XIII Grosser Preis der Schweiz 1953
Grand Prix de Suisse
World Championship for Drivers, Round 8
Bremgarten, Kanton, Bern, Switzerland

 

August 23, Sunny, mild, dry 65 laps x 7280 km = 473.2 km Pole Position: J.M. Fangio, 2'40.1" = 163.698 km/h Fastest Lap: Alberto Ascari, 2'41.3" = 162.480 km on lap 50

 

Pos Cla. # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1 1 46 Alberto Ascari, I Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 3:01'34.40"  
2 2 24 Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina, I Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 - 1'12.93"  
3 3 26 Mike Hawthorn, GB Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 - 1'35.96"  
4 4 30 Juan Manuel Fangio, RA (12 laps) & Felice Bonetto, I (52 laps) Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM/53 64  
5 5 34 Hermann Lang, D Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM 62  
6 6 28 Luigi Villoresi, I Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500 62  
7 7 20 Ken Wharton, GB Ken Wharton Cooper T23 - Bristol 62  
               
8 NC 40 Max de Terra, CH Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 166C 51 (48 ?)  
9 NC 18 Albert Scherrer, CH HW Motors Ltd HWM 53 - Alta 1.5 L 49  
               
10 DNF 4 Francesco 'Chico' Landi, BR Francesco Lanci Maserati A6GCM 54 Gearbox
11 DNF 42 Baron Emmanuel 'Toulo' de Graffenried, CH Baron Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati A6GCM/53 47 Transmission ?
Camshaft ?
12 DNF 36 Onofré Marimón, RA Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM/53 46 Oil pipe
13 DNF 8 Maurice Trintignant, F Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 43 Rear axle
14 DNF 6 Jean Behra, F Equipe Gordini Gordini T16 37 Oil pressure
15 DNF 32 Felice Bonetto, I (12 laps) & Juan Manuel Fangio, RA (17 laps) Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM/53 29 Valve
16 DNF 16 Lance Macklin, GB HW Motors Ltd HWM 53 - Alta 1.5 L 29 Valve
17 DNF 38 Peter Hirt, CH Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 17 Oil loss
18 DNF 14 Paul Frère, B HW Motors Ltd HWM 53 - Alta 1.5 L 1 Connecting rod
19 DNF 10 Louis Rosier, F Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 0 Accident
20 DNF 2 Jacques Swaters, B Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 0 Accident
               
21 DNS 44 Fred Wacker Jr, USA Equipe Gordini Gordini T16   Accident in practice
22 DNS 22 Élie Bayol, F Èlie Bayol Osca 20    
23 DNS 12 Louis Chiron, MC Louis Chiron Osca 20    
               
24 DNA 12 "B. Bira", T Connaught Engineering Connaught A - Lea Francis    
25 DNA 14 Duncan Hamilton, GB HW Motors Ltd HWM 53 - Alta 1.5 L    
26 DNA 34 Piero Taruffi, I Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM/53    
27 DNA 22 Alberto Ascari, I Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 500    

 

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