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1953 Italian Grand Prix

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1953 Italian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 9 in the 1953 Formula One season
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Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Race details
Date 13 September 1953
Official name XXIV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent road course
Course length 6.300 km (3.915 miles)
Distance 80 laps, 504.000 km (313.171 miles)
Weather Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 2:02:7
Fastest lap
Driver Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Time 2:04.5 on lap 39
Podium
First
  • Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio
Maserati
Second Ferrari
Third Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 13 September 1953 at Monza. It was the ninth and final race in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. This made it the last World Championship race to run under the Formula Two regulations. The 80-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. Nino Farina finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate Luigi Villoresi came in third.

Race report

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The initial part of the race was a four-way battle between Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Onofre Marimón. With five drivers running together on the last lap, the race saw a spectacular finish with Ascari and Farina ahead of Fangio approaching the last corner. Ascari made a mistake and spun. To avoid him, Farina pulled to the grass but recovered later. Fangio pounced on this window of opportunity and took a famous win. Ascari claimed the World Championship for Drivers' for the second, and final, time.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 4 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:02.7
2 50 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 2:03.2 + 0.5
3 6 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 2:03.9 + 1.2
4 54 Argentina Onofre Marimón Maserati 2:04.1 + 1.4
5 2 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2:04.6 + 1.9
6 8 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:04.9 + 2.2
7 52 Italy Felice Bonetto Maserati 2:05.1 + 2.4
8 36 France Maurice Trintignant Gordini 2:05.7 + 3.0
9 58 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 2:05.9 + 3.2
10 28 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 2:06.6 + 3.9
11 10 Italy Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 2:06.9 + 4.2
12 56 Italy Sergio Mantovani Maserati 2:07.5 + 4.8
13 34 France Élie Bayol OSCA 2:07.8 + 5.1
14 22 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:08.0 + 5.3
15 38 United States Harry Schell Gordini 2:08.5 + 5.8
16 40 Argentina Roberto Mieres Gordini 2:08.8 + 6.1
17 64 France Louis Rosier Ferrari 2:08.9 + 6.2
18 24 United Kingdom Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:09.0 + 6.3
19 30 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 2:09.3 + 6.6
20 12 Italy Piero Carini Ferrari 2:09.5 + 6.8
21 42 Brazil Chico Landi Maserati 2:09.7 + 7.0
22 20 United Kingdom Jack Fairman Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:09.9 + 7.2
23 44 Thailand Prince Bira Maserati 2:10.1 + 7.4
24 46 United Kingdom Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 2:10.5 + 7.8
25 32 Monaco Louis Chiron OSCA 2:10.8 + 8.1
26 18 United States John Fitch HWM-Alta 2:11.0 + 8.3
27 14 United Kingdom Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 2:11.5 + 8.8
28 16 France Yves Giraud Cabantous HWM-Alta 2:11.9 + 9.2
29 48 West Germany Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol 2:13.0 + 10.3
30 26 Belgium Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:14.6 + 11.9
Source:[1]

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 50 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 80 2:49:45.9 2 91
2 6 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 80 + 1.4 3 6
3 2 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 5 4
4 8 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 6 3
5 36 France Maurice Trintignant Gordini 79 + 1 Lap 8 2
6 40 Argentina Roberto Mieres Gordini 77 + 3 Laps 16  
7 56 Italy Sergio Mantovani
Italy Luigi Musso
Maserati 76 + 4 Laps 12  
8 10 Italy Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 75 + 5 Laps 11  
9 38 United States Harry Schell Gordini 75 + 5 Laps 15  
10 32 Monaco Louis Chiron OSCA 72 + 8 Laps 25  
11 44 Thailand Prince Bira Maserati 72 + 8 Laps 23  
12 46 United Kingdom Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 70 + 10 Laps 24  
13 28 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 70 + 10 Laps 10  
14 48 Germany Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol 67 + 13 Laps 29  
15 16 France Yves Giraud Cabantous HWM-Alta 67 + 13 Laps 28  
16 64 France Louis Rosier Ferrari 65 + 15 Laps 17  
Ret 4 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 79 Accident 1  
Ret 52 Italy Felice Bonetto Maserati 77 Out of fuel 7  
Ret 54 Argentina Onofre Marimón Maserati 75 Accident 4  
Ret 58 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 70 Engine 9  
NC 20 United Kingdom Jack Fairman Connaught-Lea-Francis 61 Not Classified 22  
NC 30 United Kingdom Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 57 Not Classified 19  
NC 24 United Kingdom Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 56 Not Classified 18  
Ret 12 Italy Piero Carini Ferrari 40 Engine 20  
Ret 22 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 33 Throttle 14  
Ret 42 Brazil Chico Landi Maserati 18 Engine 21  
Ret 34 France Élie Bayol OSCA 17 Engine 13  
Ret 18 United States John Fitch HWM-Alta 14 Engine 26  
Ret 26 Belgium Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 7 Fuel System 30  
Ret 14 United Kingdom Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 6 Engine 27  
Source:[2]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Shared drive

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  • Car #56: Mantovani (38 laps) then Musso (38 laps)

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Italy Alberto Ascari 34.5 (46.5)
1 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio 28 (29.5)
1 3 Italy Nino Farina 26 (32)
4 United Kingdom Mike Hawthorn 19 (27)
1 5 Italy Luigi Villoresi 17
Source: [3]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References

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  1. ^ "Italy 1953 - Qualifications". statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. ^ "1953 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Italy 1953 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.


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