Claim: The 1953 German Grand Prix fielded 31 drivers yet only four finished on the lead lap, won by Turin born Giuseppe Farina.
Evidence: Italy Nino Farina Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio United_Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Italy Felice Bonetto Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried United_Kingdom Stirling Moss Belgium Jacques Swaters Italy Alberto Ascari
Italy Luigi Villoresi West_Germany Hans Herrmann France Louis Rosier United_Kingdom Rodney Nuckey West_Germany Theo Helfrich United_Kingdom Kenneth McAlpine East_Germany Rudolf Krause East_Germany Ernst Klodwig West_Germany Wolfgang Seidel Italy Luigi Villoresi
Italy Alberto Ascari United_Kingdom Alan Brown Argentina Onofre Marimón East_Germany Edgar Barth Belgium Johnny Claes West_Germany Oswald Karch West_Germany Willi Heeks France Jean Behra United_States Harry Schell Thailand Prince Bira West_Germany Kurt Adolff West_Germany Theo Fitzau West_Germany Günther Bechem France Maurice Trintignant United_Kingdom Roy Salvadori West_Germany Erwin Bauer