1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1953

Jaguar C-Type as used by Ecurie Ecosse in 1953

The first 1000 km race on the Nürburgring , also ADAC 1000 km race, Nürburgring , took place on August 30, 1953 on the Nordschleife of the Nürburgring and was the fifth round of the sports car world championship of that year. It was the prelude to a series of 43 endurance races for the World Sports Car Championship and the Le Mans Series up to 2009. 66 vehicles were registered, 50 of which started the race at Le Mans .

Race course

Works teams were largely absent from the first 1000 km race at the Nürburgring. Ferrari had sent a car, a 375MM Vignale, with which Alberto Ascari / Giuseppe (Nino) Farina won the race. Lancia sent three vehicles that started from positions one, two and five, but failed. Maserati also fielded three cars, neither of which made it to the finish line, and Borgward two.

With a gap of almost 30 minutes on the winner, Bechem / Helfrich in a Borgward Hansa 1500 RS with starting number 37 achieved third place in the overall classification (44 laps or 1003.2 km in 8:50:33 hours = 113.45 km / h ). Bechem / Helfrich had taken over the car from Adolf Brudes after they had retired with start number 38 after the first lap due to an engine failure.

Last in the ranking were two Gutbrod Superior with a 700 cc two-stroke engine and the gasoline direct injection, which was new for gasoline engines at the time, in 25th and 26th place. They drove 37 of 44 laps in 10:34:23 and 10:35:23 hours, respectively corresponded to an average speed of approx. 80 km / h.

One vehicle was not included in the ranking and two were disqualified for unauthorized assistance. 21 cars failed, including the Maserati by Hans Herrmann and the Lancia by Juan Manuel Fangio and Piero Taruffi . Richard von Frankenberg overturned in the Porsche 356 reported by Walter Ringgenberg on the second lap in the Wehrseifen section and fell down a slope after spinning on an oil trail. He was unharmed and was able to free himself from the wreck. The accident of Toni Ulmen / Hermann Roosdorp's Jaguar C-Type was less spectacular .

According to estimates by the journalist Heinz-Ulrich Wieselmann , 8,000-10,000 spectators saw the first 1000 km race at the Nürburgring.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S.	1	Scuderia Ferrari	Alberto Ascari Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari 375MM Vignale	44
2	S series	52	Ecurie Ecosse	Ian Stewart Roy Salvadori	Jaguar C-Type	44
3	S.	37	Borgward GmbH	Karl-Günther Bechem Theo Helfrich	Borgward Hansa 1500 RS	44
4th	S.	39	Richard Trenkel	Richard Trenkel Walter Schlueter	Glöckler-Porsche	43
5	S.	26th	Wolfgang Seidel	Wolfgang Seidel Josef Peters	Veritas Comet RS	42
6th	S series	54	Ecurie Ecosse	Jimmy Stewart John Lawrence	Jaguar C-Type	42
7th	S.	33	San Giorgio	Gaetano Sani Piero Carini	OSCA MT4 1100	41
8th	S.	34	San Giorgio	Armando Francois Erwin Bauer	OSCA MT4 1100	41
9	S series	50	Roberto Rossellini	Riccardo Vignolo Maurice Gatsonides	Ferrari 212 Inter	40
10	S series	52	Ecurie Ecosse	James Scott-Douglas Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar XK 120	40
11	S series	67	Michael Currie	Michael Currie Don Beauman	Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica	40
12	S series	61	Gustav Wirth	Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg Wittigo von Einsiedel	Porsche 356 1500	40
13	S series	80	Hans Leo von Huesch	Hans Leo von Huesch Werner Engel	Porsche 356 1500	40
14th	S series	86	Rolf-Friedrich Gotze	Rolf-Friedrich Gotze William Godsey	Porsche 356 1500	40
15th	S series	62	NAV	Mathieu Hezemans Jacques van der Meulen	Porsche 356 1500	40
16	S.	23	Equipe Anglaise	Alan Brown José Faraoni	Cooper T25	40
17th	S series	85	Seriousness of Muses	Ernst von Musen Walter Scheube	Porsche 356 1100	40
18th	S series	87	Fernand Georges	Fernand Georges Chenevoy	Porsche 356 1100	40
19th	S.	32	Monkey stables	Jim Mayer's Pat Griffith	Kieft	40
20th	S series	56	Kasimir Olislaegers	Kasimir Olislaegers Charles de Keerle	Jaguar C-Type	35
21st	S series	92	Glöckler helmet	Helmet Glöckler Hendrik Beckers	Renault 4CV 1063	35
22nd	S series	90	Georges Trouis	Georges Trouis Jacques Blanchet	Panhard Dyna Junior	35
23	S.	43	Rosterg	Walter Kamossa Kurt Arnold	Scampolo	35
24	S series	66	Bruno Margnoli	Bruno Margnoli Sergio Mantovani	Alfa Romeo 1900	35
25th	S series	93	Kramwinkel	Erich Kramwinkel Klaus Krämer	Gutbrod Superior	35
26th	S series	94	Heinz Lindermann	Heinz Lindermann Hein Krings	Gutbrod Superior	35
Not classified
27	S.	41	Nantes	Louis Bizeray Bizeray	Renault 4 CV Special	36
Disqualified
28	S series	63	Elyane Imbert	Elyane Imbert Simone de Forest	Porsche 356 1500
29	S.	65	Heinz Friederichs	Heinz Friederichs Horst Lauprecht	Porsche 356 1500
Failed
30th	S.	20th	Maserati	Emilio Giletti Onofre Marimón	Maserati A6GCS	41
31	S.	6th	Scuderia Lancia	Robert Manzon Piero Taruffi	Lancia D24	15th
32	S.	5	Scuderia Lancia	Juan Manuel Fangio Felice Bonetto	Lancia D24	9
33	S series	60	Walter Ringgenberg	Richard von Frankenberg Walter Ringgenberg	Porsche 356 1500
34	S.	7th	Scuderia Lancia	Giovanni Bracco Eugenio Castellotti	Lancia D20
35	S.	21st	Maserati	Hans Herrmann Jack McAfee	Maserati A6GCS Coupè
36	S.	22nd	Maserati	Hermann Lang Gianni Bertoni	Maserati A6GCS
37	S.	25th	Johannes Westhof	Johannes Westhof Klaas Barendregt	Veritas Scorpion
38	S.	29	Hans Roth	Hans Roth Fritz Kasper	AFM
39	S.	30th	Monkey stable	Mike Keen Michael Pope	Kieft
40	S.	31	Monkey stable	John Line Mile Llewellyn	Kieft
41	S.	35	San Giorgio	Francesco Giardini Heinrich Sauter	OSCA MT4 1100
42	S.	36	Lionel Leonard	David Blakely Lionel Leonard	Leonard
43	S.	37	Borgward GmbH	Adolf Brudes Franz Eugen Hammernick	Borgward Hansa 1500RS
44	S series	51	Herman Roosdorp	Toni Ulmen Herman Roosdorp	Jaguar C-Type
45	S series	55	Ecurie Francorchamps	Olivier Gendebien Roger Laurent	Jaguar C-Type
46	S series	64	Arthur Heuberger	Arthur Heuberger Ernst Seiler	Porsche 356 1500
47	S series	68	Kurt Zeller	Kurt Zeller Walter Zeller	Ferrari 166MM
48	S series	81	Adolf Vianden	Adolf Vianden Harry Merkel	Porsche 356 1100
49	S series	83	Albrecht W. Mantzel	Albrecht W. Mantzel Rolf Madaus	Porsche 356 1100
50	S series	84	Walter Glöckler	Franz Eugen Kesselstatt Bernt mirror	Porsche 356 1100
Not started
51	S.	2	Scuderia Ferrari	Mike Hawthorn Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 375MM	1
52	S.	3	Scuderia Ferrari	Umberto Maglioli Piero Carini	Ferrari 375MM	2
53	S.	28	Ernst Lautenschlager	Ernst Lautenschlager Heinz Fischer	Veritas Comet RS	3
54	S series	52	Ecurie Ecosse	James Scott-Douglas Ninian Sanderson	Jaguar C-Type	4th

¹ withdrawn ² withdrawn ³ not started ⁴ training accident

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
55	S series			Walter Loeffler von Schweinitz	Porsche 356
56	S series			Strong warrior	Porsche 356
57	S series		Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Stirling Moss Peter Collins	Jaguar C-Type
58	S.		Hans Ruesch	Hans Ruesch	Ferrari 340MM
59	S.		Scuderia Lancia	Felice Bonetto	Lancia D20
60	S.		German et Bonnet		DB HBR
61	S.	4th	Scuderia Ferrari	Giovanni Bracco Roberto Bonomi	Ferrari 375MM
62	S.	34	JE Byrnes	JE Byrnes	Kieft
63	S.	27	Georges do Kondo	Georges do Kondo	Veritas Comet RS
64	S.	41	German et Bonnet	Marc Gignoux Claude Storez	DB HBR
65	S.	42	German et Bonnet	Élie Bayol Marc Azéma	DB HBR
66	S series	82	Friedrich Victor Rolff	Hans Bernartz Friedrich Victor Rolff	Porsche 356 1100

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car	Alberto Ascari	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari 375MM Vignale	Overall victory
Production sports car	Ian Stewart	Roy Salvadori	Jaguar C-Type	Rank 2

Racing data

• Registered: 66
• Started: 50
• Valued: 26
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold but dry
• Route length: 22,800 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 8:20: 44,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 44
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003.200 km
• Winner's average: 120.208 km / h
• Fastest training time: Juan Manuel Fangio - Lancia D24 (# 5) - 10: 23,000 = 133.943 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Robert Manzon - Lancia D24 (# 6) - 10: 23,000 = 133.943 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1953 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .

Web links

• Results and data

Previous race of the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1953

Sports car world championship

Successor RAC Tourist Trophy 1953