The 1953 Argentine Grand Prix was Round 1 of the 1953 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Sunday, 18 January 1953. Alberto Ascari started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner.
1953 Argentine Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | Alberto Ascari | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 97 | 3:01:04.600 | - | - | 1:48.400 | 73 | 9 |
| 2 | 14 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 96 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 6 | |||
| 3 | 4 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 96 | 1 lap | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 16 | Mike Hawthorn | Great Britain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 96 | 1 lap | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 8 | Oscar Galvez | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 96 | 1 lap | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 30 | Jean Behra | France | Gordini | 94 | 3 laps | 2 laps | |||||
| 7 | 28 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Gordini | 91 | 6 laps | 3 laps | |||||
| 7 | 28 | Harry Schell | United States | Gordini | 91 | 6 laps | ||||||
| 8 | 22 | John Barber | Great Britain | Cooper Bristol | 90 | 7 laps | 1 lap | |||||
| 9 | 20 | Alan Brown | Great Britain | Cooper Bristol | 87 | 10 laps | 3 laps | |||||
| DNF | 26 | Robert Manzon | France | Gordini | 67 | |||||||
| DNF | 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 36 | ||||||
| DNF | 6 | Felice Bonetto | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 32 | ||||||
| DNF | 12 | Nino Farina | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 31 | ||||||
| DNF | 32 | Carlos Menditeguy | Argentina | Gordini | 24 | |||||||
| DNF | 34 | Pablo Birger | Argentina | Simca-Gordini | 21 | |||||||
| DNF | 24 | Adolfo Schwelm Cruz | Argentina | Cooper Bristol | 20 |