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1953 French Grand Prix

Round
5/9
Date
Jul 5, 1953 at 00:00 CET
Location
Reims, France
Circuit
Circuit length
8.347 m
Race distance
500.82 km (60 laps)
Hawthorn
Winner
2:44:18.600
Winning time
Ascari
Pole position
Fangio
Fastest lap
2:41.100
Fastest lap time
Pos. Driver Constructor Time/Retired Grid Laps Points
1 #16 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:44:18.600 7th 60 8
2 #18 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati +1.000 4th 60 7
3 #20 José Froilán González Maserati +1.400 5th 60 4
4 #10 Alberto Ascari Ferrari +4.600 1st 60 3
5 #14 Nino Farina Ferrari +1:07.600 6th 60 2
6 #12 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari +1:15.900 3rd 60
7 #46 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati +2 laps 9th 58
8 #44 Louis Rosier Ferrari +4 laps 10th 56
9 #22 Onofre Marimón Maserati +5 laps 8th 55
10 #2 Jean Behra Gordini +5 laps 22nd 55
11 #38 Bob Gerard Cooper +5 laps 12th 55
12 #48 Johnny Claes Connaught +7 laps 21st 53
13 #28 Peter Collins HWM +8 laps 17th 52
14 #30 Yves Giraud-Cabantous HWM +10 laps 18th 50
15 #32 Louis Chiron O.S.C.A. +17 laps 25th 43
DNF #24 Felice Bonetto Maserati Engine 2nd 42
DNF #36 Stirling Moss Cooper Clutch 13th 38
DNF #42 Birabongse Bhanudej Connaught Differential 11th 29
DNF #34 Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. Engine 15th 18
DNF #40 Ken Wharton Cooper Wheel bearing 14th 17
DNF #4 Maurice Trintignant Gordini Transmission 23rd 14
DNF #26 Lance Macklin HWM Clutch 16th 9
DNF #8 Roberto Mieres Gordini Axle 24th 4
DNF #6 Harry Schell Gordini Engine 20th 4
DNF #50 Roy Salvadori Connaught Ignition 19th 2
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 #10 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:41.200
2 #24 Felice Bonetto Maserati 2:41.500 +0.300
3 #12 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2:41.900 +0.700
4 #18 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 2:42.000 +0.800
5 #20 José Froilán González Maserati 2:42.400 +1.200
6 #14 Nino Farina Ferrari 2:42.500 +1.300
7 #16 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:43.500 +2.300
8 #22 Onofre Marimón Maserati 2:44.700 +3.500
9 #46 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 2:46.100 +4.900
10 #44 Louis Rosier Ferrari 2:49.600 +8.400
11 #42 Birabongse Bhanudej Connaught 2:53.200 +12.000
12 #38 Bob Gerard Cooper 2:54.200 +13.000
13 #36 Stirling Moss Cooper 2:55.700 +14.500
14 #40 Ken Wharton Cooper 2:55.800 +14.600
15 #34 Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. 2:56.900 +15.700
16 #26 Lance Macklin HWM 2:57.200 +16.000
17 #28 Peter Collins HWM 3:02.000 +20.800
18 #30 Yves Giraud-Cabantous HWM 3:06.700 +25.500
19 #50 Roy Salvadori Connaught 3:23.000 +41.800
20 #6 Harry Schell Gordini 3:25.800 +44.600
21 #48 Johnny Claes Connaught 4:06.500 +1:25.300
22 #2 Jean Behra Gordini
23 #4 Maurice Trintignant Gordini
24 #8 Roberto Mieres Gordini
25 #32 Louis Chiron O.S.C.A.
Pos. Driver Constructor Time Gap Lap
1 #10 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:41.100 +0.000 37
1 #18 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 2:41.100 25

Standings

Driver standings
Pos. Driver Constructor Wins Podiums Points Gap
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 3 3 28
2 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 1 1 14 -14
3 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 0 2 13 -15
4 José Froilán González Maserati 0 3 11 -17
5 Bill Vukovich Kurtis 1 1 9 -19
6 Nino Farina Ferrari 0 1 8 -20
7 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 0 1 7 -21
8 Art Cross Kurtis 0 1 6 -22
9 Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati 0 0 5 -23
10 Onofre Marimón Maserati 0 1 4 -24
11 Sam Hanks Kurtis 0 1 2 -26
12 Duane Carter Kurtis 0 1 2 -26
13 Felice Bonetto Maserati 0 1 2 -26
14 Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Maserati 0 0 2 -26
15 Jack McGrath Kurtis 0 0 2 -26
16 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 0 0 2 -26
17 Fred Agabashian Kurtis 0 0 1.5 -26.5
18 Paul Russo Kurtis 0 0 1.5 -26.5

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1951 #8 Luigi Fagioli José Froilán González Luigi Villoresi 2:27.800 - Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio
1950 #6 Juan Manuel Fangio Luigi Fagioli Peter Whitehead 2:35.600 - Juan Manuel Fangio Juan Manuel Fangio
The 1953 French Grand Prix started Jul 5, 1953 on Reims-Gueux in Reims, France. Alberto Ascari started from pole position with Felice Bonetto next to him. Luigi Villoresi started from third place.

In 2 hour, 44 minutes and 18 seconds Mike Hawthorn finished the race in first place.The podium was completed with Juan Manuel Fangio in second and José Froilán González in third place.

After the 1953 French Grand Prix, Alberto Ascari is first in the Formula 1 World Championship with 28 points. Ascari is 14 points ahead of Mike Hawthorn.