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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
Results
| 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
| 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | #1 Max Verstappen | Lewis Hamilton | George Russell | 1:35.781 - Carlos Sainz Jr. | Charles Leclerc |
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| 2008 | #2 Felipe Massa | Kimi Räikkönen | Jarno Trulli | 1:16.630 - Kimi Räikkönen | Kimi Räikkönen |
| 2007 | #6 Kimi Räikkönen | Felipe Massa | Lewis Hamilton | 1:16.099 - Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa |
| 2006 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Fernando Alonso | Felipe Massa | 1:17.111 - Michael Schumacher | Michael Schumacher |
| 2005 | #5 Fernando Alonso | Kimi Räikkönen | Michael Schumacher | 1:16.423 - Kimi Räikkönen | Fernando Alonso |
| 2004 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Fernando Alonso | Rubens Barrichello | 1:15.377 - Michael Schumacher | Fernando Alonso |
| 2003 | #4 Ralf Schumacher | Juan Pablo Montoya | Michael Schumacher | 1:15.512 - Juan Pablo Montoya | Ralf Schumacher |
| 2002 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Kimi Räikkönen | David Coulthard | 1:15.045 - David Coulthard | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2001 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Ralf Schumacher | Rubens Barrichello | 1:16.088 - David Coulthard | Ralf Schumacher |
| 2000 | #2 David Coulthard | Mika Häkkinen | Rubens Barrichello | 1:19.479 - David Coulthard | Michael Schumacher |
| 1999 | #8 Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Mika Häkkinen | Rubens Barrichello | 1:19.227 - David Coulthard | Rubens Barrichello |
| 1998 | #3 Michael Schumacher | Eddie Irvine | Mika Häkkinen | 1:17.523 - David Coulthard | Mika Häkkinen |
| 1997 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Eddie Irvine | 1:17.910 - Michael Schumacher | Michael Schumacher |
| 1996 | #5 Damon Hill | Jacques Villeneuve | Jean Alesi | 1:18.610 - Jacques Villeneuve | |
| 1995 | #1 Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill | David Coulthard | 1:20.218 - Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill |
| 1994 | #5 Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill | Gerhard Berger | 1:19.678 - Damon Hill | Damon Hill |
| 1993 | #2 Alain Prost | Damon Hill | Michael Schumacher | 1:19.256 - Michael Schumacher | Damon Hill |
| 1992 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Riccardo Patrese | Martin Brundle | 1:17.070 - Nigel Mansell | Nigel Mansell |
| 1991 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | 1:19.168 - Nigel Mansell | Riccardo Patrese |
| 1990 | #1 Alain Prost | Ivan Capelli | Ayrton Senna | 1:08.012 - Nigel Mansell | Nigel Mansell |
| 1989 | #2 Alain Prost | Nigel Mansell | Riccardo Patrese | 1:12.090 - Maurício Gugelmin | Alain Prost |
| 1988 | #11 Alain Prost | Ayrton Senna | Michele Alboreto | 1:11.737 - Alain Prost | Alain Prost |
| 1987 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Nelson Piquet | Alain Prost | 1:09.548 - Nelson Piquet | Nigel Mansell |
| 1986 | #5 Nigel Mansell | Alain Prost | Nelson Piquet | 1:09.993 - Nigel Mansell | Ayrton Senna |
| 1985 | #7 Nelson Piquet | Keke Rosberg | Alain Prost | 1:39.914 - Keke Rosberg | Keke Rosberg |
| 1984 | #8 Niki Lauda | Patrick Tambay | Nigel Mansell | 1:05.257 - Alain Prost | Patrick Tambay |
| 1983 | #15 Alain Prost | Nelson Piquet | Eddie Cheever | 1:42.695 - Alain Prost | Alain Prost |
| 1982 | #16 René Arnoux | Alain Prost | Didier Pironi | 1:40.075 - Riccardo Patrese | René Arnoux |
| 1981 | #15 Alain Prost | John Watson | Nelson Piquet | 1:09.140 - Alain Prost | René Arnoux |
| 1980 | #27 Alan Jones | Didier Pironi | Jacques Laffite | 1:41.450 - Alan Jones | Jacques Laffite |
| 1979 | #15 Jean-Pierre Jabouille | Gilles Villeneuve | René Arnoux | 1:09.160 - René Arnoux | Jean-Pierre Jabouille |
| 1978 | #5 Mario Andretti | Ronnie Peterson | James Hunt | 1:48.560 - Carlos Reutemann | John Watson |
| 1977 | #5 Mario Andretti | John Watson | James Hunt | 1:13.750 - Mario Andretti | Mario Andretti |
| 1976 | #11 James Hunt | Patrick Depailler | John Watson | 1:51.000 - Niki Lauda | James Hunt |
| 1975 | #12 Niki Lauda | James Hunt | Jochen Mass | 1:50.600 - Jochen Mass | Niki Lauda |
| 1974 | #1 Ronnie Peterson | Niki Lauda | Clay Regazzoni | 1:00.000 - Jody Scheckter | Niki Lauda |
| 1973 | #2 Ronnie Peterson | François Cevert | Carlos Reutemann | 1:50.990 - Denny Hulme | Jackie Stewart |
| 1972 | #4 Jackie Stewart | Emerson Fittipaldi | Chris Amon | 2:53.900 - Chris Amon | Chris Amon |
| 1971 | #11 Jackie Stewart | François Cevert | Emerson Fittipaldi | 1:54.090 - Jackie Stewart | Jackie Stewart |
| 1970 | #6 Jochen Rindt | Chris Amon | Jack Brabham | 3:00.750 - Jack Brabham | Jacky Ickx |
| 1969 | #2 Jackie Stewart | Jean-Pierre Beltoise | Jacky Ickx | 3:02.700 - Jackie Stewart | Jackie Stewart |
| 1968 | #26 Jacky Ickx | John Surtees | Jackie Stewart | 2:11.500 - Pedro Rodríguez | Jochen Rindt |
| 1967 | #3 Jack Brabham | Denny Hulme | Jackie Stewart | 1:36.700 - Graham Hill | Graham Hill |
| 1966 | #12 Jack Brabham | Mike Parkes | Denny Hulme | 2:11.300 - Lorenzo Bandini | Lorenzo Bandini |
| 1965 | #6 Jim Clark | Jackie Stewart | John Surtees | 3:18.900 - Jim Clark | Jim Clark |
| 1964 | #22 Dan Gurney | Graham Hill | Jack Brabham | 2:11.400 - Jack Brabham | Jim Clark |
| 1963 | #18 Jim Clark | Tony Maggs | Graham Hill | 2:21.600 - Jim Clark | Jim Clark |
| 1962 | #30 Dan Gurney | Tony Maggs | Richie Ginther | 2:16.900 - Graham Hill | Jim Clark |
| 1961 | #50 Giancarlo Baghetti | Dan Gurney | Jim Clark | 2:27.100 - Phil Hill | Phil Hill |
| 1960 | #16 Jack Brabham | Olivier Gendebien | Bruce McLaren | 2:17.500 - Jack Brabham | Jack Brabham |
| 1959 | #24 Tony Brooks | Phil Hill | Jack Brabham | 2:22.800 - Stirling Moss | Tony Brooks |
| 1958 | #4 Mike Hawthorn | Stirling Moss | Wolfgang von Trips | 2:24.900 - Mike Hawthorn | Mike Hawthorn |
| 1957 | #2 Juan Manuel Fangio | Luigi Musso | Peter Collins | 2:22.400 - Luigi Musso | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 1956 | #14 Peter Collins | Eugenio Castellotti | Jean Behra | 2:25.800 - Juan Manuel Fangio | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 1954 | #18 Juan Manuel Fangio | Karl Kling | Robert Manzon | 2:32.900 - Hans Herrmann | Juan Manuel Fangio |
| 1952 | #8 Alberto Ascari | Nino Farina | Piero Taruffi | 2:17.300 - Alberto Ascari | Alberto Ascari |
| 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.