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1953 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1953 World Sportscar Championship season was the first year of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for sportscars that ran in many worldwide endurance events. It ran from March 8, 1953 to November 23, 1953, comprising 7 races.

Schedule[]

Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date
1 25px United States 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway March 8
2 25px Italy Mille Miglia Brescia April 26
3 25px France 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe June 13
June 14
4 25px Belgium 24 Hours de Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps July 25
July 26
5 25px Germany ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring August 30
6 25px United Kingdom RAC Tourist Trophy Dundrod September 5
7 25px Mexico Carrera Panamericana Veracruz November 23

Season results[]

Points were awarded for the top 6 finishers, in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.

Races[]

Rnd Circuit Winning Team Results
Winning Drivers
1 Sebring 25px United States #57 Briggs Cunningham Results
25px United States Phil Walters
25px United States John Fitch
2 Brescia 25px Italy #547 Scuderia Ferrari Results
25px Italy Giannino Marzotto
25px Italy Marco Crosara
3 La Sarthe 25px United Kingdom #18 Jaguar Cars, Ltd. Results
25px United Kingdom Tony Rolt
25px United Kingdom Duncan Hamilton
4 Spa-
Francorchamps
25px Italy #8 Scuderia Ferrari Results
25px Italy Giuseppe Farina
25px United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
5 Nürburgring 25px Italy #1 Scuderia Ferrari Results
25px Italy Alberto Ascari
25px Italy Giuseppe Farina
6 Dundrod 25px United Kingdom #20 Aston Martin Ltd. Results
25px United Kingdom Peter Collins
25px United Kingdom Pat Griffith
7 Veracruz 25px Italy #36 Scuderia Lancia Results
25px Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
25px Italy Gino Bronzoni

Manufacturers Championship[]

Only the best 4 results out of the 7 race season counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics.

Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 25px Italy Ferrari 1 8 2 8 8 3 27
2 25px United Kingdom Jaguar 4 8 6 6 4 24
3 25px United Kingdom Aston Martin 6 2 8 16
4= 25px Italy Lancia 4 8 12
4= 25px United States Cunningham 8 4 12
6 25px Italy Alfa Romeo 6 6
7 25px Germany Borgward 4 4
8= 25px Germany Porsche 3 3
8= 25px France D.B. 3 3
10= 25px Germany Veritas 2 2
10= 25px France Talbot 2 2
10= 25px Italy O.S.C.A. 2 2
13= 25px France Gordini 1 1
13= 25px United Kingdom Frazer Nash 1 1

External links[]

World Sportscar Championship seasons

1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962
1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972
1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982
1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992

"Group 6" World Championship seasons
1976 • 1977
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