The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 7

German Grand Prix

1953  ·  Nürburgring  ·  2 August 1953  ·  18 laps

  1. 1st Nino Farina Ferrari · 03:02:25
  2. 2nd Juan Fangio Maserati · +1:04.000
  3. 3rd Mike Hawthorn Ferrari · +1:43.600

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Alberto Ascari

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 1

Maurice Trintignant

Retirement Gordini  —  Differential

03 Lap 13

Onofre Marimón

Retirement Maserati  —  Suspension

04 Lap 15

Luigi Villoresi

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

05 Lap 15

Alberto Ascari

Retirement Ferrari  —  Engine

06 Lap 15

Alan Brown

Retirement Cooper  —  Engine

07 On the Charge

Ernst Klodwig

BMW  —  P32 → P15

08 Victory

Nino Farina

Ferrari  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Nino Farina Ferrari 3 18 03:02:25 8
2 Juan Fangio Maserati 2 18 +1:04.000 6
3 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 4 18 +1:43.600 4
4 Felice Bonetto Maserati 7 18 +8:48.600 3
5 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 11 17 +1 Lap 2
6 Stirling Moss Cooper 12 17 +1 Lap
7 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 19 17 +1 Lap
8 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 17 +1 Lap
8 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 1 17 +1 Lap
9 Hans Herrmann Veritas 14 17 +1 Lap
10 Louis Rosier Ferrari 22 17 +1 Lap
11 Rodney Nuckey Cooper 20 16 +2 Laps
12 Theo Helfrich Veritas 28 16 +2 Laps
13 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 16 16 +2 Laps
14 Rudolf Krause BMW 26 16 +2 Laps
15 Ernst Klodwig BMW 32 15 +3 Laps
16 Wolfgang Seidel Veritas 29 14 +4 Laps
17 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 6 15 Engine
17 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 6 15 Engine 1
18 Alan Brown Cooper 17 15 Engine
19 Onofre Marimón Maserati 8 13 Suspension
20 Edgar Barth EMW 24 12 Exhaust
21 Johnny Claes Connaught 25 12 Retired
22 Oswald Karch Veritas 34 10 Retired
23 Willi Heeks Veritas 18 8 Retired
24 Jean Behra Gordini 9 7 Gearbox
25 Harry Schell Gordini 10 6 Engine
26 Prince Bira Connaught 15 6 Suspension
27 Theo Fitzau AFM 21 3 Retired
28 Kurt Adolff Ferrari 27 3 Retired
29 Günther Bechem AFM 30 2 Retired
30 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 5 1 Differential
31 Roy Salvadori Connaught 13 1 Engine
32 Erwin Bauer Veritas 33 1 Retired
33 Hans von Stuck AFM 23 0 Retired
34 Ernst Loof Veritas 31 0 Fuel pump

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