1000 km race on the Nürburgring 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 | ||
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1 | S. | 1 |
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Ferrari 375MM Vignale | 44 | ||
2 | S series | 52 |
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Jaguar C-Type | 44 | ||
3 | S. | 37 |
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Borgward Hansa 1500 RS | 44 | ||
4th | S. | 39 |
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Glöckler-Porsche | 43 | ||
5 | S. | 26th |
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Veritas Comet RS | 42 | ||
6th | S series | 54 |
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Jaguar C-Type | 42 | ||
7th | S. | 33 |
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OSCA MT4 1100 | 41 | ||
8th | S. | 34 |
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OSCA MT4 1100 | 41 | ||
9 | S series | 50 |
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Ferrari 212 Inter | 40 | ||
10 | S series | 52 |
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Jaguar XK 120 | 40 | ||
11 | S series | 67 |
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Frazer-Nash Le Mans Replica | 40 | ||
12 | S series | 61 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | 40 | ||
13 | S series | 80 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | 40 | ||
14th | S series | 86 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | 40 | ||
15th | S series | 62 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | 40 | ||
16 | S. | 23 |
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Cooper T25 | 40 | ||
17th | S series | 85 |
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Porsche 356 1100 | 40 | ||
18th | S series | 87 |
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Porsche 356 1100 | 40 | ||
19th | S. | 32 |
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Kieft | 40 | ||
20th | S series | 56 |
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Jaguar C-Type | 35 | ||
21st | S series | 92 |
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Renault 4CV 1063 | 35 | ||
22nd | S series | 90 |
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Panhard Dyna Junior | 35 | ||
23 | S. | 43 |
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Scampolo | 35 | ||
24 | S series | 66 |
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Alfa Romeo 1900 | 35 | ||
25th | S series | 93 |
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Gutbrod Superior | 35 | ||
26th | S series | 94 |
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Gutbrod Superior | 35 | ||
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27 | S. | 41 |
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Renault 4 CV Special | 36 | ||
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28 | S series | 63 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | |||
29 | S. | 65 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | |||
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30th | S. | 20th |
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Maserati A6GCS | 41 | ||
31 | S. | 6th |
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Lancia D24 | 15th | ||
32 | S. | 5 |
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Lancia D24 | 9 | ||
33 | S series | 60 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | |||
34 | S. | 7th |
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Lancia D20 | |||
35 | S. | 21st |
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Maserati A6GCS Coupè | |||
36 | S. | 22nd |
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Maserati A6GCS | |||
37 | S. | 25th |
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Veritas Scorpion | |||
38 | S. | 29 |
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AFM | |||
39 | S. | 30th |
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Kieft | |||
40 | S. | 31 |
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Kieft | |||
41 | S. | 35 |
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OSCA MT4 1100 | |||
42 | S. | 36 |
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Leonard | |||
43 | S. | 37 |
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Borgward Hansa 1500RS | |||
44 | S series | 51 |
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Jaguar C-Type | |||
45 | S series | 55 |
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Jaguar C-Type | |||
46 | S series | 64 |
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Porsche 356 1500 | |||
47 | S series | 68 |
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Ferrari 166MM | |||
48 | S series | 81 |
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Porsche 356 1100 | |||
49 | S series | 83 |
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Porsche 356 1100 | |||
50 | S series | 84 |
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Porsche 356 1100 | |||
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51 | S. | 2 |
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Ferrari 375MM | 1 | ||
52 | S. | 3 |
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Ferrari 375MM | 2 | ||
53 | S. | 28 |
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Veritas Comet RS | 3 | ||
54 | S series | 52 |
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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 |
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55 | S series |
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Porsche 356 | ||
56 | S series |
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Porsche 356 | ||
57 | S series |
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Jaguar C-Type | |
58 | S. |
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Ferrari 340MM | |
59 | S. |
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Lancia D20 | |
60 | S. |
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DB HBR | ||
61 | S. | 4th |
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Ferrari 375MM |
62 | S. | 34 |
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Kieft |
63 | S. | 27 |
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Veritas Comet RS |
64 | S. | 41 |
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DB HBR |
65 | S. | 42 |
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DB HBR |
66 | S series | 82 |
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Porsche 356 1100 |
Class winner
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
Previous race of the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1953 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor RAC Tourist Trophy 1953 |