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25px Germany  1953 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 9 in the 1953 Formula One season
Nürburgring layout
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 25px Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Time 9:59.8
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari
Time 9:56.0 on lap 12
Podium
First 25px Italy Nino Farina Ferrari
Second 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Third 25px United Kingdom 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
1 2 25px Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 18 3:02:25.0 3 8
2 5 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 18 + 1:04.0 2 6
3 3 25px UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 18 + 1:43.6 4 4
4 7 25px Italy Felice Bonetto Maserati 18 + 8:48.6 7 3
5 17 25px Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 17 + 1 Lap 11 2
6 19 25px UK Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 17 + 1 Lap 12  
7 18 25px Belgium Jacques Swaters Ferrari 17 + 1 Lap 19  
8 1 25px Italy Alberto Ascari
25px Italy Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari 17 + 1 Lap 1  
9 31 25px Germany Hans Herrmann Veritas 17 + 1 Lap 14  
10 20 25px France Louis Rosier Ferrari 17 + 1 Lap 22  
11 40 25px UK Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol 16 + 2 Laps 20  
12 24 25px Germany Theo Helfrich Veritas 16 + 2 Laps 28  
13 16 25px UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 16 + 2 Laps 16  
14 36 25px Template:Country alias East Germany Rudolf Krause BMW 16 + 2 Laps 26  
15 37 25px Template:Country alias East Germany Ernst Klodwig BMW 15 + 3 Laps 32  
16 22 25px Germany Wolfgang Seidel Veritas 14 + 4 Laps 29  
Ret 4 25px Italy Luigi Villoresi
25px Italy Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 15 Engine 6  
1
Ret 38 25px UK Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 15 Engine 17  
Ret 8 25px Argentina Onofre Marimón Maserati 13 Suspension 8  
Ret 35 25px Template:Country alias East Germany Edgar Barth EMW 12 Exhaust 24  
Ret 12 25px Belgium Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 12 Retirement 25  
Ret 26 25px Germany Oswald Karch Veritas 10 Retirement 34  
Ret 23 25px Germany Willi Heeks Veritas 8 Retirement 18  
Ret 9 25px France Jean Behra Gordini 7 Gearbox 9  
Ret 11 25px United States Harry Schell Gordini 6 Engine 10  
Ret 14 25px Flag of Thailand Prince Bira Connaught-Lea-Francis 6 Suspension 15  
Ret 28 25px Germany Theo Fitzau AFM-BMW 3 Retirement 21  
Ret 34 25px Germany Kurt Adolff Ferrari 3 Retirement 27  
Ret 41 25px Germany Günther Bechem AFM-BMW 2 Retirement 30  
Ret 10 25px France Maurice Trintignant Gordini 1 Differential 5  
Ret 15 25px UK Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 1 Engine 13  
Ret 32 25px Germany Erwin Bauer Veritas 1 Retirement 33  
Ret 21 25px Germany Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol 0 Retirement 23  
Ret 30 25px Germany 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
1 25px Italy Alberto Ascari 33.5 (37.5)
2 25px Italy Nino Farina 20
3 25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 19
4 25px UK Mike Hawthorn 18 (20)
5 25px Argentina 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.


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