1953 Italian Grand Prix

The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was (with the cancellation of the Spanish Grand Prix) the final race of the 1953 season. It was held at Autodromo Nazionale Monza on September 13. An exciting slipstreaming battle among several drivers saw leader Alberto Ascari spin out of contention on the final lap, giving victory to Juan Manuel Fangio.
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==Background==
With the world championship having been decided three weeks earlier at Berne, the Italian GP had a rather anticlimactic air to it. But Enzo Ferrari filled the news void, by announcing that the team was withdrawing from auto racing, effective immediately. Ferrari's growing reputation for erratic behavior was enhanced, when not only did the team arrive with no fewer than six of their 500 models, but in practice a brand new model 553 was tested.The 553 was designed to be run in the new 2.5 liter formula, but appeared at Monza with the Typo 500 2.0 liter engine, purely as a shakedown test. The car was not a success in , only winning one race before the model was retired. showed up with four factory cars and three privateers. Much of their effort was in testing new drivers, as the recovery of José Froilán González, who suffered a cracked vertebra in a sports car race in Lisbon, was not guaranteed. Filling out the field were four s, four s (including one for rising star Stirling Moss), three s, three s and two French s. All told the entry was second in the European races only to Germany.
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Luigi Villoresi 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	500 	 	500 2.0 L4 	
4 	Alberto Ascari 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	500 	 	500 2.0 L4 	
6 	Giuseppe Farina 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	500 	 	500 2.0 L4 	
8 	Mike Hawthorn 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	500 	 	500 2.0 L4 	
10 	Umberto Maglioli 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	500 	 	500 2.0 L4 	
12 	Piero Carini 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	500 	 	500 2.0 L4 	
14 	Lance Macklin 	HW Motors 	 	53 	 	Alta GP 2.5 L4 	
16 	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HW Motors 	 	53 	 	Alta GP 2.5 L4 	
18 	John Fitch 	HW Motors 	 	53 	 	Alta GP 2.5 L4 	
20 	Jack Fairman 	Connaught Engineering 	 	Type A 	 	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	
22 	Roy Salvadori 	Connaught Engineering 	 	Type A 	 	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	
24 	Kenneth McAlpine 	Connaught Engineering 	 	Type A 	 	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	
26 	Johnny Claes 	Connaught Engineering 	 	Type A 	 	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	
28 	Stirling Moss 	Cooper Car Company 	 	T23 	 	Alta GP 2.5 L4 	
30 	Ken Wharton 	Ken Wharton 	 	T23 	 	BS1 2.0 L6 	
32 	Louis Chiron 	Louis Chiron 	 	20 	 	2000 2.0 L6 	
34 	Élie Bayol 	OSCA Automobili 	 	20 	 	2000 2.0 L6 	
36 	Maurice Trintignant 	Equipe Gordini 	 	Type 16	 	20 2.0 L6 	
38 	Harry Schell 	Equipe Gordini 	 	Type 16	 	20 2.0 L6 	
40 	Roberto Mieres 	Equipe Gordini 	 	Type 16	 	20 2.0 L6 	
42 	Chico Landi 	Scuderia Milano 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 2.0 L6 	
44 	Prince Bira 	Scuderia Milano 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 2.0 L6 	
46 	Alan Brown 	Equipe Anglaise 	 	T23 	 	BS1 2.0 L6 	
48 	Hans Stuck 	Hans Stuck 	 	6 	 	BS1 2.0 L6 	
50 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 2.0 L6 	
52 	Felice Bonetto 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 2.0 L6 	
54 	Onofre Marimón 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 2.0 L6 	
56 	Sergio Mantovani 	Officine Alfieri Maserati	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 2.0 L6 	
58 	Toulo de Graffenried 	Emmanuel de Graffenried 	 	A6GCM 	 	A6 2.0 L6 	
64 	Louis Rosier 	Ecurie Rosier 	 	500 	 	500 2.0 L4 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying ==
===Qualifying Results===
Pos	No	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1 	4 	Alberto Ascari 	 	2:02.7	—
2 	50	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	2:03.2	+ 0.5
3 	6 	Nino Farina 	 	2:03.9	+ 1.2
4 	54	Onofre Marimón 	 	2:04.1	+ 1.4
5 	2 	Luigi Villoresi 	 	2:04.6	+ 1.9
6 	8 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	2:04.9	+ 2.2
7 	52	Felice Bonetto 	 	2:05.1	+ 2.4
8 	36	Maurice Trintignant 	 	2:05.7	+ 3.0
9 	58	Toulo de Graffenried 	 	2:05.9	+ 3.2
10 	28	Stirling Moss 	 	2:06.6	+ 3.9
11 	10	Umberto Maglioli 	 	2:06.9	+ 4.2
12 	56	Sergio Mantovani 	 	2:07.5	+ 4.8
13 	34	Élie Bayol 	 	2:07.8	+ 5.1
14 	22	Roy Salvadori 	 	2:08.0	+ 5.3
15 	38	Harry Schell 	 	2:08.5	+ 5.8
16 	40	Roberto Mieres 	 	2:08.8	+ 6.1
17 	64	Louis Rosier 	 	2:08.9	+ 6.2
18 	24	Kenneth McAlpine 	 	2:09.0	+ 6.3
19 	30	Ken Wharton 	 	2:09.3	+ 6.6
20 	12	Piero Carini 	 	2:09.5	+ 6.8
21 	42	Chico Landi 	 	2:09.7	+ 7.0
22 	20	Jack Fairman 	 	2:09.9	+ 7.2
23 	44	Prince Bira 	 	2:10.1	+ 7.4
24 	46	Alan Brown 	 	2:10.5	+ 7.8
25 	32	Louis Chiron 	 	2:10.8	+ 8.1
26 	18	John Fitch 	 	2:11.0	+ 8.3
27 	14	Lance Macklin 	 	2:11.5	+ 8.8
28 	16	Yves Giraud Cabantous	 	2:11.9	+ 9.2
29 	48	Hans Stuck 	- 	2:13.0	+ 10.3
30 	26	Johnny Claes 	 	2:14.6	+ 11.9
==Race==
===Results===
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts.
1 	50 	Juan Manuel Fangio 	 	80 	2:49:45.9 	2 	9
2 	6 	Giuseppe Farina 	 	80 	+ 1.4 	3 	6
Ret 	4 	Alberto Ascari 	 	79 	Spun off 	1 	 
3 	2 	Luigi Villoresi 	 	79 	+ 1 Lap 	5 	4
4 	8 	Mike Hawthorn 	 	79 	+ 1 Lap 	6 	3
5 	36 	Maurice Trintignant 	 	79 	+ 1 Lap 	8 	2
Ret 	52 	Felice Bonetto 	 	77 	Out of fuel 	7 	 
6 	40 	Roberto Mieres 	 	77 	+ 3 Laps 	16 	 
7 	56 	Sergio Mantovani Luigi Musso	 	76 	+ 4 Laps 	12 	 
Ret 	54 	Onofre Marimón 	 	75 	Accident 	4 	 
8 	10 	Umberto Maglioli 	 	75 	+ 5 Laps 	11 	 
9 	38 	Harry Schell 	 	75 	+ 5 Laps 	15 	 
10 	32 	Louis Chiron 	 	72 	+ 8 Laps 	25 	 
11 	44 	Prince Bira 	 	72 	+ 8 Laps 	23 	 
Ret 	58 	Toulo de Graffenried 	 	70 	Engine 	9 	 
12 	46 	Alan Brown 	 	70 	+ 10 Laps 	24 	 
13 	28 	Stirling Moss 	 	70 	+ 10 Laps 	10 	 
14 	48 	Hans Stuck 	- 	67 	+ 13 Laps 	29 	 
15 	16 	Yves Giraud Cabantous 	 	67 	+ 13 Laps 	28 	 
16 	64 	Louis Rosier 	 	65 	+ 15 Laps 	17 	 
NC 	20 	Jack Fairman 	 	61 	+ 19 Laps 	22 	 
NC 	30 	Ken Wharton 	 	57 	+ 23 Laps 	19 	 
NC 	24 	Kenneth McAlpine 	 	56 	+ 24 Laps 	18 	 
Ret 	12 	Piero Carini 	 	40 	Engine 	20 	 
Ret 	22 	Roy Salvadori 	 	33 	Throttle 	14 	 
Ret 	42 	Chico Landi 	 	18 	Engine 	21 	 
Ret 	34 	Élie Bayol 	 	17 	Engine 	13 	 
Ret 	18 	John Fitch 	 	14 	Engine 	26 	 
Ret 	26 	Johnny Claes 	 	7 	Fuel line 	30 	 
Ret 	14 	Lance Macklin 	 	6 	Engine 	27 	 
==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
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