The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 6

British Grand Prix

1953  ·  Silverstone Circuit  ·  18 July 1953  ·  90 laps

  1. 1st Alberto Ascari Ferrari · 02:50:00
  2. 2nd Juan Fangio Maserati · +1:00.000
  3. 3rd Nino Farina Ferrari

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alberto Ascari

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 65

Luigi Villoresi

Retirement Ferrari  —  Axle

03 Lap 65

Onofre Marimón

Retirement Maserati  —  Engine

04 Lap 70

Tony Rolt

Retirement Connaught  —  Halfshaft

05 Lap 79

Jimmy Stewart

Retirement Cooper  —  Spun off

06 On the Charge

Louis Rosier

Ferrari  —  P24 → P10

07 Victory

Alberto Ascari

Ferrari  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 90 02:50:00 8.5
2 Juan Fangio Maserati 4 90 +1:00.000 6
3 Nino Farina Ferrari 5 88 +2 Laps 4
4 José Froilán González Maserati 2 88 +2 Laps 3.5
5 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 3 87 +3 Laps 2
6 Felice Bonetto Maserati 16 82 +8 Laps
7 Prince Bira Connaught 19 82 +8 Laps
8 Ken Wharton Cooper 11 80 +10 Laps
9 Peter Whitehead Cooper 14 79 +11 Laps
10 Louis Rosier Ferrari 24 78 +12 Laps
11 Jimmy Stewart Cooper 15 79 Spun off
12 Tony Rolt Connaught 10 70 Halfshaft
13 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 6 65 Axle
14 Onofre Marimón Maserati 7 65 Engine
15 Alan Brown Cooper 21 56 Overheating
16 Peter Collins HWM 23 56 Spun off
17 Jack Fairman HWM 27 54 Clutch
18 Roy Salvadori Connaught 28 50 Wheel
19 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 26 34 Clutch
20 Lance Macklin HWM 12 31 Clutch
21 Jean Behra Gordini 22 30 Fuel pump
22 Ian Stewart Connaught 20 24 Ignition
23 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 8 14 Axle
24 Duncan Hamilton HWM 17 14 Clutch
25 Harry Schell Gordini 9 5 Electrical
26 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 13 0 Retired
27 Tony Crook Cooper 25 0 Fuel system

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