1953 Germany Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Nürburgring circuit. Full information

1953 Germany Grand Prix poster

1953 Germany Grand Prix poster

1953 Germany Grand Prix

1953 Germany Grand Prix is 30th Formula 1 race. Passed at the Nürburgring circuit. Alberto Ascari won the pole position, Giuseppe Farina won this race. Juan Manuel Fangio and Mike Hawthorn also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 18 laps (411 km).

Previous race: 1953 Britain Grand Prix
Next race: 1953 Switzerland Grand Prix
Race Start: 2nd August 1953

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1953 Germany Grand Prix

16th victory for the Ferrari team
5th victory for the Giuseppe Farina
14th podium for the Giuseppe Farina
11th podium for the Juan Manuel Fangio
3rd podium for the Mike Hawthorn

1953 Germany Grand Prix

1953 Germany Grand Prix

Ferrari 500 - 1953 Germany Grand Prix winner

Ferrari 500 #2 - 1953 Germany Grand Prix winner

1953 Germany Grand Prix results

Position Name Car Points Result Lap Team
1 Giuseppe Farina Ferrari 500, #2 8.00  3h 02m 25.0s  ( 135.047 km/h ) 18 Scuderia Ferrari
2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati A6GCM, #5 6.00  3h 03m 29.0s  ( +1m 04.0s ) 18 Officine Alfieri Maserati
3 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 500, #3 4.00  3h 04m 08.6s  ( +1m 43.6s ) 18 Scuderia Ferrari
4 Felice Bonetto Maserati A6GCM, #7 3.00  3h 11m 13.6s  ( +8m 48.6s ) 18 Officine Alfieri Maserati
5 Emmanuel De Graffenried Maserati A6GCM, #17 2.00   17 Privé
6 Stirling Moss Cooper Special, #19 0   17 Cooper Car Company
7 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 500, #18 0   17 Ecurie Francorchamps
8 Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 500, #1 0  Engine 7 Scuderia Ferrari
9 Hans Herrmann Veritas Meteor, #31 0   17 H Klenk
10 Louis Rosier Ferrari 500, #20 0   17 Ecurie Rosier
11 Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23, #40 0   16 Privé
12 Theo Helfrich Veritas RS, #24 0   16 Privé
13 Ken Mcalpine Connaught A, #16 0   16 Connaught Engineering
14 Rudolf Krause BMW Greifzu, #36 0   16 Dora Greifzu
15 Ernst Klodwig BMW Heck, #37 0   15 Privé
16 Wolfgang Seidel Veritas RS, #22 0   14 Privé
ab Alan Brown Cooper T23, #38 0  Accident 15 Equipe Anglaise
ab Onofre Marimon Maserati A6GCM, #8 0  Suspension 13 Officine Alfieri Maserati
ab Johnny Claes Connaught A, #12 0  Engine 12 Ecurie Belge
ab Edgar Barth EMW R2, #35 0  Exhaust 12 EMW Rennkollectiv
ab Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 500, #4 0   10 Scuderia Ferrari
ab Oswald Karch Veritas RS, #26 0  Engine 10 Privé
ab Willi Heeks Veritas Meteor, #23 0  Transmission 8 Privé
ab Jean Behra Gordini T16, #9 0  Gearbox 7 Equipe Gordini
ab Prince Bira Connaught A, #14 0  Engine 6 Connaught Engineering
ab Harry Schell Gordini T16, #11 0  Cylinder head gasket 6 Equipe Gordini
ab Alberto Ascari Ferrari 500, #4 0  Engine 5 Scuderia Ferrari
ab Kurt Adolff Ferrari 166, #34 0  Transmission 3 Ecurie Espadon
ab Theo Fitzau AFM 6, #28 0  Engine 3 H Niedermayr
ab Günther Bechem AFM 6, #41 0  Engine 2 Privé
ab Maurice Trintignant Gordini T16, #10 0  Differential 1 Equipe Gordini
ab Erwin Bauer Veritas Meteor, #32 0  Engine 1 Privé
ab Roy Salvadori Connaught A, #15 0  Engine 1 Connaught Engineering
f Hans Klenk Veritas Meteor, #29 0  Not present   Privé
ab Ernst Loof Veritas Meteor, #30 0  Fuel pump 0 Privé
f Adolf Lang AFM 6, #33 0  Not present   Privé
f Adolf Lang Veritas RS, #27 0  Not present   Privé
f Hans Blees AFM 6, #25 0  Not present   Privé
ab Hans Stuck AFM 6, #21 0  Engine 0 Privé
np Helmut Glockler Cooper T23, #39 0  Engine   Equipe Anglaise
f Jose-Froilan Gonzalez Maserati A6GCM, #6 0  Injury   Officine Alfieri Maserati
f Mauritz Von Strachwitz MSM Lancia, #13 0  Not present   Von Strachwitz

Qualifying Results for the 1953 Germany Grand Prix on the Nürburgring circuit

Position Name Car Result Team
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 500, #1 9'59''8 Scuderia Ferrari
2 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati A6GCM, #5 10'03''7 Officine Alfieri Maserati
3 Giuseppe Farina Ferrari 500, #2 10'04''1 Scuderia Ferrari
4 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 500, #3 10'12''6 Scuderia Ferrari
5 Maurice Trintignant Gordini T16, #10 10'21''7 Equipe Gordini
6 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 500, #4 10'22''8 Scuderia Ferrari
7 Felice Bonetto Maserati A6GCM, #7 10'40''8 Officine Alfieri Maserati
8 Onofre Marimon Maserati A6GCM, #8 10'41''0 Officine Alfieri Maserati
9 Jean Behra Gordini T16, #9 10'45''5 Equipe Gordini
10 Harry Schell Gordini T16, #11 10'46''2 Equipe Gordini
11 Emmanuel De Graffenried Maserati A6GCM, #17 10'46''6 Privé
12 Stirling Moss Cooper Special, #19 10'48''3 Cooper Car Company
13 Roy Salvadori Connaught A, #15 10'57''5 Connaught Engineering
14 Hans Herrmann Veritas Meteor, #31 10'59''8 H Klenk
15 Prince Bira Connaught A, #14 11'02''1 Connaught Engineering
16 Ken Mcalpine Connaught A, #16 11'07''3 Connaught Engineering
17 Alan Brown Cooper T23, #38 11'08''7 Equipe Anglaise
18 Willi Heeks Veritas Meteor, #23 11'18''0 Privé
19 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 500, #18 11'18''9 Ecurie Francorchamps
20 Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23, #40 11'22''1 Privé
21 Theo Fitzau AFM 6, #28 11'23''4 H Niedermayr
22 Louis Rosier Ferrari 500, #20 11'27''4 Ecurie Rosier
23 Hans Stuck AFM 6, #21 11'37''2 Privé
24 Edgar Barth EMW R2, #35 11'40''8 EMW Rennkollectiv
25 Johnny Claes Connaught A, #12 11'45''5 Ecurie Belge
26 Rudolf Krause BMW Greifzu, #36 11'49''5 Dora Greifzu
27 Kurt Adolff Ferrari 166, #34 11'53''1 Ecurie Espadon
28 Theo Helfrich Veritas RS, #24 11'56''3 Privé
29 Wolfgang Seidel Veritas RS, #22 11'59''3 Privé
30 Günther Bechem AFM 6, #41 12'13''3 Privé
31 Ernst Loof Veritas Meteor, #30 12'16''8 Privé
32 Ernst Klodwig BMW Heck, #37 12'24''6 Privé
33 Erwin Bauer Veritas Meteor, #32 - Privé
34 Oswald Karch Veritas RS, #26 - Privé
35 Helmut Glockler Cooper T23, #39 - Equipe Anglaise
0 Hans Klenk Veritas Meteor, #29 0 Privé
0 Adolf Lang AFM 6, #33 0 Privé
0 Adolf Lang Veritas RS, #27 0 Privé
0 Hans Blees AFM 6, #25 0 Privé
0 Mauritz Von Strachwitz MSM Lancia, #13 0 Von Strachwitz
0 Jose-Froilan Gonzalez Maserati A6GCM, #6 0 Officine Alfieri Maserati
0 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 500, #1 0 Scuderia Ferrari
0 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 500, #4 0 Scuderia Ferrari

List of all cars for the 1953 Germany Grand Prix on the Nürburgring circuit

Maserati A6GCM

Maserati A6 L6 2.0

Ferrari 500

Ferrari 500 L4 2.0

Cooper T23

Bristol BS1 L6 2.0

Gordini T16

Gordini 20 L6 2.0

Connaught A

Lea Francis L4 2.0

Cooper Special

Alta F2 L4 2.0

Ferrari 166

Ferrari 125 V12 1.5

MSM Lancia

Lancia V6 2.0

AFM 6

Bristol BS1 L6 2.0

Veritas RS

Veritas L6 2.0

Veritas Meteor

Veritas L6 2.0

AFM 6

BMW 328 L6 2.0

EMW R2

EMW 6 L6 2.0

BMW Greifzu

BMW 328 L6 2.0

BMW Heck

BMW 328 L6 2.0