Switzerland

Swiss Grand Prix 1953

23 August 1953

Round 8 of 9

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Circuit Bremgarten, Switzerland

Location
Bern, Switzerland
Laps
65
Previous winners
  • 1954Juan FangioMercedes
  • 1952Piero TaruffiFerrari
  • 1951Juan FangioAlfa Romeo
  • 1950Nino FarinaAlfa Romeo

Qualifying

#DriverTeamQ1Q2Q3
Alberto AscariFerrari
Nino FarinaFerrari
Mike HawthornFerrari
Juan FangioMaserati
Felice BonettoMaserati
Hermann LangMaserati
Luigi VilloresiFerrari
Ken WhartonCooper
Chico LandiMaserati
Max de TerraFerrari
Toulo de GraffenriedMaserati
Albert ScherrerHWM
Onofre MarimónMaserati
Maurice TrintignantGordini
Jean BehraGordini
Felice BonettoMaserati
Lance MacklinHWM
Juan FangioMaserati
Peter HirtFerrari
Paul FrèreHWM
Jacques SwatersFerrari
Louis RosierFerrari

10th

pole

Juan Fangio

2nd

pole

Maserati

2nd

consecutive pole

Maserati

Starting Grid

  1. 1

    Juan Fangio

    Maserati

    No time set

  2. 1

    Felice Bonetto

    Maserati

    No time set

  3. 2

    Alberto Ascari

    Ferrari

    No time set

  4. 3

    Nino Farina

    Ferrari

    No time set

  5. 4

    Maurice Trintignant

    Gordini

    No time set

  6. 5

    Onofre Marimón

    Maserati

    No time set

  7. 6

    Luigi Villoresi

    Ferrari

    No time set

  8. 7

    Mike Hawthorn

    Ferrari

    No time set

  9. 8

    Toulo de Graffenried

    Maserati

    No time set

  10. 9

    Ken Wharton

    Cooper

    No time set

  11. 10

    Felice Bonetto

    Maserati

    No time set

  12. 10

    Juan Fangio

    Maserati

    No time set

  13. 11

    Hermann Lang

    Maserati

    No time set

  14. 12

    Jean Behra

    Gordini

    No time set

  15. 13

    Jacques Swaters

    Ferrari

    No time set

  16. 14

    Louis Rosier

    Ferrari

    No time set

  17. 15

    Lance Macklin

    HWM

    No time set

  18. 16

    Paul Frère

    HWM

    No time set

  19. 17

    Peter Hirt

    Ferrari

    No time set

  20. 18

    Albert Scherrer

    HWM

    No time set

  21. 19

    Max de Terra

    Ferrari

    No time set

  22. 20

    Chico Landi

    Maserati

    No time set

As it happened

Laps Lead

    Results

    1+1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari65 laps3:01:34.409pts
    2+1 Nino Farina Ferrari65 laps+1:12.936pts
    3+4 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari65 laps+1:35.964pts
    4-3 Juan Fangio Maserati64 laps1.5pts
    4-3 Felice Bonetto Maserati64 laps1.5pts
    5+6 Hermann Lang Maserati62 laps2pts
    60 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari62 laps
    7+2 Ken Wharton Cooper62 laps
    8+11 Max de Terra Ferrari51 laps
    9+9 Albert Scherrer HWM49 laps
    R- Chico Landi Maserati54 laps
    R- Toulo de Graffenried Maserati49 laps
    R- Onofre Marimón Maserati46 laps
    R- Maurice Trintignant Gordini43 laps
    R- Jean Behra Gordini37 laps
    R- Felice Bonetto Maserati29 laps
    R- Lance Macklin HWM29 laps
    R- Juan Fangio Maserati29 laps
    R- Peter Hirt Ferrari17 laps
    R- Paul Frère HWM1 laps
    R- Jacques Swaters Ferrari0 laps
    R- Louis Rosier Ferrari0 laps

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