1953 Dutch Grand Prix

 1953 Dutch Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 9 races of the 1953 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	V Grote Prijs van Nederland
Date:	June 7, 1953
Place:	Zandvoort
Course:	Zandvoort
Length:	377.37 km in 90 laps of 4.193 km
Weather:	sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver:	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time:	1: 51.1 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
Time:	1: 52.8 min (lap 59)
Podium
First:	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Second:	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Third:	Felice Bonetto / José Froilán González	Maserati

Racing scene

The winner Alberto Ascari with Prince Bernhard after the race.

The 1953 Dutch Grand Prix took place on June 7th at the Zandvoort circuit and was the third of nine races in the 1953 World Cup .

background

In the four months that lay between the Argentine and the Dutch Grand Prix, some took place not belonging to the World Cup runs, which hinted that Maserati to Ferrari is a nearly equal opponent. Ferrari registered the four regular drivers Ascari , Farina , Villoresi and Hawthorn for the race . Louis Rosier drove a private Ferrari . The new A6SSG vehicles were available to the four Maserati factory pilots . With 190 hp, these now performed just as much as the Ferrari. Their greatest advantage, however, was the large tank, which now allowed them to cover a race distance without refueling. Concerned by numerous technical defects that led to accidents, Manzon decided to leave the Gordini team . The team therefore only competed with Trintignant , Schell and the newcomer Roberto Mieres . The Connaught team that sent Moss , McAlpine and Salvadori into the race was there again.

training

The Zandvoort circuit was freshly paved just a week before the race. There were still a lot of pebbles on the track, which, whirled up, severely hindered the drivers during training. Many therefore used barred windshields. The training turned into the expected duel between the Ferrari and Maserati drivers from which Ascari emerged victorious with a lead of 1.6 seconds over Fangio . Farina completed the first row, González and Villoresi were in the second.

run

Ascari got the best start and he kept pulling away from the field. An eventful race developed behind it. Villoresi was second ahead of Farina and Fangio, who couldn't make up any ground on the two Ferraris. González got off to a bad start and was 14th at the end of the first lap, but gradually regained positions. At the end of the seventh lap he drove back to 6th place and caught up with Hawthorn, was even able to overtake him for a short time, but on the 23rd lap his rear axle broke directly behind the pits. Then teammate Bonetto was called to the pits and handed over his car. From ninth place, he started another race to catch up, which brought him up to third place. He had caught up a full lap over Hawthorn, who came in fourth. Fangio and Villoresi were eliminated in the course of the race, while Ascari drove towards an undisputed victory.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari	2	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	P
	4th	Luigi Villoresi
	6th	Giuseppe Farina
	8th	Mike Hawthorn
Ecurie Rosier	10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	D.
Officine Alfieri Maserati	12	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
	14th	José Froilán González
	16	Felice Bonetto
Enrico Platé	18th	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati A6SSG	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
Equipe Gordini	20th	Harry Schell	Gordini T16 (1952)	Gordini 2.0 L6	E.
	22nd	Roberto Mieres
	24	Maurice Trintignant
	40	Fred Wacker
Connaught	26th	Roy Salvadori	Connaught A	Francis 2.0 L4	D.
	28	Kenneth McAlpine
	34	Stirling Moss
Ecurie Belge	30th	Johnny Claes	Connaught A	Francis 2.0 L4	E.
Team Ken Wharton	32	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
HWM	36	Peter Collins	HWM 53	Alta 1.5	D.
	38	Lance Macklin

classification

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	km / h	Starting row
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1: 51.100	135.87	1 row
2.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1: 52.700	133.94	1 M.
3.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	1: 53,000	133.58	1 L
4th	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	1: 53.700	132.76	2 rows
5.	José Froilán González	Maserati	1: 54.100	132.29	2 L
6th	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1: 54.900	131.37	3 rows
7th	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	1: 58.700	127.17	3 M.
8th.	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	1: 59,500	126.32	3 L
9.	Stirling Moss	Connaught	2: 00,000	125.79	4 rows
10.	Harry Schell	Gordini	2: 00,100	125.69	4 L
11.	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	2: 00,500	125.27	5 R
12.	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2: 01,200	124.54	5 M
13.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2: 01,500	124.24	5 L
14th	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	2: 01.900	123.83	6 R
15th	Lance Macklin	HWM	2: 02.400	123.32	6 L
16.	Peter Collins	HWM	2: 03,100	122.62	7 R
17th	Johnny Claes	Connaught	2: 03,900	121.83	7 M.
18th	Ken Wharton	cooper	2: 06.400	119.42	7 L
19th	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	2: 08,500	117.47	8 M.
DNS	Fred Wacker	Gordini

Race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	km / h	s. Rd.	guide
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	90	2: 53: 35.800	130.43		90
2.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	90	2: 53: 46,200	130.30
3.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	25th	2: 53: 54,200	128.75
	José Froilán González		64
4th	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	89	2: 54: 08,300	128.58
5.	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	88	2: 55: 27.700	126.18
6th	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	87	2: 53: 47,000	125.95
7th	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	86
8th.	Peter Collins	HWM	84
9.	Stirling Moss	Connaught	83
DNF	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	66	Throttle linkage		1: 52.800
DNF	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	63	engine
DNF	Harry Schell	Gordini	59	transmission
DNF	Johnny Claes	Connaught	52	not classified
DNF	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	36	Rear axle
DNF	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	28	transmission
DNF	José Froilán González	Maserati	22nd	Rear axle
DNF	Ken Wharton	cooper	19th	suspension
DNF	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	14th	engine
DNF	Lance Macklin	HWM	7th	engine

World Cup stand after the race

In 1953, points were awarded according to the following scheme:

1st place	place 2	place 3	4th place	5th place	Fastest lap
8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

• Only the four best results from nine races counted. Deleted results are shown in brackets.
• The numbers marked with * include the point for the fastest lap.
• Fields marked in the same color indicate shared vehicles.

Item	driver	constructor										Points
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	9 *		8th							17th
2.	Bill Vukovich	Kurti's power		9 *								9
3.	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	6th		1*							7th
4th	Art Cross	Kurti's power		6th								6th
	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari			6th							6th
	José Froilán González	Maserati	4th		2							6th
	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3		3							6th
8th.	Oscar Gálvez	Maserati	2									2
	Sam Hanks	Kurti's power		2								2
	Duane Carter	Kurti's power		2								2
	Jack McGrath	Kurti's power		2								2
	Felice Bonetto	Maserati			2							2
	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati			2							2
14th	Fred Agabashian	Kurti's power		1.5								1.5
	Paul Russo	Kurti's power		1.5								1.5

Web links

Commons : Dutch Grand Prix 1953  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr026.html
2. ↑ ^{a b} Lang, Mike; Grand Prix 1950-1965; Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981 p53. ( ISBN 0-85429-276-4 ) (English)
3. ↑ http://8w.forix.com/manzon.html (Engl.)
4. ↑ Unless otherwise stated based on: Lang, Mike; Grand Prix 1950-1965; Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981 S55f. ( ISBN 0-85429-276-4 ) (English)