1953 Season

Races

Champion

Alberto Ascari

The 1953 Formula 1 World Championship featured 9 Grand Prix races across the season. Alberto Ascari of Italian claimed the Drivers' Championship with 34.5 points and 5 race victories. Juan Fangio finished as runner-up, 6.5 points behind. 5 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1953 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Alberto Ascari, Juan Fangio, Nino Farina.

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What races were in the 1953 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez	1953-01-18	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	1953-05-30	Bill Vukovich(Kurtis Kraft)
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	1953-06-07	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1953-06-21	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
5	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	1953-07-05	Mike Hawthorn(Ferrari)
6	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1953-07-18	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
7	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	1953-08-02	Nino Farina(Ferrari)
8	Swiss Grand Prix	Circuit Bremgarten	1953-08-23	Alberto Ascari(Ferrari)
9	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1953-09-13	Juan Fangio(Maserati)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Ascari	Villoresi	González	Vukovich	Cross
R1Argentine Grand Prix	9	6	4	—	—
R2Indianapolis 500	9	6	4	9	6
R3Dutch Grand Prix	17	7	—	9	6
R4Belgian Grand Prix	25	13	7	9	—
R5French Grand Prix	28	13	11	9	—
R6British Grand Prix	33.5	13	13.5	—	—
R7German Grand Prix	33.5	—	13.5	—	—
R8Swiss Grand Prix	34.5	—	13.5	—	—
R9Italian Grand Prix	34.5	17	—	—	—

Who won the 1953 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Alberto Ascari	Italian	5	34.5
2	Juan Fangio	Argentine	1	28
3	Nino Farina	Italian	1	26
4	Mike Hawthorn	British	1	19
5	Luigi Villoresi	Italian	0	17
6	José Froilán González	Argentine	0	13.5
7	Bill Vukovich	American	1	9
8	Toulo de Graffenried	Swiss	0	7
9	Felice Bonetto	Italian	0	6.5
10	Art Cross	American	0	6
11	Onofre Marimón	Argentine	0	4
12	Maurice Trintignant	French	0	4
13	Duane Carter	American	0	2
14	Sam Hanks	American	0	2
15	Oscar Gálvez	Argentine	0	2
16	Hermann Lang	German	0	2
17	Jack McGrath	American	0	2
18	Paul Russo	American	0	1.5
19	Fred Agabashian	American	0	1.5
20	Stirling Moss	British	0	0
21	Jean Behra	French	0	0
22	Roberto Mieres	Argentine	0	0
23	Jimmy Daywalt	American	0	0
24	Harry Schell	American	0	0
25	Louis Rosier	French	0	0
26	Ken Wharton	British	0	0
27	Prince Bira	Thai	0	0
28	Jim Rathmann	American	0	0
29	Jacques Swaters	American	0	0
30	Eddie Johnson	American	0	0
31	Sergio Mantovani	Italian	0	0
32	Luigi Musso	Italian	0	0
33	Peter Collins	British	0	0
34	John Barber	British	0	0
35	Max de Terra	Swiss	0	0
36	Umberto Maglioli	Italian	0	0
37	Ernie McCoy	American	0	0
38	Alan Brown	British	0	0
39	Chuck Stevenson	American	0	0
40	Gene Hartley	American	0	0
41	Tony Bettenhausen	American	0	0
42	Hans Herrmann	German	0	0
43	Albert Scherrer	Swiss	0	0
44	Fred Wacker	American	0	0
45	Peter Whitehead	British	0	0
46	Louis Chiron	Monegasque	0	0
47	Paul Frère	Belgian	0	0
48	Jimmy Davies	American	0	0
49	Bob Gerard	British	0	0
50	Duke Nalon	American	0	0
51	Rodney Nuckey	British	0	0
52	André Pilette	Belgian	0	0
53	Johnny Claes	Belgian	0	0
54	Bob Scott	American	0	0
55	Theo Helfrich	German	0	0
56	Carl Scarborough	American	0	0
57	Kenneth McAlpine	British	0	0
58	Manny Ayulo	American	0	0
59	Yves Cabantous	French	0	0
60	Hans von Stuck	German	0	0
61	Jimmy Bryan	American	0	0
62	Rudolf Krause	East German	0	0
63	Bill Holland	American	0	0
64	Ernst Klodwig	East German	0	0
65	Andy Linden	American	0	0
66	Duke Dinsmore	American	0	0
67	Wolfgang Seidel	German	0	0
68	Rodger Ward	American	0	0
69	Walt Faulkner	American	0	0
70	Johnny Mantz	American	0	0
71	Chico Landi	Brazilian	0	0
72	Robert Manzon	French	0	0
73	Jimmy Stewart	British	0	0
74	Tony Rolt	British	0	0
75	Lance Macklin	British	0	0
76	Carlos Menditeguy	Argentine	0	0
77	Pablo Birger	Argentine	0	0
78	Adolfo Cruz	Argentine	0	0
79	Jack Fairman	British	0	0
80	Peter Hirt	Swiss	0	0
81	Roy Salvadori	British	0	0
82	Marshall Teague	American	0	0
83	Élie Bayol	French	0	0
84	Johnny Thomson	American	0	0
85	Georges Berger	Belgian	0	0
86	Jackie Holmes	American	0	0
87	Travis Webb	American	0	0
88	Edgar Barth	German	0	0
89	Arthur Legat	Belgian	0	0
90	Bob Sweikert	American	0	0
91	Mike Nazaruk	American	0	0
92	Pat Flaherty	American	0	0
93	Oswald Karch	German	0	0
94	Ian Stewart	British	0	0
95	Willi Heeks	German	0	0
96	Jerry Hoyt	American	0	0
97	Piero Carini	Italian	0	0
98	Duncan Hamilton	British	0	0
99	Johnnie Parsons	American	0	0
100	Tony Crook	British	0	0
101	Theo Fitzau	East German	0	0
102	Don Freeland	American	0	0
103	Kurt Adolff	German	0	0
104	John Fitch	American	0	0
105	Günther Bechem	German	0	0
106	Cal Niday	American	0	0
107	Erwin Bauer	German	0	0
108	Ernst Loof	German	0	0