French Grand Prix 1953

Reims-Gueux
Reims
5 July 1953
60 laps
500.8 km
8.302 km a lap

Pole positionAlberto AscariFerrari · 2:41.200
Fastest lapJuan Manuel Fangio2:41.100 · lap 25
Winner started fromP7on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Mike Hawthorn	16	Ferrari	7	60	2:44:18.600	8
2	Juan Manuel Fangiofastest lap	18	Maserati	4	60	+1.000	7
3	José Froilán González	20	Maserati	5	60	+1.400	4
4	Alberto Ascarifastest lap	10	Ferrari	1	60	+4.600	3
5	Nino Farina	14	Ferrari	6	60	+1:07.600	2
6	Luigi Villoresi	12	Ferrari	3	60	+1:15.900
7	Emmanuel de Graffenried	46	Maserati	9	58	+2 laps
8	Louis Rosier	44	Ferrari	10	56	+4 laps
9	Onofre Marimón	22	Maserati	8	55	+5 laps
10	Jean Behra	2	Gordini	22	55	+5 laps
11	Bob Gerard	38	Cooper · Bristol	12	55	+5 laps
12	Johnny Claes	48	Connaught · Lea Francis	21	53	+7 laps
13	Peter Collins	28	HWM · Alta	17	52	+8 laps
14	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	30	HWM · Alta	18	50	+10 laps
15	Louis Chiron	32	O.S.C.A. · OSCA	25	43	+17 laps
DNF	Felice Bonetto	24	Maserati	2	42	Engine
DNF	Stirling Moss	36	Cooper · Alta	13	38	Clutch
DNF	Birabongse Bhanudej	42	Connaught · Lea Francis	11	29	Differential
DNF	Élie Bayol	34	O.S.C.A. · OSCA	15	18	Engine
DNF	Ken Wharton	40	Cooper · Bristol	14	17	Wheel bearing
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	4	Gordini	23	14	Transmission
DNF	Lance Macklin	26	HWM · Alta	16	9	Clutch
DNF	Roberto Mieres	8	Gordini	24	4	Axle
DNF	Harry Schell	6	Gordini	20	4	Engine
DNF	Roy Salvadori	50	Connaught · Lea Francis	19	2	Ignition

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	2:41.200
2	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	2:41.500	+0.300
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2:41.900	+0.700
4	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	2:42.000	+0.800
5	José Froilán González	Maserati	2:42.400	+1.200
6	Nino Farina	Ferrari	2:42.500	+1.300
7	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	2:43.500	+2.300
8	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	2:44.700	+3.500
9	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	2:46.100	+4.900
10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	2:49.600	+8.400
11	Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught	2:53.200	+12.000
12	Bob Gerard	Cooper	2:54.200	+13.000
13	Stirling Moss	Cooper	2:55.700	+14.500
14	Ken Wharton	Cooper	2:55.800	+14.600
15	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A.	2:56.900	+15.700
16	Lance Macklin	HWM	2:57.200	+16.000
17	Peter Collins	HWM	3:02.000	+20.800
18	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	3:06.700	+25.500
19	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	3:23.000	+41.800
20	Harry Schell	Gordini	3:25.800	+44.600
21	Johnny Claes	Connaught	4:06.500	+1:25.300
22	Jean Behra	Gordini
23	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
24	Roberto Mieres	Gordini
25	Louis Chiron	O.S.C.A.

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Juan Manuel Fangio	25	2:41.100
1	Alberto Ascari	37	2:41.100

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 5. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 5
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Alberto Ascari	28
2	Mike Hawthorn	14	▲5
3	Luigi Villoresi	13	▼1
4	José Froilán González	11
5	Bill Vukovich	9	▼2
6	Nino Farina	8	▼1
7	Juan Manuel Fangio	7
8	Art Cross	6	▼3
9	Emmanuel de Graffenried	5	▼1
10	Onofre Marimón	4	▼1