1953 Italian Grand Prix

The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 13 September 1953 at Monza. It was the ninth and final race in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. This made it the last World Championship race to run under the Formula Two regulations. The 80-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. Nino Farina finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate Luigi Villoresi came in third.

1953 Italian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 9 in the 1953 Formula One season
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Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Race details
Date 13 September 1953
Official name XXIV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course Permanent road course
Course length 6.300 km (3.915 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 504.000 km (313.171 mi)
Weather Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver
Ferrari
Time 2:02:7
Fastest lap
Driver Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati
Time 2:04.5 on lap 39
Podium
First
  • Juan Manuel Fangio
 Maserati
Second
Ferrari
Third
Ferrari

Race report

The initial part of the race was a four-way battle between Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Onofre Marimón. With five drivers running together on the last lap, the race saw a spectacular finish with Ascari and Farina ahead of Fangio approaching the last corner. Ascari made a mistake and spun. To avoid him, Farina pulled to the grass but recovered later. Fangio pounced on this window of opportunity and took a famous win.

Classification

Qualifying
PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
1 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:02.7 —
2 50 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 2:03.2 + 0.5
3 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 2:03.9 + 1.2
4 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 2:04.1 + 1.4
5 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2:04.6 + 1.9
6 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:04.9 + 2.2
7 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 2:05.1 + 2.4
8 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 2:05.7 + 3.0
9 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 2:05.9 + 3.2
10 28 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 2:06.6 + 3.9
11 10 Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 2:06.9 + 4.2
12 56 Sergio Mantovani Maserati 2:07.5 + 4.8
13 34 Élie Bayol OSCA 2:07.8 + 5.1
14 22 Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:08.0 + 5.3
15 38 Harry Schell Gordini 2:08.5 + 5.8
16 40 Roberto Mieres Gordini 2:08.8 + 6.1
17 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 2:08.9 + 6.2
18 24 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:09.0 + 6.3
19 30 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 2:09.3 + 6.6
20 12 Piero Carini Ferrari 2:09.5 + 6.8
21 42 Chico Landi Maserati 2:09.7 + 7.0
22 20 Jack Fairman Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:09.9 + 7.2
23 44 Prince Bira Maserati 2:10.1 + 7.4
24 46 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 2:10.5 + 7.8
25 32 Louis Chiron OSCA 2:10.8 + 8.1
26 18 John Fitch HWM-Alta 2:11.0 + 8.3
27 14 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 2:11.5 + 8.8
28 16 Yves Giraud Cabantous HWM-Alta 2:11.9 + 9.2
29 48 Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol 2:13.0 + 10.3
30 26 Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:14.6 + 11.9
Source:[1]

Race
PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 50 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 80 2:49:45.9 2 91
2 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 80 + 1.4 3 6
3 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 5 4
4 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 6 3
5 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 79 + 1 Lap 8 2
6 40 Roberto Mieres Gordini 77 + 3 Laps 16  
7 56 Sergio Mantovani
Luigi Musso		 Maserati 76 + 4 Laps 12  
8 10 Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 75 + 5 Laps 11  
9 38 Harry Schell Gordini 75 + 5 Laps 15  
10 32 Louis Chiron OSCA 72 + 8 Laps 25  
11 44 Prince Bira Maserati 72 + 8 Laps 23  
12 46 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 70 + 10 Laps 24  
13 28 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 70 + 10 Laps 10  
14 48 Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol 67 + 13 Laps 29  
15 16 Yves Giraud Cabantous HWM-Alta 67 + 13 Laps 28  
16 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 65 + 15 Laps 17  
Ret 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 79 Accident 1  
Ret 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 77 Out of fuel 7  
Ret 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 75 Accident 4  
Ret 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 70 Engine 9  
NC 20 Jack Fairman Connaught-Lea-Francis 61 Not Classified 22  
NC 30 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 57 Not Classified 19  
NC 24 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 56 Not Classified 18  
Ret 12 Piero Carini Ferrari 40 Engine 20  
Ret 22 Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 33 Throttle 14  
Ret 42 Chico Landi Maserati 18 Engine 21  
Ret 34 Élie Bayol OSCA 17 Engine 13  
Ret 18 John Fitch HWM-Alta 14 Engine 26  
Ret 26 Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 7 Fuel System 30  
Ret 14 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 6 Engine 27  
Source:[2]
Notes
  • ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Notes
  • Shared Drive – Car #56: Mantovani (38 laps) then Musso (38 laps)
  • Alberto Ascari wins World Championship for the second, and final, time.
  • First F1 Grand Prix drive for Umberto Maglioli
  • Last F1 Grand Prix drive for Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Hans Stuck

Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Alberto Ascari 34.5 (46.5)
1 2 Juan Manuel Fangio 28 (29.5)
1 3 Nino Farina 26 (32)
4 Mike Hawthorn 19 (27)
1 5 Luigi Villoresi 17
Source: [3]
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References
  1. "Italy 1953 - Qualifications". statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  2. "1953 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. "Italy 1953 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
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