1953 motorcycle world championship

1953 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Geoff Duke
Constructor:	Gilera
350 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Fergus Anderson
Constructor:	Moto Guzzi
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Werner Haas
Constructor:	NSU
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Werner Haas
Constructor:	MV Agusta
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Eric Oliver Stanley Dibben
Constructor:	Norton
<1952 season	1954 season>

The 1953 motorcycle world championship season was the fifth in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

In the class up to 500 cm³ eight races were held , in the classes up to 350 cm³ and up to 250 cm³ seven, in the classes up to 125 cm³ six and in the sidecar five races.

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

If fewer than eight races were held, the best four results were included in the ranking; if eight or more races were staged, the five best results achieved were included in the World Championship ranking.

useful information

• The Briton Fergus Anderson won the 500cc race in Spain on a 350cc machine.
• With Werner Haas , a German won a world title for the first time in the history of the motorcycle world championship. At the same time, the Augsburg resident managed to win the titles in the 125 cc and 250 cc class in one season.
• Since the two manufacturers MV Agusta and NSU had the same number of points, victories and all other placements in the constructors' championship of the 125 cc class , the constructors' world championship was determined by adding up all the racing times of the manufacturers' best drivers at the individual Grands Prix. The Italian brand MV Agusta had 36.1  seconds ahead of NSU and was awarded the title.

Deaths

• The British 500 cc world champion of the 1949 season, Leslie Graham , was killed on Friday, June 12, 1953 in an accident in the 500 cc race of the Tourist Trophy. In third place, he lost control of his motorcycle at high speed in the difficult section of Bray Hill , fell and died at the scene of the accident.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	12.06.	35th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Ray Amm	Jack Brett	Reg Armstrong	Ray Amm
2	06/27	23. Dutch TT	Aces	Geoff Duke	Reg Armstrong	Ken Kavanagh	Ray Amm
3	05.07.	26th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Alfredo Milani	Ray Amm	Reg Armstrong	Geoff Duke
4th	08/02	French GP	Rouen	Geoff Duke	Reg Armstrong	Alfredo Milani	Reg Armstrong
5	08/15	25th Ulster GP	Dundrod	Ken Kavanagh	Geoff Duke	Jack Brett	Ken Kavanagh and Geoff Duke
6th	08/23	23rd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Geoff Duke	Alfredo Milani	Reg Armstrong	Rod Coleman
7th	06.09.	31st Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Geoff Duke	Dickie Dale	Libero Liberati	Dickie Dale
8th	04.10.	4th Spanish GP	Montjuïc	Fergus Anderson	Carlo Bandirola	Dickie Dale	Fergus Anderson

Driver ranking

1  Geoff Duke Gilera 38 2  Reg Armstrong Gilera 24 (30) 3  Alfredo Milani Gilera 18th 4th  Ken Kavanagh Norton 18th 5  Ray Amm Norton 14th 6th  Jack Brett Norton 13 7th  Dickie Dale Gilera 11 8th  Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 11 9  Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 8th 10  Rod Coleman AJS 7th

11  Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 6th 12  Libero Liberati Gilera 4th 13  William Doran AJS 3  Derek Farrant AJS 3 15th  Cecil Sandford MV Agusta 2  Nello Pagani Gilera 2 17th  Peter Davey Norton 1  Ken Mudford Norton 1  Hermann Paul Muller MV Agusta 1  Tommy Wood Norton 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Gilera	40 (54)
2	Norton	29 (30)
3	AJS	10
4th	Moto Guzzi	8th
5	MV Agusta	8th

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

A DKW RM 350 , nicknamed " singing saw " as 1953 by DKW - factory team was used.

350 cm³ class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	08.06.	35th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Ray Amm	Ken Kavanagh	Fergus Anderson	Ray Amm
2	06/27	23. Dutch TT	Aces	Enrico Lorenzetti	Ken Kavanagh	Ray Amm	Fergus Anderson
3	05.07.	26th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Fergus Anderson	Enrico Lorenzetti	Ray Amm	Ray Amm
4th	08/02	French GP	Rouen	Fergus Anderson	Pierre Monneret	Enrico Lorenzetti	Ray Amm
5	08/15	25th Ulster GP	Dundrod	Ken Mudford	Bob McIntyre	Rod Coleman	Ken Mudford
6th	08/22	23rd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Fergus Anderson	Ken Kavanagh	Rod Coleman	Fergus Anderson
7th	06.09.	31st Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Enrico Lorenzetti	Fergus Anderson	Duilio Agostini	Enrico Lorenzetti

Driver ranking

1  Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 30 (34) 2  Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 26th 3  Ray Amm Norton 18th 4th  Ken Kavanagh Norton 18th 5  Jack Brett Norton 12 6th  Rod Coleman AJS 9 7th  Ken Mudford Norton 8th 8th  Pierre Monneret AJS 6th  Bob McIntyre AJS 6th 10  Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi 4th 11  Josef Albisser Norton 3  Harry Pearce Velocette 3

August Hobl DKW 3 14th  William Doran AJS 2  Derek Farrant AJS 2 16  Ernie Ring (†) AJS 2  Tommy Wood Norton 1  Malcolm Templeton AJS 2  Leo Simpson AJS 2 20th  Ray Laurent AJS 1  Ken Harwood AJS 1  Karl Hofmann DKW 1  Tony McAlpine Norton 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Moto Guzzi	32 (44)
2	Norton	28 (38)
3	AJS	18 (23)
4th	DKW	4th
5	Velocette	3

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	10.06.	35th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Fergus Anderson	Werner Haas	Siegfried wishes	Fergus Anderson
2	06/27	Dutch TT	Aces	Werner Haas	Fergus Anderson	Reg Armstrong	Werner Haas
3	07/19	17th GP of Germany	Schottenring	Werner Haas	Alano Montanari	August Hobl	Werner Haas
4th	08/15	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Reg Armstrong	Werner Haas	Fergus Anderson	Reg Armstrong
5	08/22	23rd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Reg Armstrong	Alano Montanari	Fergus Anderson	Reg Armstrong
6th	06.09.	31st Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Enrico Lorenzetti	Werner Haas	Alano Montanari	Enrico Lorenzetti
7th	04.10.	4th Spanish GP	Montjuïc	Enrico Lorenzetti	Ken Kavanagh	Fergus Anderson	Alano Montanari

Driver ranking

1  Werner Haas NSU 28 (35) 2  Reg Armstrong NSU 23 3  Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 22 (25) 4th  Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 22 (26) 5  Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi 19th 6th  Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 6th 7th  Siegfried wishes DKW 6th 8th  August Hobl DKW 6th

9  Otto Daiker NSU 6th 10  Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 4th 11  Walter Reichert NSU 3 12  Tommy Wood Moto Guzzi 3 13  Sid Willis Velocette 2  Wolfgang Brand NSU 2 15th  Rupert Hollaus Moto Guzzi 1  Umberto Masetti NSU 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	NSU	32 (44)
2	Moto Guzzi	30 (46)
3	DKW	11
4th	Velocette	2

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	10.06.	35th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Leslie Graham	Werner Haas	Cecil Sandford	Leslie Graham
2	06/27	Dutch TT	Aces	Werner Haas	Carlo Ubbiali	Cecil Sandford	Werner Haas
3	07/19	17th GP of Germany	Schottenring	Carlo Ubbiali	Werner Haas	Otto Daiker	Werner Haas
4th	08/15	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Werner Haas	Cecil Sandford	Reg Armstrong	Werner Haas
5	06.09.	31st Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Werner Haas	Emilio Mendogni	Carlo Ubbiali	Werner Haas
6th	04.10.	4th Spanish GP	Montjuïc	Angelo Copeta	Cecil Sandford	Rupert Hollaus	Angelo Copeta

Driver ranking

1  Werner Haas NSU 30 (36) 2  Cecil Sandford MV Agusta 20th 3  Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 18th 4th  Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 17th 5  Leslie Graham (†) MV Agusta 8th 6th  Otto Daiker NSU 7th 7th  Emilio Mendogni Morini 6th 8th  Wolfgang Brand NSU 5 9  Reg Armstrong NSU 4th  Rupert Hollaus NSU 4th 11  Luigi Zinzani Morini 3

12  Arnold Jones MV Agusta 2  Drikus Veer Morini 2  Walter Reichert NSU 2  Tito Forconi MV Agusta 2  Marcello Cama Montesa 2 17th  Bill Webster MV Agusta 1  Lo Simons FB Mondial 1  Karl Lottes MV Agusta 1  Fron Purslow MV Agusta 1  Paolo Campanelli MV Agusta 1  Georg Braun FB Mondial 1

Constructors' championship

1	MV Agusta	30 (40)
2	NSU	30 (40)
3	Morini	9
4th	Montesa	2
5	FB Mondial	2

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	05.07.	26th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben	Cyril Smith / Les Nutt	Wiggerl Kraus / Bernhard Huser	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben
2	08/02	French GP	Rouen	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben	Cyril Smith / Les Nutt	Hans Haldemann / Josef Albisser	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben
3	08/15	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Cyril Smith / Les Nutt	Pip Harris and Ray Campbell	Jacques Drion / Inge Stoll-Laforge	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben
4th	08/23	23rd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben	Cyril Smith / Les Nutt	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben
5	06.09.	31st Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben	Cyril Smith / Les Nutt	Jacques Drion / Inge Stoll-Laforge	Eric Oliver / Stanley Dibben and Cyril Smith / Les Nutt

Driver ranking

1	Eric Oliver	Stanley Dibben	Norton	32
2	Cyril Smith	Les Nutt	Norton	26 (32)
3	Hans Haldemann	Josef Albisser	Norton	12
4th	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll-Laforge	Norton	10
5	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Norton	6th
6th	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	5
7th	Marcel Masuy	Jules Nies	Norton	5
8th	Wiggerl Kraus	Bernhard Huser	BMW	4th
9	Julien Deronne	Bruno Leys	Norton	4th
10	Trevor Bounds	Rob Kings	Norton	3
11	Fron Purslow	Dave Key	BSA	2
	Len Taylor	Peter Glover	Norton	2
13	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	Norton	1
	Fritz Hillebrand	Manfred Grunwald	BMW	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Norton	32 (40)
2	BMW	9
3	BSA	2

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1953  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1953 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)