1953 Italian Grand Prix

 1953 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 9 races of the 1953 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	XXIV Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 13, 1953
Place:	Monza
Course:	Monza
Length:	504 km in 80 laps of 6.3 km
Weather:	sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver:	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time:	2: 02.7 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time:	2: 04.5 min (lap 39)
Podium
First:	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second:	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Third:	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari

The 1953 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 13th on the Monza circuit and was the last of nine races for the 1953 World Cup .

background

Ferrari brought two prototypes of the Ferrari 553 Squalo type , which were intended for the 1954 season , to the race. However, Ascari preferred the old Type 500 . The two new vehicles were driven by Umberto Maglioli and Piero Carini , who were registered alongside the regular crew (Ascari, Farina , Villoresi and Hawthorn ) . Maserati split the fourth car of the still injured González to the two debutants Sergio Mantovani and Luigi Musso . The other vehicles drove as usual, Fangio , Marimón and Bonetto . The British teams from Connaught and HWM were entered with three vehicles each. Cooper reported a vehicle with an Alta engine to Stirling Moss . The new Alta engine was faster on the straight than the Ferrari, but the car had significant weaknesses in the chassis and brakes. The field of 30 drivers was supplemented by numerous private entries.

training

Ascari reached pole position in the Ferrari with half a second ahead of Fangio in the Maserati and his team-mate Farina. Marimón, Villoresi, and Hawthorn made up the second row.

run

Ascari used his pole position to get off to a good start and immediately took the lead, but was pushed hard by Marimón on the first lap. Fangio and Farina followed closely. In the following laps, a tough battle developed among these four drivers, with one or the other leading. Moss, meanwhile, had fallen back to the end of the field, mistakenly assuming his vehicle had an oil leak; however, it turned out to be just an overflow of excess oil. Further down the field, a similarly exciting battle developed between Villoresi, Hawthorn and Trintignant . The fight of the leaders lasted until the 46th lap, when Marimón reported to the pits with a defective oil cooler , lost a lap, but rejoined the combat group. The group stayed together until the last corner. There, Ascari lost control of his vehicle and spun. The cause of the accident was probably that he had to avoid a group of lapped drivers and came to the part of the track that was smeared by rubber abrasion. Farina was able to dodge into the grass, but Marimón had no chance to dodge and hit the Ferrari on the side. Both drivers were uninjured. Fangio was able to avoid the accident on the inside of the lane and thus scored his first victory in a world championship run in 1953. Farina was second, Villoresi third. Due to the regulation valid at the time that a vehicle that was to be classified had to have reached the destination, Ascari was not listed as a third party, but as a failure.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Scuderia Ferrari	2	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	P
	4th	Alberto Ascari
	6th	Giuseppe Farina
	8th	Mike Hawthorn
	10	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari 553 Squalo
	12	Piero Carini
HWM	14th	Lance Macklin	HWM 53	Alta 1.5	D.
	16	Yves Giraud-Cabantous
	18th	John Fitch
Connaught	20th	Jack Fairman	Connaught A	Francis 2.0 L4	D.
	22nd	Roy Salvadori
	24	Kenneth McAlpine
Ecurie Belge	26th	Johnny Claes	Connaught A	Francis 2.0 L4	E.
cooper	28	Stirling Moss	Cooper T24	Alta 1.5	D.
Team Ken Wharton	30th	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
Team Louis Chiron	32	Louis Chiron	OSCA 20	OSCA	P
OSCA Automobili	34	Élie Bayol	OSCA 20	OSCA	P
Equipe Gordini	36	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini T16 (1952)	Gordini 2.0 L6	E.
	38	Harry Schell
	40	Roberto Mieres
Scuderia Milano	42	Francisco Landi	Maserati A6GCM	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
	44	Birabongse Bira
Equipe Anglaise	46	Alan Brown	Cooper T23	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
Team Hans Stuck	48	Hans Stuck	AFM type 50	Bristol 2.0 L6	D.
Officine Alfieri Maserati	50	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati A6SSG	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
	52	Felice Bonetto
	54	Onofre Marimón
	56	Sergio Mantovani
Team Emmanuel de Graffenried	58	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati A6SSG	Maserati 2.0 L6	P
Ecurie Rosier	64	Louis Rosier	Ferrari 500	Ferrari 2.0 L4	D.

classification

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	km / h	Starting row
1.	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2: 02.700	184.84	1 row
2.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2: 03,200	184.09	1 M.
3.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	2: 03,900	183.05	1 L
4th	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	2: 04,100	182.76	2 rows
5.	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2: 04,600	182.02	2 M.
6th	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2: 04,900	181.59	2 L
7th	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2: 05,100	181.29	3 rows
8th.	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2: 05.700	180.43	3 M.
9.	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	2: 05.900	180.14	3 L
10.	Stirling Moss	cooper	2: 06.600	179.15	4 rows
11.	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	2: 06.900	178.72	4 M.
12.	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	2: 07,500	177.88	4 L
13.	Élie Bayol	OSCA	2: 07.800	177.46	5 R
14th	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	2: 08,000	177.19	5 M
15th	Harry Schell	Gordini	2: 08,000	177.19	5 L
16.	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	2: 08.700	176.22	6 R
17th	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	2: 09,300	175.41	6 M.
18th	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	2: 09,500	175.14	6 L
19th	Ken Wharton	cooper	2: 10.100	174.33	7 R
20th	Piero Carini	Ferrari	2: 11,200	172.87	7 M.
21st	Francisco Landi	Maserati	2: 12,800	170.78	7 L
22nd	Jack Fairman	Connaught	2: 13,500	169.89	8 R
23.	Birabongse Bira	Maserati	2: 13,600	169.76	8 M.
24.	Alan Brown	cooper	2: 14.800	168.25	8 L
25th	Louis Chiron	OSCA	2: 15,000	168.00	9 R
26th	John Fitch	HWM	2: 18,100	164.23	9 M.
27.	Lance Macklin	HWM	2: 18,200	164.11	9 L
28.	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	2: 20.800	161.08	10 R
29	Hans Stuck	AFM	2: 24,100	157.39	10 M.
30th	Johnny Claes	Connaught	2: 28,200	153.04	10 L

Race result

Item	driver	constructor	Round	time	km / h	s. Rd.	guide
1.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	80	2: 49: 45.900	178.13	2: 04,500
2.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	80	2: 49: 47,300	178.10
3.	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	79	2: 49: 49,200	175.85
4th	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	79	2: 50: 07,600	175.53
5.	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	79	2: 51: 11,000	174.44
6th	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	77	2: 50: 45,000	170.46
7th	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	38	2: 50: 44,300	168.26
	Luigi Musso		38
8th.	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	76	2: 51: 50.400	167.18
9.	Harry Schell	Gordini	75	2: 50: 46,000	166.02
10.	Louis Chiron	OSCA	72	2: 51: 21.700	158.82
11.	Birabongse Bira	Maserati	72	2: 52: 12,300	158.04
12.	Alan Brown	cooper	70	2: 51: 12.700	154.55
13.	Stirling Moss	cooper	70	2: 51: 44,400	154.07
14th	Hans Stuck	AFM	67	2: 51: 11.700	147.94
15th	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	67	2: 51: 31,500	147.65
16.	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	65	2: 51: 24.700	143.34
DNF	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	79	accident
DNF	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	77	Lack of petrol
DNF	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	75	accident
DNF	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	70	engine
DNF	Jack Fairman	Connaught	61	not classified
DNF	Ken Wharton	cooper	57	not classified
DNF	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	56	not classified
DNF	Piero Carini	Ferrari	40	engine
DNF	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	33	accelerator
DNF	Francisco Landi	Maserati	18th	engine
DNF	Elie Bayol	OSCA	17th	engine
DNF	John Fitch	HWM	14th	engine
DNF	Johnny Claes	Connaught	7th	Fuel system
DNF	Lance Macklin	HWM	5	engine

World Championship status after the race (final score)

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*)	9 *		34.5 (46.5)
2.	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati					7 *	6th	6th	(1.5)	9 *	28 (29.5)
3.	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari			6th		(2)	(4)	8th	6th	6th	26 (32)
4th	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3		(3)		8th	(2)	4th	4th	(3)	19 (24)
5.	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	6th		1*	6th					4th	17th
6th	José Froilán González	Maserati	4th		2	(1*)	4th	3.5 *				13.5 (14.5)
7th	Bill Vukovich	Kurti's power		9 *								9
8th.	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati			2	3			2			7th
9.	Felice Bonetto	Maserati			2				3	1.5		7.5
10.	Art Cross	Kurti's power		6th								6th
11.	Onofre Marimón	Maserati				4th						4th
	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini				2					2	4th
13.	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
	Hermann Lang	Maserati								2		2
18th	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 S65 f. ( ISBN 0-85429-276-4 ) (Engl.)
2. ^ Molter, Günther, Juan Manuel Fangio, Motorbuchverlag Stuttgart p. 136.