1953 Monza Grand Prix

Felice Bonetto drove a Lancia D23 in second place in the overall standings

The 1953 Monza Grand Prix , also called VI Gran Premio dell 'Autodromo Gara Internazionale Monza , took place on June 29th at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza . The race was not part of any racing series.

The race

The Monza Grand Prix was a sports car race that took place on the Monza circuit without the banked turns. 70 laps to be driven resulted in a total distance of 441 km. The race had two races over 35 laps each. The results were added to an overall rating. It was only driven in the class for sports cars up to 3.0-liter displacement; Driver changes were not permitted.

Both Ferrari and Lancia were represented with works cars and their top drivers at the time. Luigi Villoresi secured the overall standings in a Ferrari 250MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta ahead of Felice Bonetto , who drove a Lancia D23 , and his team and type colleague Giuseppe Farina , who came third.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	12	Scuderia Ferrari	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 250MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta	70
2	S 3.0	4th	Scuderia Lancia	Felice Bonetto	Lancia D23	70
3	S 3.0	10	Scuderia Ferrari	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari 250MM Vignale Spyder	70
4th	S 3.0	16	Scuderia Ferrari	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari 625TF	69
5	S 3.0	28	Eugenio Castellotti	Eugenio Castellotti	Ferrari 250MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta	68
6th	S 3.0	22nd	Luigi Piotti	Luigi Piotti	Ferrari 250 MM motto	67
7th	S 3.0	18th	Franco Bordoni-Bisleri	Salvatore Casella	Gordini T15S	67
8th	S 3.0	26th		Roberto Bonomi	Ferrari 250S Vignale	66
9	S 3.0	52	Piero Scotti	Piero Scotti	Ferrari 250MM Vignale	65
10	S 3.0	34		Antonio Stagnoli	Ferrari 225S Vignale	65
11	S 3.0	44		Yvonne Simon	Ferrari 166MM Zagato	55
Failed
12	S 3.0	38		Emilio Giletti	Maserati A6GCS	50
13	S 3.0	20th	Franco Bordoni-Bisleri	Franco Bordoni-Bisleri	Gordini T15S	35
14th	S 3.0	8th	Scuderia Lancia	Robert Manzon	Lancia D20	32
15th	S 3.0	32		Adolfo Macchieraldo	Ferrari 212	22nd
16	S 3.0	2	Scuderia Lancia	José Froilán González	Lancia D23	21st
17th	S 3.0	14th	Scuderia Ferrari	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 735 Sport	13
18th	S 3.0	24		Franco Cornacchia	Ferrari 212 export	13
19th	S 3.0	32	Bianca-Maria Piazza	Bianca-Maria Piazza	Ferrari 250MM Pinin Farina	11
20th	S 3.0	50		Pietro Palmieri	Ferrari 250MM	3
21st	S 3.0	30th		Emilio Wartenweiler	Ferrari 166MM	2
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22nd	S 3.0	42		Onofre Marimón	Maserati A6GCS	1

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Only in the entry list

No further reports are known for this race.

Class winner

class	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 250MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta	Overall victory

Racing data

• Registered: 22
• Started: 21
• Weather on race day: sunny
• Route length: 6.300 km
• Winner's average: 175.453 km / h
• Fastest training time: Alberto Ascari - Ferrari 735 Sport (# 14) - 2.05.900
• Fastest race lap: Giuseppe Farina - Ferrari 250MM Vignale Spyder (# 10) - 2.07.200 - 178.301 km / h

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