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1953 Britain Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Silverstone circuit. Full information

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1953 Britain Grand Prix

1953 Britain Grand Prix is 29th Formula 1 race. Passed at the Silverstone circuit. Alberto Ascari won the pole position and this race. This was his 12th victory. Juan Manuel Fangio and Giuseppe Farina also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 90 laps (424 km).

Previous race: 1953 France Grand Prix
Next race: 1953 Germany Grand Prix

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1953 Britain Grand Prix

15th victory for the Ferrari team
12th victory for the Alberto Ascari
16th podium for the Alberto Ascari
10th podium for the Juan Manuel Fangio
13th podium for the Giuseppe Farina

Alberto Ascari - Winner of the 1953 Britain Grand Prix

1953 Britain Grand Prix

Ferrari 500 - 1953 Britain Grand Prix winner

1953 Britain Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Alberto Ascari	8.50	2h 50m 00s ( 149.644 km/h )	90	Scuderia Ferrari
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	6.00	2h 51m 00s ( +1m 00.000s )	90	Officine Alfieri Maserati
3	Giuseppe Farina	4.00		88	Scuderia Ferrari
4	Jose-Froilan Gonzalez	3.50		88	Officine Alfieri Maserati
5	Mike Hawthorn	2.00		87	Scuderia Ferrari
6	Felice Bonetto	0		82	Officine Alfieri Maserati
7	Prince Bira	0		82	Connaught Engineering
8	Ken Wharton	0		80	Cooper Car Company
9	Peter Whitehead	0		79	Atlantic Stable
10	Louis Rosier	0		78	Ecurie Rosier
ab	Jimmy Stewart	0	Accident	79	Ecurie Ecosse
ab	Tony Rolt	0	Transmission	71	RRC Walker Racing Team
ab	Luigi Villoresi	0	Transmission	65	Scuderia Ferrari
ab	Onofre Marimon	0	Engine	65	Officine Alfieri Maserati
ab	Peter Collins	0	Accident	56	HW Motors
ab	Alan Brown	0	Radiator	56	RJ Chase
ab	Jack Fairman	0	Clutch	54	HW Motors
ab	Roy Salvadori	0	Suspension	50	Connaught Engineering
ab	Emmanuel De Graffenried	0	Clutch	34	Privé
ab	Lance Macklin	0	Clutch	31	HW Motors
ab	Jean Behra	0	Fuel pump	30	Equipe Gordini
ab	Ian Stewart	0	Engine	24	Ecurie Ecosse
ab	Maurice Trintignant	0	Transmission	15	Equipe Gordini
ab	Duncan Hamilton	0	Clutch	14	HW Motors
ab	Bob Gerard	0	Suspension	8	Bob Gerard
ab	Harry Schell	0	Magneto	5	Equipe Gordini
ab	Ken Mcalpine	0	Water pipe	0	Connaught Engineering
f	Stirling Moss	0	Not present		Cooper Car Company
ab	Tony Crook	0	Fuel injection	0	Privé
np	Louis Chiron	0			Privé

Qualifying Results for the 1953 Britain Grand Prix on the Silverstone circuit

Position	Name	Result	Team
1	Alberto Ascari	1'48''0	Scuderia Ferrari
2	Jose-Froilan Gonzalez	1'49''0	Officine Alfieri Maserati
3	Mike Hawthorn	1'49''2	Scuderia Ferrari
4	Juan Manuel Fangio	1'50''0	Officine Alfieri Maserati
5	Giuseppe Farina	1'50''5	Scuderia Ferrari
6	Luigi Villoresi	1'51''0	Scuderia Ferrari
7	Onofre Marimon	1'51''3	Officine Alfieri Maserati
8	Maurice Trintignant	1'52''0	Equipe Gordini
9	Harry Schell	1'52''0	Equipe Gordini
10	Tony Rolt	1'54''0	RRC Walker Racing Team
11	Ken Wharton	1'54''0	Cooper Car Company
12	Lance Macklin	1'57''0	HW Motors
13	Ken Mcalpine	1'57''6	Connaught Engineering
14	Peter Whitehead	1'57''8	Atlantic Stable
15	Jimmy Stewart	1'58''0	Ecurie Ecosse
16	Felice Bonetto	1'58''2	Officine Alfieri Maserati
17	Duncan Hamilton	2'02''0	HW Motors
18	Bob Gerard	2'02''0	Bob Gerard
19	Prince Bira	2'04''0	Connaught Engineering
20	Ian Stewart	2'04''0	Ecurie Ecosse
21	Alan Brown	2'04''0	RJ Chase
22	Jean Behra	2'04''0	Equipe Gordini
23	Peter Collins	2'05''0	HW Motors
24	Louis Rosier	2'07''0	Ecurie Rosier
25	Tony Crook	2'07''4	Privé
26	Emmanuel De Graffenried	2'08''0	Privé
27	Jack Fairman	2'08''4	HW Motors
28	Roy Salvadori	2'09''0	Connaught Engineering
29	Louis Chiron	-	Privé
0	Stirling Moss	0	Cooper Car Company