1953 Grand Prix of Argentina

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Flag of Argentina.svg 1953 Grand Prix of Argentina
Racing data
1st of 9 races of the 1953 Automobile World Championship
Route profile
Surname: I Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina
Date: January 18, 1953
Place: Buenos Aires
Course: Buenos Aires
Length: 379.464 km in 97 laps of 3.912 km

Weather: hot
Pole position
Driver: ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari ItalyItaly Ferrari
Time: 1: 55.4 min
Fastest lap
Driver: ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari ItalyItaly Ferrari
Time: 1: 48.4 min
Podium
First: ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari ItalyItaly Ferrari
Second: ItalyItaly Luigi Villoresi ItalyItaly Ferrari
Third: ArgentinaArgentina José Froilán González ItalyItaly Maserati

The 1953 Grand Prix of Argentina took place on January 18 at Autódromo 17 de Octubre near Buenos Aires and was the first of nine races in the 1953 World Cup .

background

With the Grand Prix of Argentina, a world championship run took place outside of Europe for the first time, apart from the 500 miles from Indianapolis , which were only part of the drivers’s championship pro forma, an exchange between American and European drivers took place very rarely. As in 1952, the new season was held according to the rules of Formula 2 . The only real new design for the season was the Maserati A6SSG , which was not finished until the European races. Regular drivers were González and Bonetto , Juan Manuel Fangio , who recovered after his accident in Monza in 1952 . Ferrari had only slightly modified the Type 500 , which was unbeaten in the previous year . In addition to Ascari , Villoresi and Farina , the regular cast of the team included for the first time a non-Italian - Mike Hawthorn , whose transfer to an Italian team in England caused controversy. Behra , Manzon and Trintignant drove again for Gordini , who competed with unchanged vehicles . Only 16 drivers registered for the race. The transport costs were not manageable for the numerous private teams in Europe. The works teams supplemented the driver line-up with local drivers, for example Oscar Gálvez drove the fourth Maserati, Gordini provided a car for Pablo Birger and Carlos Menditéguy . Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz was allowed to drive a Cooper .

training

As expected, the practice was dominated by Ferrari and Maserati . Ascari secured pole position from Fangio. Villoresi and Farina followed. Bonetto's suspension was broken during practice and so he was only able to place his Maserati on the back row of the grid.

run

Before the race, the police faced the problem that numerous spectators were standing right next to the track. Since entry was free, many more people came than expected. Despite concerns from the drivers, the race started with only a slight delay. Alberto Ascari immediately took the lead in front of González and Fangio, while Hawthorn stalled the engine and fell back to last place. Together with Villoresi, who had to make a pit stop on the second lap, he fought his way back through the field to the top positions. On the 32nd lap one of the most momentous accidents in the history of motorsport occurred, which is now almost forgotten. Farina lost control of his vehicle while trying to avoid a spectator running across the street and drove into a crowd. Ten spectators - according to other information even 15 were killed and numerous injured. Farina herself was almost unharmed. From today's perspective, unimaginable, the race continued. Due to the resulting chaos, hardly anyone noticed that local hero Fangio had to retire in the 36th round with a defective suspension. This put Manzon in second place, but lost it again in an unfortunate pit stop to change tires. He eventually had to retire on lap 68 after losing a bike. Ascari drove towards a safe start-to-finish victory, while González lost his second place to Villoresi. His Maserati's tank wasn't big enough to last a race distance without refueling.

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
ItalyItaly Officine Alfieri Maserati 2 ArgentinaArgentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati A6GCM Maserati 2.0 L6 P
4th ArgentinaArgentina José Froilán González
6th ItalyItaly Felice Bonetto
8th ArgentinaArgentina Oscar Gálvez
ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari 10 ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari Ferrari 500 Ferrari 2.0 L4 P
12 ItalyItaly Giuseppe Farina
14th ItalyItaly Luigi Villoresi
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hawthorn
United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alan Brown Cooper T20 Bristol 2.0 L6 D.
22nd United States 48United States John Barber (racing driver) Cooper T23
24 ArgentinaArgentina Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz Cooper T20
FranceFrance Equipe Gordini 26th FranceFrance Robert Manzon Gordini T16 (1952) Gordini 2.0 L6 E.
28 FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant
30th FranceFrance Jean Behra
32 ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Menditeguy
34 ArgentinaArgentina Pablo Birger Simca-Gordini T15GC Gordini

classification

Starting grid

Item driver constructor time km / h Starting row
1. ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 55,400 122.98 1 row
2. ArgentinaArgentina Juan Manuel Fangio ItalyItaly Maserati 1: 56.100 122.24 1 RM
3. ItalyItaly Luigi Villoresi ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 56,500 121.82 1 ch
4th ItalyItaly Giuseppe Farina ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 57.100 121.19 1 L
5. ArgentinaArgentina José Froilán González ItalyItaly Maserati 1: 58,500 119.76 2 rows
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hawthorn ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 59,400 118.86 2 M.
7th FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant FranceFrance Gordini 2: 00.400 117.87 2 L
8th. FranceFrance Robert Manzon FranceFrance Gordini 2: 00,900 117.38 3 rows
9. ArgentinaArgentina Oscar Gálvez ItalyItaly Maserati 2: 01,300 117.00 3 RM
10. ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Menditeguy FranceFrance Gordini 2: 01.800 116.52 Ch 3
11. FranceFrance Jean Behra FranceFrance Gordini 2: 02.600 115.75 3 L
12. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alan Brown United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 2: 03,200 115.19 4 rows
13. ArgentinaArgentina Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 2: 03.700 114.73 4 M.
14th ArgentinaArgentina Pablo Birger FranceFrance Simca-Gordini 2: 03.800 114.63 4 L
15th ItalyItaly Felice Bonetto ItalyItaly Maserati 2: 04.200 114.26 5 R
16. United States 48United States John Barber (racing driver) United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 2: 06.800 111.92 5 RM

Race result

Item driver constructor Round time km / h s. Rd. guide
1. ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari ItalyItaly Ferrari 97 3: 01: 04,600 126.7 1: 48,400 97
2. ItalyItaly Luigi Villoresi ItalyItaly Ferrari 96 3: 01: 36,300 125.03
3. ArgentinaArgentina José Froilán González ItalyItaly Maserati 96 3: 02: 19,200 124.54
4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hawthorn ItalyItaly Ferrari 96 3: 02: 33,500 124.38
5. ArgentinaArgentina Oscar Gálvez ItalyItaly Maserati 96 3: 02: 48,100 124.21
6th FranceFrance Jean Behra FranceFrance Gordini 94 3: 01: 10,000 122.72
7th FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant FranceFrance Gordini 50 3: 01: 07,100 118.84
United States 48United States Harry Schell 41
8th. United States 48United States John Barber (racing driver) United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 90 3: 01: 40.600 117.17
9. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Alan Brown United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 87 3: 02: 48,600 112.56
DNF FranceFrance Robert Manzon FranceFrance Gordini 67 lost wheel
DNF ArgentinaArgentina Juan Manuel Fangio ItalyItaly Maserati 36 Power transmission
DNF ItalyItaly Felice Bonetto ItalyItaly Maserati 33 transmission
DNF ItalyItaly Giuseppe Farina ItalyItaly Ferrari 31 accident
DNF ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Menditeguy FranceFrance Gordini 25th transmission
DNF ArgentinaArgentina Adolfo Schwelm-Cruz United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 21st lost wheel
DNF ArgentinaArgentina Pablo Birger FranceFrance Simca-Gordini 21st rim

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 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of the United States (1912-1959) .svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Flag of Belgium (civil) .svg Flag of France.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Switzerland within 2to3.svg Flag of Italy.svg Points
1. ItalyItaly Alberto Ascari Ferrari 9 * 9
2. ItalyItaly Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 6th 6th
3. ArgentinaArgentina José Froilán González Maserati 4th 4th
4th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 3 3
5. ArgentinaArgentina Oscar Gálvez Maserati 2 2

Individual evidence

  1. a b Lang, Mike; Grand Prix 1950-1965; Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Summer Set 1981 p54. ( ISBN 0-85429-276-4 ) (Engl.)
  2. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr024.html
  3. http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db2=LWF&db=ms&n=33