1953 Formula One season

The **1953 Formula One** season was the 4th of the championship. The champion was Alberto Ascari in a close battle.

## World Championship season review

|Rnd|Race|Date|Location|Winning driver|Constructor|Tyres|Report|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Argentine Grand Prix|January 18|Oscar Gálvez|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari||Report||
|Indianapolis 500|May 30|Indianapolis|Bill Vukovich|Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser||Report||
|Dutch Grand Prix|June 7|Zandvoort|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari||Report||
|Belgian Grand Prix|June 21|Spa-Francorchamps|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari||Report||
|French Grand Prix|July 5|Reims|Mike Hawthorn|Ferrari||Report||
|British Grand Prix|July 18|Silverstone|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari||Report||
|German Grand Prix|August 2|Nürburgring|Giuseppe Farina|Ferrari||Report||
|Swiss Grand Prix|August 23|Bremgarten|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari||Report||
|Italian Grand Prix|September 13|Monza|Juan Manuel Fangio|Maserati||Report||

## 1953 Drivers Championship final standings

|valign="middle"|Pos.|valign="middle"|Driver|ARG|500‡|NED|BEL|FRA|GBR|GER|SUI|ITA|valign="middle"|Pts.||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%"||||||||||||||||||||
|Alberto Ascari|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1*||style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1**|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8† / Ret*†|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1*|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**34.5 (46.5)**|
|Juan Manuel Fangio|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret / Ret†|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2*|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4† / Ret†|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1*|align="right"|**28 (29.5)**|
|Nino Farina|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|align="right"|**26 (32)**|
|Mike Hawthorn|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4||style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#cfcfff;"|6|style="background:#ffffbf;"|1|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|align="right"|**19 (27)**|
|Luigi Villoresi|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret*|style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2|style="background:#cfcfff;"|6|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8† / Ret†|style="background:#cfcfff;"|6|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|align="right"|**17**|
|José Froilán González|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3||style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3†|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret*|style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4**||||align="right"|**13.5 (14.5)**||||
|Bill Vukovich||style="background:#ffffbf;"|1*||||||||align="right"|**9**||||||||
|Toulo de Graffenried|||style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**7**||
|Felice Bonetto|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3†||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|6|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4|style="background:#dfffdf;"|4† / Ret†|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**6.5**||
|Art Cross||style="background:#dfdfdf;"|2||||||||align="right"|**6**||||||||
|Onofre Marimon||||style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**4**|||
|Maurice Trintignant|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7†||style="background:#cfcfff;"|6|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|align="right"|**4**|
|Sam Hanks||style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3†||||||||align="right"|**2**||||||||
|Duane Carter||style="background:#ffdf9f;"|3†||||||||align="right"|**2**||||||||
|Oscar Alfredo Galvez|style="background:#dfffdf;"|5|||||||||align="right"|**2**||||||||
|Jack McGrath||style="background:#dfffdf;"|5||||||||align="right"|**2**||||||||
|Hermann Lang||||||||style="background:#dfffdf;"|5||align="right"|**2**||||||||
|Fred Agabashian||style="background:#dfffdf;"|4†||||||||align="right"|**1.5**||||||||
|Paul Russo||style="background:#dfffdf;"|4†||||||||align="right"|**1.5**||||||||
|Stirling Moss|||style="background:#cfcfff;"|9||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#cfcfff;"|6||style="background:#cfcfff;"|13|align="right"|**0**|||||
|Jean Behra|style="background:#cfcfff;"|6|||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||align="right"|**0**|||
|Roberto Mieres|||style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|6|align="right"|**0**||||||
|Jimmy Daywalt||style="background:#cfcfff;"|6||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Harry Schell|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7†||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|align="right"|**0**||
|Louis Rosier|||style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|16|align="right"|**0**||
|Ken Wharton|||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8||style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|align="right"|**0**||||
|Prince Bira|||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|align="right"|**0**|||||
|Jacques Swaters|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|7|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Jim Rathmann||style="background:#cfcfff;"|7||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Sergio Mantovani|||||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|7†|align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Luigi Musso|||||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|7†|align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Peter Collins|||style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|13|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||align="right"|**0**|||||
|John Barber|style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Ernie McCoy||style="background:#cfcfff;"|8||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Max de Terra||||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|8||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Umberto Maglioli|||||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|8|align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Alan Brown|style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#cfcfff;"|12|align="right"|**0**|||||
|Tony Bettenhausen||style="background:#cfcfff;"|9||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Fred Wacker||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|9||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Peter Whitehead||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|9||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Hans Herrmann|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|9|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Albert Scherrer||||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|9||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Louis Chiron|||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|15||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|10|align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Paul Frère||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|10||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Jimmy Davies||style="background:#cfcfff;"|10||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Duke Nalon||style="background:#cfcfff;"|11||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Andre Pilette||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|11||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Bob Gerard|||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Rodney Nuckey|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|11|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Johnny Claes|||style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret†|style="background:#cfcfff;"|12||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**0**||||
|Carl Scarborough||style="background:#cfcfff;"|12||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Theo Helfrich|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|12|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Kenneth McAlpine|||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#cfcfff;"|13||style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|align="right"|**0**|||||
|Manny Ayulo||style="background:#cfcfff;"|13||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Yves Giraud Cabantous|||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|14||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|15|align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Hans Stuck|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#cfcfff;"|14|align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Jimmy Bryan||style="background:#cfcfff;"|14||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Rudolf Krause|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|14|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Bill Holland||style="background:#cfcfff;"|15||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Ernst Klodwig|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|15|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Rodger Ward||style="background:#cfcfff;"|16||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Wolfgang Seidel|||||||style="background:#cfcfff;"|16|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Walt Faulkner||style="background:#cfcfff;"|17||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Jack Fairman||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||style="background:#cfcfff;"|NC|align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Lance Macklin|||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**0**|||
|Roy Salvadori|||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**0**||||
|Elie Bayol|||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Chico Landi||||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**0**|||||||
|Robert Manzon|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Carlos Menditéguy|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Pablo Birger|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Adolfo Schwelm Cruz|style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Marshall Teague||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Spider Webb||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Bob Sweikert||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Mike Nazaruk||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Pat Flaherty||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Jerry Hoyt||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Johnnie Parsons||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Don Freeland||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Gene Hartley||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Chuck Stevenson||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Cal Niday||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Bob Scott||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Andy Linden||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Johnny Thomson||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Georges Berger||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Arthur Legat||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Jimmy Stewart||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Tony Rolt||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Ian Stewart||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Duncan Hamilton||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Tony Crook||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Edgar Barth|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Oswald Karch|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Willi Heeks|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Theo Fitzau|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Kurt Adolff|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Günther Bechem|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Ernst Loof|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Erwin Bauer|||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Peter Hirt||||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret||align="right"|**0**||||||||
|Piero Carini|||||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**0**||||||||
|John Fitch|||||||||style="background:#efcfff;"|Ret|align="right"|**0**||||||||
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- Fastest lap (1 point awarded)
- Multiple drivers set equal fastest lap times, thus sharing the 1 point.
- † Position shared between more drivers of the same car
- ‡ Several cars were shared in this race. See the race page for details.
- Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

## Non-Championship race results

Formula One/Two races also held in 1953, which did not count towards the World Championship.

|Race Name|Circuit|Date|Winning driver|Constructor|Report|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|III Gran Premio di Siracusa|Syracuse|March 22|Toulo de Graffenried|Maserati|Report|
|XIV Grand Prix de Pau|Pau|April 6|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari|Report|
|V Lavant Cup|Goodwood|April 6|Toulo de Graffenried|Maserati|Report|
|II Aston Martin Owners Club F2 Race|Snetterton|April 18|Eric Thompson|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|III Grand Prix de Bordeaux|Bordeaux|May 3|Alberto Ascari|Ferrari|Report|
|V BRDC International Trophy|Silverstone|May 9|Mike Hawthorn|Ferrari|Report|
|XV Eläintarhanajot|Djurgards Park|May 10|Rodney Nuckey|Cooper-Bristol|Report|
|VI Gran Premio di Napoli|Posillipo|May 10|Giuseppe Farina|Ferrari|Report|
|VII Ulster Trophy|Dundrod|May 16|Mike Hawthorn|Ferrari|Report|
|I Winfield JC Formula 2 Race|Charterhall|May 23|Ken Wharton|Cooper-Climax|Report|
|III Coronation Trophy|Crystal Palace|May 23|Tony Rolt|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|XXIII Grand Prix des Frontières|Chimay|May 24|Maurice Trintignant|Gordini|Report|
|I Snetterton Coronation Trophy|Snetterton|May 30|Tony Rolt|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|XVII Internationales ADAC Eifelrennen|Nürburgring|May 31|Toulo de Graffenried|Maserati|Report|
|XV Grand Prix de l'Albigeois|Albi|May 31|Louis Rosier|Ferrari|Report|
|II West Essex CC Race|Snetterton|June 27|Kenneth McAlpine|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|I Midlands MECC Race|Silverstone|June 27|Tony Crook|Cooper-Alta|Report|
|III Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts|Rouen-les-Essarts|June 28|Giuseppe Farina|Ferrari|Report|
|I Crystal Palace Trophy|Crystal Palace|July 11|Tony Rolt|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|IX Internationales Avusrennen|AVUS|July 12|Jacques Swaters|Ferrari|Report|
|II United States Air Force Trophy|Snetterton|July 25|Tony Rolt|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|V Circuit du Lac|Aix-les-Bains|July 26|Élie Bayol|OSCA|Report|
|I Bristol MC & LCC Race|Thruxton|August 3|Tony Rolt|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|I Mid-Cheshire MC Race|Oulton Park|August 8|Tony Rolt|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|III Grand Prix de Sables d'Olonne|Les Sables-d'Olonne|August 9|Louis Rosier|Ferrari|Report|
|II Newcastle Journal Trophy|Charterhall|August 15|Ken Wharton|Cooper-Bristol|Report|
|V Circuit de Cadours|Cadours|August 30|Maurice Trintignant|Gordini|Report|
|I RedeX Trophy|Snetterton|September 12|Eric Thompson|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|I London Trophy|Crystal Palace|September 19|Stirling Moss|Cooper-Alta|Report|
|IV Gran Premio di Modena|Modena|September 20|Juan Manuel Fangio|Maserati|Report|
|VI Madgwick Cup|Goodwood|September 26|Roy Salvadori|Connaught-Lea Francis|Report|
|II Joe Fry Memorial Trophy|Castle Combe|October 3|Bob Gerard|Cooper-Bristol|Report|
|I Curtis Trophy|Snetterton|October 17|Bob Gerard|Cooper-Bristol|Report|