# Temporada 1953 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo

La temporada de 1953 del Campeonato del Mundo de Motociclismo fue la sexta edición del Campeonato Mundial de Motociclismo.
La temporada consistió en nueve pruebas en cinco cilindradas: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc y Sidecars. Comenzó el 12 de junio con el TT Isla de Man y finalizó el 4 de octubre con el Gran Premio de España.

## Calendario y resultados

| Ronda | Fecha | Gran Premio | Circuito | Ganador 125cc | Ganador 250cc | Ganador 350cc | Ganador 500cc |
| 1 | 12 de junio | TT Isla de Man | Snaefell Mountain | Leslie Graham | Fergus Anderson | Ray Amm | Ray Amm | Artículo |
| 2 | 27 de junio | Gran Premio de los Países Bajos | Assen | Werner Haas | Werner Haas | Enrico Lorenzetti | Geoff Duke | Artículo |
| 3 | 5 de julio | Gran Premio de Bélgica | Spa-Francorchamps | | | Fergus Anderson | Alfredo Milani | Artículo |
| 4 | 19 de julio | Gran Premio de Alemania | Schottenring | Carlo Ubbiali | Werner Haas | Carlo Bandirola † | Walter Zeller † | Artículo |
| 5 | 2 de agosto | Gran Premio de Francia | Rouen-Les-Essarts | | | Fergus Anderson | Geoff Duke | Artículo |
| 6 | 15 de agosto | Gran Premio del Úlster | Dundrod Circuit | Werner Haas | Reg Armstrong | Ken Mudford | Ken Kavanagh | Artículo |
| 7 | 23 de agosto | Gran Premio de Suiza | Bremgarten | | Reg Armstrong | Fergus Anderson | Geoff Duke | Artículo |
| 8 | 6 de septiembre | Gran Premio de las Naciones | Monza | Werner Haas | Enrico Lorenzetti | Enrico Lorenzetti | Geoff Duke | Artículo |
| 9 | 4 de octubre | Gran Premio de España | Circuito de Montjuïch | Angelo Copeta | Enrico Lorenzetti | | Fergus Anderson | Artículo |

## Resultados
### 500cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | MAN | HOL | BEL | GER | FRA | SWI | NAC | ESP | Pts. |
| 1 | Geoff Duke | Gilera | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | DNS | 38 |
| 2 | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 24 (30) |
| 3 | Alfredo Milani | Gilera | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | Ret | 2 | | | 18 |
| 4 | Ken Kavanagh | Norton / Moto Guzzi | Ret | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Ret | | Ret | 18 |
| 5 | Ray Amm | Norton | 1 | Ret | 2 | DNS | | | | | 14 |
| 6 | Jack Brett | Norton | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 3 | Ret | | | 13 |
| 7 | Dickie Dale | Gilera | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| 8 | Giuseppe Colnago | Gilera | | 4 | Ret | 5 | | 4 | | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | | Ret | 7 | | | | Ret | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | Rod Coleman | AJS / Norton | 4 | Ret | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | | Ret | 7 |
| 11 | Carlo Bandirola | MV Agusta | Ret | | | | | | Ret | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Libero Liberati | Gilera | | | | | | | 3 | Ret | 4 |
| 13 | Bill Doran | AJS | 5 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | 3 |
| 14 | Derek Farrant | Matchless / AJS | Ret | | | | 5 | 6 | | | 3 |
| 15 | Nello Pagani | Gilera | | | | | | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | | | | | | | 5 | Ret | 2 |
| 17 | Ken Mudford | Norton | Ret | Ret | 14 | | 6 | | | Ret | 1 |
| 18 | Tommy Wood | Norton | | | Ret | Ret | | | | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | Hermann Paul Müller | Horex / MV Agusta | | | | | | Ret | 6 | | 1 |
| 20 | Peter Davey | Norton | 6 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 21 | Walter Zeller | BMW | Ret | 7 | | | | 8 | Ret | | 0 |
| 22 | Javier de Ortueta | Norton | | | | | | | | 7 | 0 |
| = | Ted Frend | Norton | 7 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Robin Sherry | AJS | 8 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| 25 | Piet Bakker | Norton | | 8 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Louis Carter | Norton | | | | | 8 | | | | 0 |
| = | Antonio Creus | Norton | | | | | | | | 8 | 0 |
| = | Bruno Francisi | MV Agusta | | | | | | | 8 | DNS | 0 |
| 29 | Auguste Goffin | Norton | | | 10 | Ret | | | | 9 | 0 |
| = | Harry Pearce | Matchless | 9 | | Ret | | 10 | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Pierre Monneret | AJS / Gilera | | | | 12 | | | 9 | Ret | 0 |
| 32 | Charlie Salt | BSA | 16 | | | | 9 | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Pierre Cherrier | Norton | | | | 9 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Léon Martin | Gilera | | | 9 | | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | John Storr | Norton | | | Ret | | | Ret | 10 | | 0 |
| 36 | Hans Baltisberger | BMW | | | | | | 10 | | Ret | 0 |
| = | John Grace | Norton | 10 | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| 38 | Robin Fitton | Norton | | | | 10 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Alfredo Flores | Norton | | | | | | | | 10 | 0 |
| = | Geoff Read | Norton | | 10 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Keith Bryen | Norton | Ret | 11 | 18 | | | | | | 0 |
| 42 | Laurie Boulter | Norton | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Leslie Dear | Norton | | | | | 11 | | | | 0 |
| = | Enrico Galante | Norton | | | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| = | Sidney Mason | Norton | | | | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Heer Meyer | BMW | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| = | Heinz Thorn-Prikker | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| 48 | Leo Simpson | Matchless / AJS | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 49 | Jost Albisser | Norton | | | | Ret | | 12 | Ret | | 0 |
| 50 | Felice Benasedo | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| = | Ken Harwood | AJS | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| = | Frank Norris | Norton | 12 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Priem Rozenberg | Matchless | | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Siegfried Wünsche | DKW | | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| 55 | Arthur Wheeler | Matchless | Ret | Ret | 13 | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Jack Bailey | Norton | 20 | | | | 13 | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Joe Glazebrook | Norton | 22 | | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| 58 | Lodweijk Simons | Matchless | | 13 | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| 59 | B. Botta | Norton | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| = | Lodovico Facchinelli | Gilera | | | | | | | 13 | | 0 |
| = | Eric Houseley | Norton | 13 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 62 | Ray Laurent | Norton | 15 | 9 | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| 63 | Malcolm Templeton | Matchless | 14 | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| = | Leonard Williams | Norton | Ret | | | | 14 | | | | 0 |
| 65 | Florian Camathias | BMW | | | | | | 14 | | DNS | 0 |
| 66 | Keith Campbell | Norton | | | 15 | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| = | Arthur Feen | Norton | | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| = | Antonio Ronchei | Gilera | | | | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| 69 | Charlie Gray | AJS | 27 | | | | 16 | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Roger Laurent | Norton | | | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Henri Vidonne | Norton | | | | | 16 | | | | 0 |
| 71 | Sparky Campbell | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| 72 | Charles Bruguiere | Norton | | Ret | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| 73 | Eric Pantlin | Norton | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Karl Rührschneck | Norton | | | | | | 17 | | | 0 |
| 75 | Nick Nicholson | Norton | 18 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Ernie Oliver | Norton | | | | | 18 | | | | 0 |
| 77 | Bill Beevers | Norton | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Reg MacDonald | AJS | | | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| = | Andrè Wuyts | Norton | | | 19 | | | | | | 0 |
| 80 | Jimmy Hayes | AJS | | | | | 20 | | | | 0 |
| 81 | Ken Swallow | AJS / Norton | Ret | | | | 21 | | | | 0 |
| 82 | Les Dear | Norton | 21 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 83 | Rally Dean | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | 22 | | | | 0 |
| 84 | George Scott | AJS | 23 | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| 85 | Robert Browne | AJS | | | | | 23 | | | | 0 |
| 86 | Zachary Dean | Norton | 35 | Ret | | | 24 | | | | 0 |
| 87 | Peter Carter | Matchless | 24 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | Ray Travers | Norton | 25 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Stanley Williamson | Norton | | | | | 25 | | | | 0 |
| 90 | Fred Pusey | Norton | | | | | 26 | | | | 0 |
| = | Roy Walker | Norton | 26 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 92 | Jackie Joseph Wood | Norton | | | | | 27 | | | | 0 |
| 93 | Eric Hardy | AJS | 28 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 94 | Kel Prince | AJS | 29 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 95 | Sid Franklen | AJS | 30 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 96 | Luis Gilbert | AJS | 31 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 97 | Llewelyn Ranson | AJS | 32 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 98 | John Fisher | AJS | 33 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 99 | Bob McDonald | AJS | 34 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 100 | Jack Harding | Norton | 36 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Tony McAlpine | Norton | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Harold Clark | Matchless / Norton | Ret | Ret | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | | Ret | Ret | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Peter Murphy | Matchless | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ernie Ring | Matchless / AJS | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Friedel Schön | Horex | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Barry Stormont | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Fritz Kläger | Horex | | | Ret | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Georges Monneret | Gilera / Matchless | | | | Ret | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Humphrey Ranson | Norton | | Ret | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Barde | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Syd Barnett | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ernie Barrett | Phoenix-JAP | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Francis Basso | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Carletto Bellotti | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | George Brown | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Georges Burgaff | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | John Clark | AJS | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | John Cooper | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Archie Fenn | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Giulio Galbiati | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Martino Giani | MV Agusta | | | | | | DNS | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Leslie Graham | MV Agusta | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Francesco Guglielminetti | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | William Hall | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Phil Heath | Matchless | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Robert Herbert | Triumph | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | August Hobl | DKW | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Karl Hoffmann | DKW | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Kuno Johansson | Triumph | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Cyril Julian | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Rudolf Knees | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Dick Knox | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Gordon Laing | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | George Leigh | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Umberto Masetti | Gilera | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Bob Matthews | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Alexander Mayer | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | DNS | 0 |
| – | Tommy McEwan | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Bob McIntyre | Matchless | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | John McKay | Triumph | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | George Morgan | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Mike O'Rourke | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Fred Passmore | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Jacques Raffeld | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Bob Rowbottom | AJS | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ron Rudge | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Simon Sandys-Winsch | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Roland Schnell | Horex | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Emilio Soprani | Gilera | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Sven Sørensen | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Leo Starr | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Henk Steman | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Edouard Texidor | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Harry Turner | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Geoff Walker | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Sid Willis | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Vic Willoughby | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Tito Forconi | MV Agusta | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| – | Juan Leal | Norton | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| – | Albert Moule | Norton | DNS | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Leonard Parry | DKW | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| – | Bill Petch | Norton | | | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | MAN | HOL | BEL | GER | FRA | SWI | NAC | ESP | Pts. |

### 350cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Moto | Pts. |
| 1 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | 34 |
| 2 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | 26 |
| 3 | Ray Amm | Norton | 18 |
| 4 | Ken Kavanagh | Norton | 18 |
| 5 | Jack Brett | Norton | 12 |
| 6 | Rod Coleman | AJS | 9 |
| 7 | Ken Mudford | Norton | 8 |
| 8 | Bob McIntyre | AJS | 6 |
| = | Pierre Monneret | AJS | 6 |
| 10 | Duilio Agostini | Moto Guzzi | 4 |
| 11 | August Hobl | DKW | 3 |
| = | Josef Albisser | Norton | 3 |
| = | Harry Pearce | Velocette | 3 |
| 14 | Bill Doran | AJS | 3 |
| = | Derek Farrant | AJS | 3 |
| 16 | Tommy Wood | Norton | 2 |
| = | Ernie Ring | AJS | 2 |
| = | Leo Simpson | AJS | 2 |
| = | Malcolm Templeton | AJS | 2 |
| 20 | Karl Hoffmann | DKW | 1 |
| = | Ray Laurent | Norton | 1 |
| = | Ken Harwood | AJS | 1 |
| = | Tony McAlpine | Norton | 1 |

### 250cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Pts. |
| 1 | Werner Haas | NSU | 28 |
| 2 | Reg Armstrong | NSU | 23 |
| 3 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | 22 |
| 4 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | 22 |
| 5 | Alano Montanari | Moto Guzzi | 19 |
| 6 | Ken Kavanagh | Moto Guzzi | 6 |
| 7 | Siegfried Wünsche | DKW | 6 |
| 8 | August Hobl | DKW | 6 |
| 9 | Otto Daiker | NSU | 6 |
| 10 | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | 4 |
| 11 | Walter Reichert | NSU | 3 |
| 12 | Tommy Wood | Moto Guzzi | 3 |
| 13 | Wolfgang Brandt | NSU | 2 |
| = | Sid Willis | Velocette | 2 |
| 15 | Umberto Masetti | NSU | 1 |
| = | Rupert Hollaus | Moto Guzzi | 1 |

### 125cc

| Pos. | Piloto | Equipo | Puntos |
| 1 | Werner Haas | NSU | 30 |
| 2 | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | 20 |
| 3 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 18 |
| 4 | Angelo Copeta | MV Agusta | 17 |
| 5 | Leslie Graham | MV Agusta | 8 |
| 6 | Otto Daiker | NSU | 7 |
| 7 | Emilio Mendogni | Morini | 6 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Brandt | NSU | 5 |
| 9 | Reg Armstrong | NSU | 4 |
| = | Rupert Hollaus | NSU | 4 |
| 11 | Luigi Zinzani | Morini | 3 |
| 12 | Marcelo Cama | Montesa | 2 |
| = | Tito Forconi | MV Agusta | 2 |
| = | Arnold Jones | MV Agusta | 2 |
| = | Walter Reichert | NSU | 2 |
| = | Dreikus Veer | Morini | 2 |
| 17 | Georg Braun | Mondial | 1 |
| = | Paolo Campanelli | MV Agusta | 1 |
| = | Karl Lottes | MV Agusta | 1 |
| = | Fron Purslow | MV Agusta | 1 |
| = | Lo Simons | Mondial | 1 |
| = | Bill Webster | MV Agusta | 1 |