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British Grand Prix

1953 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 6 of 9Silverstone Circuit, SilverstoneJul 18 195390 laps

Podium

FANMaserati

ASCFerrari

FARFerrari

Key facts

WinnerASC2:50:00.000 from P1

PoleASC1:48.000

Fastest lapASC1:50.000

Finishers10 / 29classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	ASCAlberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	–	90	2:50:00.000	8.5	1:50.000
2	FANJuan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	4	▲2	90	+60.000s	6	–
3	FARNino Farina	Ferrari	5	▲2	88	+2 laps	4	–
4	GONJosé Froilán González	Maserati	2	▼2	88	+2 laps	3.5	1:50.000
5	HAWMike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3	▼2	87	+3 laps	2	–
6	BONFelice Bonetto	Maserati	16	▲10	82	+8 laps		–
7	BIRBirabongse Bhanudej	Connaught	19	▲12	82	+8 laps		–
8	WHAKen Wharton	Cooper	11	▲3	80	+10 laps		–
9	WHIPeter Whitehead	Cooper	14	▲5	79	+11 laps		–
10	ROSLouis Rosier	Ferrari	24	▲14	78	+12 laps		–
DNF	JSTJimmy Stewart	Cooper	15		79	Spun off		–
DNF	ROLTony Rolt	Connaught	10		71	Halfshaft		–
DNF	VILLuigi Villoresi	Ferrari	6		67	Axle		–
DNF	MAROnofre Marimón	Maserati	7		67	Engine		–
DNF	COLPeter Collins	HWM	23		56	Spun off		–
DNF	BROAlan Brown	Cooper	21		56	Overheating		–
DNF	FAIJack Fairman	HWM	27		54	Clutch		–
DNF	SALRoy Salvadori	Connaught	28		50	Wheel		–
DNF	DEGEmmanuel De Graffenried	Maserati	26		34	Clutch		–
DNF	MACLance Macklin	HWM	12		31	Clutch		–
DNF	BEHJean Behra	Gordini	22		30	Fuel pump		–
DNF	ISTIan Stewart	Connaught	20		26	Ignition		–
DNF	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Gordini	8		15	Axle		–
DNF	HAMDuncan Hamilton	HWM	17		14	Clutch		–
DNF	GERBob Gerard	Cooper	18		8	Suspension		–
DNF	SCHHarry Schell	Gordini	9		5	Electrical		–
DNF	TCRTony Crook	Cooper	25		0	Fuel system		–
DNF	MCAKenneth McAlpine	Connaught	13		0	Retirement		–
DNS	CHILouis Chiron	O.S.C.A.	–		0	Did not start		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	ASCAlberto Ascari	Ferrari	1:48.000
2	GONJosé Froilán González	Maserati	1:49.000	+1.000s
3	HAWMike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1:49.000	+1.000s
4	FANJuan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	1:50.000	+2.000s
5	FARNino Farina	Ferrari	1:50.000	+2.000s
6	VILLuigi Villoresi	Ferrari	1:51.000	+3.000s
7	MAROnofre Marimón	Maserati	1:51.000	+3.000s
8	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Gordini	1:52.000	+4.000s
9	SCHHarry Schell	Gordini	1:52.000	+4.000s
10	ROLTony Rolt	Connaught	1:54.000	+6.000s
11	WHAKen Wharton	Cooper	1:54.000	+6.000s
12	MACLance Macklin	HWM	1:57.000	+9.000s
13	MCAKenneth McAlpine	Connaught	1:57.000	+9.000s
14	WHIPeter Whitehead	Cooper	1:57.000	+9.000s
15	JSTJimmy Stewart	Cooper	1:58.000	+10.000s
16	BONFelice Bonetto	Maserati	1:58.000	+10.000s
17	HAMDuncan Hamilton	HWM	2:02.000	+14.000s
18	GERBob Gerard	Cooper	2:02.000	+14.000s
19	BIRBirabongse Bhanudej	Connaught	2:04.000	+16.000s
20	ISTIan Stewart	Connaught	2:04.000	+16.000s
21	BROAlan Brown	Cooper	2:04.000	+16.000s
22	BEHJean Behra	Gordini	2:04.000	+16.000s
23	COLPeter Collins	HWM	2:06.000	+18.000s
24	ROSLouis Rosier	Ferrari	2:07.000	+19.000s
25	TCRTony Crook	Cooper	2:07.000	+19.000s
26	DEGEmmanuel De Graffenried	Maserati	2:09.000	+21.000s
27	FAIJack Fairman	HWM	2:32.000	+44.000s
28	SALRoy Salvadori	Connaught	–
29	CHILouis Chiron	O.S.C.A.	–

Silverstone Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1953. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1952	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
1951	José Froilán González	Ferrari
1950	Nino Farina	Alfa Romeo

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