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1953 German Grand Prix

FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryWest Germany
Grand PrixGerman
ImageCircuit_N%C3%BCrburgring-1927-Nordschleife.svg
CaptionNürburgring layout
Date2 August
Year1953
Previous_round1953 British Grand Prix
Next_round1953 Swiss Grand Prix
Official nameXVI Großer Preis von Deutschland
LocationNürburgring, Nürburg, West Germany
CoursePermanent road course
Course_mi14.173
Course_km22.810
Distance_laps18
Distance_mi255.123
Distance_km410.580
WeatherSunny, mild, dry
Pole_DriverAlberto Ascari
Pole_TeamFerrari
Pole_Time9:59.8
Pole_CountryItaly
Fast_DriverAlberto Ascari
Fast_TeamFerrari
Fast_Time9:56.0
Fast_Lap12
Fast_CountryItaly
First_DriverNino Farina
First_TeamFerrari
First_CountryItaly
Second_DriverJuan Manuel Fangio
Second_TeamMaserati
Second_CountryArgentina
Third_DriverMike Hawthorn
Third_TeamFerrari
Third_CountryUnited Kingdom
Lapchart

The 1953 German Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor racing event held on 2 August 1953 at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It was race 7 of 9 in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. This race had the highest number of cars on the grid of any World Drivers' Championship race, with 34 starters.

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.

Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari clinched his second consecutive World Drivers' Championship as neither Mike Hawthorn nor Juan Manuel Fangio won the race and now could not beat his points total with two races left. Ascari became the first back-to-back World Drivers' Champion.

Four East German drivers partook in this race; these four drivers were the only ever drivers to race under an East German licence. This race was the last time any driver competed under an East German licence: Theo Fitzau, Ernst Klodwig and Rudolf Krause would never race in Formula One again, while Edgar Barth would race again under a West German licence.

During his tour of Europe that saw Japan's 19-year old Crown Prince Akihito visit the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, he also attended the German Grand Prix.

Entries

TeamNoDriverCarEngineTyre
Italy Scuderia Ferrari1Italy Alberto AscariFerrari Tipo 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
2Italy Nino Farina
3UK Mike Hawthorn
4Italy Luigi Villoresi
Italy Officine Alfieri Maserati5Argentina Juan Manuel FangioMaserati A6GCMMaserati A6 2.0 L6
7Italy Felice Bonetto
8Argentina Onofre Marimón
France Equipe Gordini9France Jean BehraGordini Type 16Gordini 20 2.0 L6
10France Maurice Trintignant
11United States Harry Schell
Belgium Ecurie Belge12Belgium Johnny ClaesConnaught Type ALea-Francis 2.0 L4
UK Connaught Engineering14Thailand Prince Bira
15UK Roy Salvadori
16UK Kenneth McAlpine
Switzerland Emmanuel de Graffenried17Switzerland Toulo de GraffenriedMaserati A6GCMMaserati A6 2.0 L6
Belgium Ecurie Francorchamps18Belgium Jacques SwatersFerrari Tipo 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
UK Cooper Car Company19UK Stirling MossCooper T24Alta GP 2.5 L4
France Ecurie Rosier20France Louis RosierFerrari Tipo 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
West Germany Hans Stuck21West Germany Hans StuckAFM 6Bristol BS1 2.0 L6
West Germany Wolfgang Seidel22West Germany Wolfgang SeidelVeritas RSVeritas 2.0 L6
West Germany Willi Heeks23West Germany Willi HeeksVeritas Meteor
West Germany Theo Helfrich24West Germany Theo HelfrichVeritas RS
West Germany Oswald Karch26West Germany Oswald Karch
West Germany Helmut Niedermayr28West Germany Theo FitzauAFM U8BMW 328 2.0 L6
West Germany Ernst Loof30West Germany Ernst LoofVeritas MeteorVeritas 2.0 L6
West Germany Hans Herrmann31West Germany Hans Herrmann
West Germany Erwin Bauer32West Germany Erwin BauerVeritas RS
Switzerland Ecurie Espadon34West Germany Kurt AdolffFerrari Tipo 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
East Germany Rennkollektiv EMW35East Germany Edgar BarthEMW R2EMW 6 2.0 L6
East Germany Dora Greifzu36East Germany Rudolf KrauseEigenbauBMW 328 2.0 L6
East Germany Ernst Klodwig37East Germany Ernst KlodwigEigenbau
UK Equipe Anglaise38UK Alan BrownCooper T23Bristol BS1 2.0 L6
39West Germany Helm Glöckler
UK Rodney Nuckey40UK Rodney Nuckey
West Germany Günther Bechem41West Germany Günther BechemAFM 50-5BMW 328 2.0 L6

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435
1Italy Alberto AscariFerrari9:59.8—
5Argentina Juan Manuel FangioMaserati10:03.7+ 3.9
2Italy Nino FarinaFerrari10:04.1+ 4.3
3UK Mike HawthornFerrari10:12.6+ 12.8
10France Maurice TrintignantGordini10:21.7+ 21.9
4Italy Luigi VilloresiFerrari10:22.8+ 23.0
7Italy Felice BonettoMaserati10:40.8+ 41.0
8Argentina Onofre MarimónMaserati10:41.0+ 41.2
9France Jean BehraGordini10:45.5+ 45.7
11United States Harry SchellGordini10:46.2+ 46.4
17Switzerland Toulo de GraffenriedMaserati10:46.6+ 46.8
19UK Stirling MossCooper-Alta10:48.3+ 48.5
15UK Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea-Francis10:57.5+ 57.7
31West Germany Hans HerrmannVeritas10:59.8+ 1:00.0
14Thailand Prince BiraConnaught-Lea-Francis11:02.1+ 1:02.3
16UK Kenneth McAlpineConnaught-Lea-Francis11:07.3+ 1:07.5
38UK Alan BrownCooper-Bristol11:08.7+ 1:08.9
23West Germany Willi HeeksVeritas11:18.0+ 1:18.2
18Belgium Jacques SwatersFerrari11:18.9+ 1:19.1
40UK Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol11:22.1+ 1:22.3
28West Germany Theo FitzauAFM-BMW11:23.4+ 1:23.6
20France Louis RosierFerrari11:27.4+ 1:27.6
21West Germany Hans StuckAFM-Bristol11:37.2+ 1:37.4
35East Germany Edgar BarthEMW11:40.8+ 1:41.0
12Belgium Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea-Francis11:45.5+ 1:45.7
36East Germany Rudolf KrauseGreifzu-BMW11:49.5+ 1:49.7
34West Germany Kurt AdolffFerrari11:53.1+ 1:53.3
24West Germany Theo HelfrichVeritas11:56.3+ 1:56.5
22West Germany Wolfgang SeidelVeritas11:59.3+ 1:59.5
41West Germany Günther BechemAFM-BMW12:13.3+ 2:13.5
30West Germany Ernst LoofVeritas12:16.8+ 2:17.0
37East Germany Ernst KlodwigHeck-BMW12:24.6+ 2:24.8
32West Germany Erwin BauerVeritasNo time—
26West Germany Oswald KarchVeritasNo time—
39West Germany Helm GlöcklerCooper-BristolNo time—

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints12345678910111213141516RetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNS
2Italy **Nino Farina****Ferrari**183:02:25.03**8**
5Argentina **Juan Manuel Fangio****Maserati**18+ 1:04.02**6**
3UK **Mike Hawthorn****Ferrari**18+ 1:43.64**4**
7Italy **Felice Bonetto****Maserati**18+ 8:48.67**3**
17Switzerland **Toulo de Graffenried****Maserati**17+ 1 Lap11**2**
19UK Stirling MossCooper-Alta17+ 1 Lap12
18Belgium Jacques SwatersFerrari17+ 1 Lap19
1Italy Alberto Ascari
Italy Luigi VilloresiFerrari17+ 1 Lap1
31West Germany Hans HerrmannVeritas17+ 1 Lap14
20France Louis RosierFerrari17+ 1 Lap22
40UK Rodney NuckeyCooper-Bristol16+ 2 Laps20
24West Germany Theo HelfrichVeritas16+ 2 Laps28
16UK Kenneth McAlpineConnaught-Lea-Francis16+ 2 Laps16
36East Germany Rudolf KrauseGreifzu-BMW16+ 2 Laps26
37East Germany Ernst KlodwigHeck-BMW15+ 3 Laps32
22West Germany Wolfgang SeidelVeritas14+ 4 Laps29
4Italy Luigi Villoresi
Italy **Alberto Ascari****Ferrari**15Engine6
**1**
38UK Alan BrownCooper-Bristol15Engine17
8Argentina Onofre MarimónMaserati13Suspension8
35East Germany Edgar BarthEMW12Exhaust24
12Belgium Johnny ClaesConnaught-Lea-Francis12Engine25
26West Germany Oswald KarchVeritas10Engine34
23West Germany Willi HeeksVeritas8Transmission18
9France Jean BehraGordini7Gearbox9
11United States Harry SchellGordini6Engine10
14Thailand Prince BiraConnaught-Lea-Francis6Suspension15
28West Germany Theo FitzauAFM-BMW3Engine21
34West Germany Kurt AdolffFerrari3Transmission27
41West Germany Günther BechemAFM-BMW2Engine30
10France Maurice TrintignantGordini1Differential5
15UK Roy SalvadoriConnaught-Lea-Francis1Engine13
32West Germany Erwin BauerVeritas1Engine33
21West Germany Hans StuckAFM-Bristol0Engine23
30West Germany Ernst LoofVeritas0Fuel Pump31
39West Germany Helm GlöcklerCooper-Bristol0Engine

;Notes

  • – 1 point for fastest lap

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)

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1Italy Alberto Ascari33.5 (37.5)
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 42Italy Nino Farina20
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 23Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio19
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 24UK Mike Hawthorn18 (20)
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 25Argentina José Froilán González13.5 (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.

References

Name_of_race = German Grand Prix | Year_of_race = 1953 | Previous_race_in_season = 1953 British Grand Prix | Next_race_in_season = 1953 Swiss Grand Prix | Previous_year's_race = 1952 German Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1954 German Grand Prix

References

  1. "All time Formula One records". f1technical.net.
  2. (2008). "Der große Preis von Deutschland. Alle Rennen seit 1926". HEEL Verlag.
  3. "1953 German GP".
  4. "Germany 1953 - Qualifications". statsf1.com.
  5. "1953 German Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  6. "Germany 1953 - Championship • STATS F1".
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