The 1953 Belgian Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1953 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium on Sunday, 21 June 1953. Juan Manuel Fangio started on pole position for Maserati and Alberto Ascari was the race winner for Ferrari.
1953 Belgian Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
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1 | 10 | Alberto Ascari | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 36 | 2:48:30.300 | - | - | 8 | ||
2 | 8 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 36 | 2:51:18.500 | +2:48.200 | +2:48.200 | 6 | ||
3 | 28 | Onofre Marimon | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 35 | 1 lap | 1 lap | ||||
4 | 30 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Switzerland | Maserati | Pirelli | 35 | 1 lap | |||||
5 | 18 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Gordini | 35 | 1 lap | 4 | |||||
6 | 14 | Mike Hawthorn | Great Britain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 35 | 1 lap | 3 | ||||
7 | 20 | Harry Schell | United States | Gordini | 33 | 3 laps | 2 laps | 2 | ||||
8 | 32 | Louis Rosier | France | Ferrari | Pirelli | 33 | 3 laps | |||||
9 | 38 | Fred Wacker | United States | Gordini | 32 | 4 laps | 1 lap | |||||
10 | 24 | Paul Frere | Belgium | HWM Alta | 30 | 6 laps | 2 laps | |||||
11 | 40 | Andre Pilette | Belgium | Connaught Lea Francis | 29 | 7 laps | 1 lap | |||||
DNF | 6 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 35 | ||||||
Johnny Claes | Belgium | |||||||||||
DNF | 22 | Lance Macklin | Great Britain | HWM Alta | 19 | |||||||
DNF | 12 | Nino Farina | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 16 | ||||||
DNF | 4 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 13 | ||||||
DNF | 2 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 11 | 4:34.000 | 2 | 1 | |||
DNF | 16 | Jean Behra | France | Gordini | 9 | |||||||
DNF | 26 | Peter Collins | Great Britain | HWM Alta | 4 | |||||||
DNF | 34 | Georges Berger | Belgium | Simca-Gordini | 3 | |||||||
DNF | 36 | Arthur Legat | Belgium | Veritas |