1953 Italian Grand Prix

  1953 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 9 in the 1953 World Drivers' Championship
Autodromo Nazionale Monza layout
Date	13 September 1953
Official name	XXIV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	6.300 km (3.915 mi)
Distance	80 laps, 504.000 km (313.171 mi)
Weather	Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	2:02:7
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time	2:04.5 on lap 39
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second	Nino Farina	Ferrari
Third	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 13 September 1953 at Monza. It was the ninth and final round of the 1953 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. This made it the last World Championship race to run under the Formula Two regulations. The 80-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. Nino Farina finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate Luigi Villoresi came in third.

Race report

The initial part of the race was a four way battle between Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Onofre Marimón. With five drivers running together on the last lap, the race saw a spectacular finish with Ascari and Farina ahead of Fangio approaching the last corner. Ascari made a mistake and spun. To avoid him, Farina pulled to the grass but recovered later. Fangio pounced on this window of opportunity and took a famous win.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Time	Gap
1	4	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Ferrari	2:02.7
2	50	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Maserati	2:03.2	0.5
3	6	Nino Farina	Ferrari	Ferrari	2:03.9	1.2
4	54	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	Maserati	2:04.1	1.4
5	2	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	Ferrari	2:04.6	1.9
6	8	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Ferrari	2:04.9	2.2
7	52	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	Maserati	2:05.1	2.4
8	36	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	Gordini	2:05.7	3
9	58	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	Maserati	2:05.9	3.2
10	28	Stirling Moss	Cooper	Alta	2:06.6	3.9
11	10	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	Ferrari	2:06.9	4.2
12	56	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	Maserati	2:07.5	4.8
13	34	Élie Bayol	Osca	Osca	2:07.8	5.1
14	22	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	Lea-Francis	2:08.0	5.3
15	38	Harry Schell	Gordini	Gordini	2:08.5	5.8
16	40	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	Gordini	2:08.8	6.1
17	64	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	Ferrari	2:08.9	6.2
18	24	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	Lea-Francis	2:09.0	6.3
19	30	Ken Wharton	Cooper	Bristol	2:09.3	6.6
20	12	Piero Carini	Ferrari	Ferrari	2:09.5	6.8
21	42	Chico Landi	Maserati	Maserati	2:09.7	7
22	20	Jack Fairman	Connaught	Lea-Francis	2:09.9	7.2
23	44	Prince Bira	Maserati	Maserati	2:10.1	7.4
24	46	Alan Brown	Cooper	Bristol	2:10.5	7.8
25	32	Louis Chiron	Osca	Osca	2:10.8	8.1
26	18	John Fitch	HWM	Alta	2:11.0	8.3
27	14	Lance Macklin	HWM	Alta	2:11.5	8.8
28	16	Yves Giraud Cabantous	HWM	Alta	2:11.9	9.2
29	48	Hans Stuck	AFM	Bristol	2:13.0	10.3
30	26	Johnny Claes	Connaught	Lea-Francis	2:14.6	11.9
Source:[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	50	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	80	2:49:45.9	2	9
2	6	Nino Farina	Ferrari	80[2]	+ 1.4[2]	3	6
3	2	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	79	+ 1 Lap	5	4
4	8	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	79	+ 1 Lap	6	3
5	36	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	79	+ 1 Lap	8	2
6	40	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	77	+ 3 Laps	16
7	56	Sergio Mantovani Luigi Musso	Maserati	76	+ 4 Laps	12
8	10	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	75	+ 5 Laps	11
9	38	Harry Schell	Gordini	75	+ 5 Laps	15
10	32	Louis Chiron	Osca	72	+ 8 Laps	25
11	44	Prince Bira	Maserati	72	+ 8 Laps	23
12	46	Alan Brown	Cooper-Bristol	70	+ 10 Laps	24
13	28	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	70	+ 10 Laps	10
14	48	Hans Stuck	AFM-Bristol	67	+ 13 Laps	29
15	16	Yves Giraud Cabantous	HWM-Alta	67	+ 13 Laps	28
16	64	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	65	+ 15 Laps	17
Ret	4	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	79	Accident	1
Ret	52	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	77	Out of fuel	7
Ret	54	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	75	Accident	4
Ret	58	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	70	Engine	9
NC	20	Jack Fairman	Connaught-Lea-Francis	61	Not Classified	22
NC	30	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	57	Not Classified	19
NC	24	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Lea-Francis	56	Not Classified	18
Ret	12	Piero Carini	Ferrari	40	Engine	20
Ret	22	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea-Francis	33	Throttle	14
Ret	42	Chico Landi	Maserati	18	Engine	21
Ret	34	Élie Bayol	Osca	17	Engine	13
Ret	18	John Fitch	HWM-Alta	14	Engine	26
Ret	26	Johnny Claes	Connaught-Lea-Francis	7	Fuel System	30
Ret	14	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	6	Engine	27
Source:[3]

Notes

• Shared Drive – Car #56: Mantovani (38 laps) then Musso (38 laps)
• Alberto Ascari wins World Championship for the second, and final, time.
• First F1 Grand Prix drive for Umberto Maglioli
• Last F1 Grand Prix drive for Yves Giraud-Cabantous and Hans Stuck

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Alberto Ascari	34.5 (46.5)
1	2	Juan Manuel Fangio	28 (29.5)
1	3	Nino Farina	26 (32)
	4	Mike Hawthorn	19 (27)
1	5	Luigi Villoresi	17

• Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

References