Silverstone International 1953

The 1953 Silverstone International was a sports car race that took place on May 9th of that year at the Silverstone Circuit . The race was not part of any racing series.

The race

Already in 1950 had Scuderia Ferrari reported for the international sports car racing at Silverstone and with Alberto Ascari at the wheel of a Ferrari 166mm the race for sports cars to 2-liter engine also won. Three years later, Ferrari again presented the winner. This time, the works driver and later Formula 1 world champion Mike Hawthorn won the race. Hawthorn won with a margin of 16 seconds over the American Tom Cole , who also drove a Ferrari 340MM . Third place went to Aston Martin works driver Reg Parnell . For Cole it was the penultimate race of his career; Less than a month later, he had a fatal accident at the Le Mans 24-hour race .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Travel time
1	S + 3.0	38	Scuderia Ferrari	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari 340MM Barchetta Touring	33: 43,000
2	S + 3.0	37	Atlantic stable	Tom Cole	Ferrari 340MM Spyder Vignale	33: 59,000
3	S 3.0	21st	Aston Martin Ltd.	Reg Parnell	Aston Martin DB3	34: 11,000
4th	S 3.0	22nd	Aston Martin Ltd.	Peter Collins	Aston Martin DB3	34: 25,000
5	S + 3.0	34	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Peter Walker	Jaguar XK120C	34: 29,000
6th	S + 3.0	33	PN Whitehead	Graham Whitehead	Jaguar XK120C	34: 39,000
7th	S + 3.0	35	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Stirling Moss	Jaguar XK120C	34: 51,000
8th	S 2.0	17th	Equipe Anglais	Alan Brown	Cooper T20 Sport	35: 17,000
9	S + 3.0	31	Ecurie Ecosse	Ian Stewart	Jaguar XK120C	35: 18,000
10	S 3.0	20th	Scuderia Irlanda	Bobbie Baird	Ferrari	35: 20,000
11	S + 3.0	41	Allard Motor Co.	Sydney Allard	Allard JR	35: 24,000
12	S + 3.0	30th	Ecurie Ecosse	Jimmy Stewart	Jaguar XK120C	35: 30,000
13	S 2.0	14th	Syd Greene	Dick Jacobs	Frazer Nash	35: 49,000
14th	S 3.0	25th	Tony Gaze	Tony Gaze	Aston Martin DB3	33: 44,000
15th	S 2.0	25th	Lawrence Mitchell	Lawrence Mitchell	Frazer Nash	33: 53,000
16	S 2.0	10	Dickie Stoop	Dickie Stoop	Frazer Nash	34: 15,000
17th	S 2.0	12	WH Aldington	Ken Wharton	Frazer Nash Le Mans	34: 17,000
18th	S + 3.0	39	Ken Watkins	Ken Watkins	Allard J2	34: 28,000
19th	S 2.0	18th	Cooper Car Company	Tony Crook	cooper	34: 28,000
20th	S + 3.0	40	Allard Motor Co.	Philip Fotheringham-Parker	Allard JR	34: 46,000
21st	S 1.5	4th	Cliff Davis	Cliff Davis	cooper	35: 26,000
22nd	S + 3.0	44	Ken Downing	Ken Downing	Aston Martin DB3	35: 53,000
23	S 2.0	16	Kieft Cars	Michael Christie	Kieft	36: 29,000
24	S 1.5	3	Monkey stable	Jim Mayers	Kieft	34: 01.000
25th	S 1.5	2	Monkey stable	Pat Griffith	Kieft	34: 31,000
26th	S + 3.0	36	Jaguar Cars Ltd.	Tony Rolt	Jaguar XK120C	34: 32,000
27	S 2.0	43	Bill Black	Bill Black	Frazer Nash Le Mans Replica	34: 37,000
28	S 1.5	6th	Fritz Huschke from Hanstein	Fritz Huschke from Hanstein	Porsche 356 Coupe	35: 47,000
29	S 1.5	7th	Hubert Patthey	Hubert Patthey	Porsche 356 Coupe	36: 01.000
30th	S 1.5	1	Monkey stable	Mike Keen	Kieft	34: 16,000
Failed
31	S 3.0	24	Aston Martin Ltd.	Geoff Duke	Aston Martin DB3
32	S 2.0	42	PJ Kenneth	John Buncombe	Frazer Nash
33	S + 3.0	32	Duncan Hamilton	Duncan Hamilton	Jaguar C-Type
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34		5	Richard von Frankenberg	Richard von Frankenberg	Porsche 356 Coupe	1
35			WH Aldington	Bob Gerard	Frazer Nash	2
36		23	Aston Martin Ltd.	George Abecassis	Aston Martin DB3	3
37		45	Ecurie Ecosse	James Scott Douglas	Jaguar C-Type	4th

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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	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari 340MM Barchetta Touring	Overall victory
S 3.0	Reginald Parnell	Aston Martin DB3	Rank 3
S 2.0	Alan Brown	Cooper T20 Sports	Rank 8
S 1.5	Cliff Davis	cooper	Rank 21

Racing data

• Registered: 37
• Started: 33
• Rated: 30
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: unknown
• Driving time of the winning team: 33: 43,000 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: 17
• Total distance of the winning team: unknown
• Winner's average: 142.507 km / h
• Pole position: Mike Hawthorn - Ferrari 340MM Barchetta Touring (# 40) - 1.55,000
• Fastest race lap: Tom Cole - Ferrari 340MM Spyder Vignale (# 37) - 1: 56,000 - 146,193 km / h
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

Web links

• Race results