Casablanca 12 hour race 1953

Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta; Victorious Ferrari racing car type

The 1953 12-hour race of Casablanca , also Les 12 Heures de Casablanca, Ain Diab, Casablanca , took place on December 20th of that year.

The race

There was considerable racing activity in North Africa in the form of monoposto and sports car races in the late 1940s and early 1950s . Especially in Morocco , Algeria and Senegal , races with a large number of international participants were held. One of these races was the Casablanca 12 hour race on a 3.260 km road circuit in Ain-Diab near Casablanca . 1958 which was on a route adapt, Ain-Diab Circuit , of the Formula 1 World Championship scoring Grand Prix of Morocco extended.

The 1953 sports car race ended after 12 hours of driving and a distance of 1410.415 km with a victory for the factory - Ferrari 375MM by Giuseppe Farina and Piero Scotti .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	distance
1	S + 2.0	2	Scuderia Ferrari	Giuseppe Farina Piero Scotti	Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta	1410.415 km
2	2.0	20th	Scuderia Ferrari	Luigi Villoresi Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 500 Mondial	1372.836 km
3	S + 2.0	6th	Pierre Levegh	Pierre Levegh Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago T26GS	1354.713 km
4th	S + 2.0	8th	Michel Poberejsky	Michel Poberejsky Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DB3 Coupe	1335.619 km
5	S + 2.0	7th	Graham Whitehead	Peter Whitehead Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DB3	1306.283 km
6th	S 2.0	25th	Jean-Louis Armengaud	Jean-Louis Armengaud Élie Bayol	Osca MT4 1100 Coupe	1283.153 km
7th	S 2.0	22nd		Piero Carini Bruno Martignoni	Ferrari	1259.015 km
8th	S 750	30th		Pierre Chancel Robert Chancel	Panhard Dyna	1227.927 km
9	S 2.0	29		Robert Dustaritz Yves Dupont	Fiat 8V	1138.689 km
10	S 750	36		Pierre Dufour Jean Heyder-Bruckner	Renault	1102.380 km
11	S + 2.0		Radouch	Radouch Stetzenco	Jaguar XK 120	1086.283 km
12	S 2.0	28		Raymond Veyssières Hartmuth Oesterle	Porsche 1500	1037.870 km
13	S 750	39		De Castelbajac St. Remy	Panhard Dyna Allemano	1013,201 km
14th	S 750	33		F. da Silva Pereira	DB	996.190 km
15th	S 2.0			Oswald Karch Sterzebecker	Veritas RS	996.190 km
16	S 750	34		Guy Michel C. Bosvin	Renault	966,827 km
17th	S 750	38		Deschazeaux Marteau	Dyna Réac	629,911 km
Failed
18th	S + 2.0	3	Scuderia Ferrari	Luigi Piotti Clemente Biondetti	Ferrari 250MM
19th	S + 2.0	5	Georges Grignard	Georges Grignard Lino Fayen	Talbot-Lago T26GS
20th	S + 2.0	9	Equipe Gordini	Jean Behra André Guelfi	Gordini T15S
21st	S + 2.0	10	Col. Simone	Johnny Simone Armand Roboly	Jaguar C-Type
22nd	S 2.0	21st	Henri de Clarens	Roger Loyer Henri de Clarens	Gordini T15S
23	S 2.0	23		Adolf-Werner Lang Paul Hoffmann	Veritas
24	S 2.0	24	Joaquim Felipe Nogueira	Joaquim Felipe Nogueira Martonel	Porsche 1500
25th	S 2.0	27		Dominici Raymond Gaillard	Lancia
26th	S 750	31		Gaétan Magri Charles Plantivaux	Panhard
27	S 750	37		d'Anselin Chevallier	Renault
28	S 2.0	26th		Lucien Barthe	Simca special
29	S 750	32		Robert Barbey Guy Allegre	DB
30th	S 750	35		Robert La Caze Philippe Armand	Renault
Not started
31	S + 2.0	1	Scuderia Ferrari	François Picard Casimiro de Oliveira	Ferrari 375MM	1

¹ accident in training

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
32	S + 2.0	4th	Charles Pozzi	Charles Pozzi Pierre Meyrat	Talbot-Lago T26GS
33	S + 2.0	11		Vanoni Janini	Ferrari
34	S + 2.0	12		J.-F. Weckerle vulture	Mercedes

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Giuseppe Farina	Piero Scotti	Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta	Overall victory
S 2.0	Luigi Villoresi	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 500 Mondial	Rank 2
S 750	Pierre Chancel	Robert Chancel	Panhard Dyna	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 34
• Started: 30
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 3.260 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 12: 00: 00,000 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: unknown
• Total distance of the winning team: 1410.415 km
• Winner's average: 117.534 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Giuseppe Farina - Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta (# 2) - 2: 23.700 = 131.520 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

Web links

• Race results at wspr