lead.
- This race had the highest number of cars on the grid of any World Drivers' Championship race, with 34 starters.
Drivers' Championship standings after the race[]
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | Alberto Ascari | 33.5 (37.5) |
2 | Nino Farina | 20 |
3 | Juan Manuel Fangio | 19 |
4 | Mike Hawthorn | 18 (20) |
5 | José Froilán González | 13.5 (14.5) |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
Previous race: 1953 British Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 1953 season |
Next race: 1953 Swiss Grand Prix |
Previous race: 1952 German Grand Prix |
German Grand Prix | Next race: 1954 German Grand Prix |
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