German Grand Prix 1953

Nürburgring
Nürburg
2 August 1953
18 laps
410.6 km
22.810 km a lap

Pole positionAlberto AscariFerrari · 9:59.800
Fastest lapAlberto Ascari9:56.000 · lap 12
Winner started fromP3on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Nino Farina	2	Ferrari	3	18	3:02:25.000	8
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	5	Maserati	2	18	+1:04.000	6
3	Mike Hawthorn	3	Ferrari	4	18	+1:43.600	4
4	Felice Bonetto	7	Maserati	7	18	+8:48.600	3
5	Emmanuel de Graffenried	17	Maserati	11	17	+1 lap	2
6	Stirling Moss	19	Cooper · Alta	12	17	+1 lap
7	Jacques Swaters	18	Ferrari	19	17	+1 lap
8	Alberto Ascari	1	Ferrari	1	17	+1 lap
8	Luigi Villoresishared	1	Ferrari	–
9	Hans Herrmann	31	Veritas	14	17	+1 lap
10	Louis Rosier	20	Ferrari	22	17	+1 lap
11	Rodney Nuckey	40	Cooper · Bristol	20	16	+2 laps
12	Theo Helfrich	24	Veritas	28	16	+2 laps
13	Kenneth McAlpine	16	Connaught · Lea Francis	16	16	+2 laps
14	Rudolf Krause	36	Greifzu · BMW	26	16	+2 laps
15	Ernst Klodwig	37	Heck · BMW	32	15	+3 laps
16	Wolfgang Seidel	22	Veritas	29	14	+4 laps
DNF	Luigi Villoresi	4	Ferrari	6	15	Engine
DNF	Alberto Ascarisharedfastest lap	4	Ferrari	–			1
DNF	Alan Brown	38	Cooper · Bristol	17	15	Engine
DNF	Onofre Marimón	8	Maserati	8	13	Suspension
DNF	Johnny Claes	12	Connaught · Lea Francis	25	12	Engine
DNF	Edgar Barth	35	EMW	24	12	Exhaust
DNF	Oswald Karch	26	Veritas	34	10	Engine
DNF	Willi Heeks	23	Veritas	18	8	Transmission
DNF	Jean Behra	9	Gordini	9	7	Gearbox
DNF	Harry Schell	11	Gordini	10	6	Engine
DNF	Birabongse Bhanudej	14	Connaught · Lea Francis	15	6	Suspension
DNF	Theo Fitzau	28	AFM · BMW	21	3	Engine
DNF	Kurt Adolff	34	Ferrari	27	3	Transmission
DNF	Karl-Günther Bechem	41	AFM · BMW	30	2	Engine
DNF	Roy Salvadori	15	Connaught · Lea Francis	13	1	Engine
DNF	Erwin Bauer	32	Veritas	33	1	Engine
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	10	Gordini	5	1	Differential
DNF	Hans Stuck	21	AFM · Bristol	23	0	Engine
DNF	Ernst Loof	30	Veritas	31	0	Fuel pump
DNS	Helm Glöckler	39	Cooper · Bristol	–		Engine

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	9:59.800
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	10:03.700	+3.900
3	Nino Farina	Ferrari	10:04.100	+4.300
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	10:12.600	+12.800
5	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	10:21.700	+21.900
6	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	10:22.800	+23.000
7	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	10:40.800	+41.000
8	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	10:41.000	+41.200
9	Jean Behra	Gordini	10:45.500	+45.700
10	Harry Schell	Gordini	10:46.200	+46.400
11	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	10:46.600	+46.800
12	Stirling Moss	Cooper	10:48.300	+48.500
13	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	10:57.500	+57.700
14	Hans Herrmann	Veritas	10:59.800	+1:00.000
15	Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught	11:02.100	+1:02.300
16	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	11:07.300	+1:07.500
17	Alan Brown	Cooper	11:08.700	+1:08.900
18	Willi Heeks	Veritas	11:18.000	+1:18.200
19	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	11:18.900	+1:19.100
20	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper	11:22.100	+1:22.300
21	Theo Fitzau	AFM	11:23.400	+1:23.600
22	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	11:27.400	+1:27.600
23	Hans Stuck	AFM	11:37.200	+1:37.400
24	Edgar Barth	EMW	11:40.800	+1:41.000
25	Johnny Claes	Connaught	11:45.500	+1:45.700
26	Rudolf Krause	Greifzu	11:49.500	+1:49.700
27	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	11:53.100	+1:53.300
28	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	11:56.300	+1:56.500
29	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	11:59.300	+1:59.500
30	Karl-Günther Bechem	AFM	12:13.300	+2:13.500
31	Ernst Loof	Veritas	12:16.800	+2:17.000
32	Ernst Klodwig	Heck	12:24.600	+2:24.800
33	Erwin Bauer	Veritas
34	Oswald Karch	Veritas
35	Helm Glöckler	Cooper

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Alberto Ascari	12	9:56.000

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 7
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Alberto Ascari	33.5
2	Nino Farina	20	▲4
3	Juan Manuel Fangio	19	▲1
4	Mike Hawthorn	18	▼2
5	José Froilán González	13.5	▼2
6	Luigi Villoresi	13	▼2
7	Bill Vukovich	9
8	Emmanuel de Graffenried	7	▲1
9	Art Cross	6	▼1
10	Felice Bonetto	5	▲1