1953 German Grand Prix

 1953 German Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 9 races of the 1953 World Automobile Championship
Surname:	XVI Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	2nd August 1953
Place:	Nürburgring
Course:	Nürburgring
Length:	410.58 km in 18 laps of 22.81 km
Weather:	sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver:	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time:	9: 59.2 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time:	9: 56.0 min (round 12gr)
Podium
First:	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Second:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Third:	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari

The 1953 German Grand Prix took place on August 2nd at the Nürburgring and was the seventh of nine races in the 1953 World Cup .

background

Before the start, Ascari's title defense was almost certain. By then he had reached 33.5 of the 36 possible points according to the regulations during the season. Only Hawthorn and Fangio had a minimal chance of winning the title, should they win all the remaining races and drive the fastest lap, but Ascari scored a maximum of one point (and Fangio no points), Hawthorn would be 35 and Fangio 34 points come and could have surpassed him.

José Froilán González had been injured in a sports car race in Lisbon the week before and was out for the rest of the season. Although he was still on the entry list, the Maserati team only entered three drivers ( Fangio , Marimón and Bonetto ). Ferrari was represented with its regular drivers Ascari, Farina , Villoresi and Fangio. In addition to the works teams from Connaught ( Bira , Salvadori , McAlpine ) and Gordini ( Trintignant , Behra , Schell ) numerous, mainly German private drivers filled the field. A total of 34 nominations were received, but this was not a problem given the length of the route.

training

In practice, only Ascari achieved a lap time of less than 10 minutes and thus secured pole position in front of Fangio, Farina and Hawthorn. Trintignant was able to leave a Maserati and a Ferrari behind and took fifth place on the grid in the second row. His time was already 22 seconds slower than Ascari's, the last timed participant, Wolfgang Seidel in Veritas , needed almost 3 minutes more than Ascari.

run

Fangio won the start, but Ascari was able to overtake him in the course of the first lap and finish it with a lead of 10 seconds on the field of pursuers. Second, Fangio was attacked by Hawthorn. The two then fought a duel, in which sometimes one, sometimes the other, was ahead, but at the end of a round always Hawthorn. The race seemed to be developing into a solo drive by Ascari that had often been seen in the past, when he drove into the pits on lap five on just three wheels. He had lost a bike. Since he couldn't brake well on the three wheels, he only came to a stop behind his pits. It took him 4 minutes to push back and repair. Hawthorn was ahead now, Fangio still close behind. Through the duel between the two, Farina was able to catch up with them and overtake both during the 8th lap. Fangio also managed to get past Hawthorn on this lap. This order remained unchanged until the finish. It was Farina's fifth and final victory in a world championship run. Ascari was able to make up four places after his repair, but his car was in poor condition after the repair and so he swapped it for Villoresi's car at the end of the ninth lap. With this car he drove the fastest lap (9: 56.0 minutes), but on lap 15 he had to park it at the pits with an engine failure. Nevertheless, he was able to celebrate his title defense at the end of the race, as none of his remaining rivals had won the race.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari	1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	P
	2	Giuseppe Farina
	3	Mike Hawthorn
	4th	Luigi Villoresi
Officine Alfieri Maserati	5	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
	6th	José Froilán González
	7th	Felice Bonetto
	8th	Onofre Marimón
Equipe Gordini	9	Jean Behra	Gordini T16 (1952)	Gordini 2.0 L6	E.
	10	Maurice Trintignant
	11	Harry Schell
Ecurie Belge	12	Johnny Claes	Connaught A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	E.
Connaught	14th	Birabongse Bira	Connaught A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	D.
	15th	Roy Salvadori
	16	Kenneth McAlpine
Team Emmanuel de Graffenried	17th	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
Ecurie Francorchamps	18th	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	E.
cooper	19th	Stirling Moss	Cooper T24	Alta 1.5	D.
Ecurie Rosier	20th	Louis Rosier	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	D.
Team Hans Stuck	21st	Hans Stuck	AFM-50	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
Team Wolfgang Seidel	22nd	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas RS	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Team Willi Heeks	23	Willi Heeks	Veritas Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6	D.
Team Theo Helfrich	24	Theo Helfrich	Veritas RS	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Team Oswald Karch	26th	Oswald Karch	Veritas RS	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Team Helmut Niedermayr	28	Theo Fitzau	AFM-50	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Team Ernst Loof	30th	Ernst Loof	Veritas Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6	D.
Team Erwin Bauer	31	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Team Hans Herrmann	32	Hans Herrmann	Veritas Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6	D.
Ecurie espadon	34	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0	P
Racing collective EMW	35	Edgar Barth	EMW R1	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Team Dora Greifzu	36	Rudolf Krause	BMW Griffin	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Team Ernst Klodwig	37	Ernst Klodwig	BMW self-made	BMW 2.0 L6	D.
Equipe Anglaise	38	Alan Brown	Cooper T23	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
	39	Glöckler helmet
Team Rodney Nuckey	40	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper T23	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
Team Karl-Günther Bechem	41	Karl-Günther Bechem	AFM-50 sport	BMW 2.0 L6	D.

classification

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	km / h	Starting row
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	9: 59.800	136.91	1 row
2.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	10: 03.700	136.02	1 RM
3.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	10: 04,100	135.93	1 ch
4th	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	10: 12,600	134.05	1 L
5.	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	10: 21.700	132.08	2 rows
6th	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	10: 22.800	131.85	2 M.
7th	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	10: 40.800	128.15	2 L
8th.	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	10: 41,000	128.11	3 rows
9.	Jean Behra	Gordini	10: 45,500	127.21	3 RM
10.	Harry Schell	Gordini	10: 46,600	127.00	Ch 3
11.	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	10: 46,600	127.00	3 L
12.	Stirling Moss	cooper	10: 48,300	126.66	4 rows
13.	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	10: 57,500	124.89	4 M.
14th	Hans Herrmann	Veritas	10: 59.800	124.46	4 L
15th	Birabongse Bira	Connaught	11: 02,100	124.02	5 R
16.	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	11: 07,300	123.06	5 RM
17th	Alan Brown	cooper	11: 08.700	122.80	5 ch
18th	Willi Heeks	Veritas	11: 18,000	121.12	5 L
19th	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	11: 18,900	120.95	6 R
20th	Rodney Nuckey	cooper	11: 22,100	120.39	6 M.
21st	Theo Fitzau	AFM	11: 23,400	120.16	6 L
22nd	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	11: 27,400	119.46	7 R
23.	Hans Stuck	AFM	11: 37,200	117.78	7 RM
24.	Edgar Barth	EMW	11: 40.800	117.17	7 ch
24.	Johnny Claes	Connaught	11: 45,500	116.39	7 L
26th	Rudolf Krause	Paul Greifzu	11: 49,500	115.74	8 R
27.	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	11: 53,100	115.15	8 M.
28.	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	11: 56,300	114.64	8 L
29	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	11: 59,300	114.16	9 R
30th	Günther Bechem	AFM	12: 13,300	111.98	9 RM
31.	Ernst Loof	Veritas	12: 16.800	111.45	9 ch
32.	Ernst Klodwig	Ernst Klodwig	12: 24,600	110.28	9 L
33.	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	without time		10 R
34.	Oswald Karch	Veritas	without time		10 M.
DNS	Glöckler helmet	cooper

Race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	km / h	s. Rd.	guide
1.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	18th	3:02: 25,000	135.05		11
2.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	18th	3: 03: 29,000	134.26
3.	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	18th	3: 04: 08,600	133.78		3
4th	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	18th	3: 11: 13,600	128.83
5.	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	17th	3: 04: 40,400	125.99
6th	Stirling Moss	cooper	17th	3: 06: 50,900	124.52
7th	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	17th	3: 07: 29,900	124.09
8th.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	9	3: 07: 51.800	123.85		4th
	Luigi Villoresi		8th
9.	Hans Herrmann	Veritas	17th	3: 09: 53,400	122.52
10.	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	17th	3: 11: 08,400	121.72
11.	Rodney Nuckey	cooper	16	3: 07: 44,600	116.64
12.	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	16	3: 10: 17,600	115.07
13.	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	16	3: 10: 52,200	114.73
14th	Rudolf Krause	BMW	16	3: 12: 45,200	113.60
15th	Ernst Klodwig	BMW	15th
16.	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	14th
DNF	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	10	handing over
	Alberto Ascari		5	engine		9: 56,000
DNF	Alan Brown	cooper	15th	engine
DNF	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	13	suspension
DNF	Edgar Barth	EMW	12	Exhaust
DNF	Johnny Claes	Connaught	12	unknown
DNF	Oswald Karch	Veritas	10
DNF	Willi Heeks	Veritas	8th	unknown
DNF	Jean Behra	Gordini	7th	transmission
DNF	Harry Schell	Gordini	6th	poetry
DNF	Birabongse Bira	Connaught	6th	engine
DNF	Theo Fitzau	AFM	3	unknown
DNF	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	3
DNF	Günther Bechem	AFM	2
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	1	differential
DNF	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	1	Gear lever
DNF	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	1
DNF	Hans Stuck	AFM	0	unknown
DNF	Ernst Loof	Veritas	0	Fuel system

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	8th	(3)	8.5 *	(1*)			33.5 (37.5)
2.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari			6th		2	4th	8th			20th
3.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati					7 *	6th	6th			19th
4th	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3		3		8th	(2)	4th			18 (20)
5.	José Froilán González	Maserati	4th		2	(1*)	4th	3.5 *				13.5 (14.5)
6th	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	6th		1*	6th						13
7th	Bill Vukovich	Kurti's power		9 *								9
8th.	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati			2	3			2			7th
9.	Art Cross	Kurti's power		6th								6th
10.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati			2				3			5
11.	Onofre Marimón	Maserati				4th						4th
12.	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
	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini				2						2
17th	Fred Agabashian	Kurti's power		1.5								1.5
	Paul Russo	Kurti's power		1.5								1.5

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Unless otherwise stated based on: Lang, Mike; Grand Prix 1950-1965; Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford Sommerset 1981 S62f. ( ISBN 0-85429-276-4 ) (Engl.)
2. ↑ http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr030.html