The 1953 British Grand Prix was Round 6 of the 1953 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom on Sunday, 18 July 1953. Alberto Ascari started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner.
1953 British Grand Prix Race Result
Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
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1 | 5 | Alberto Ascari | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 90 | 2:50:00.000 | - | - | 1:50.000 | 8.5 | |
2 | 23 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 90 | 2:51:00.000 | +1:00.000 | +1:00.000 | 6 | ||
3 | 6 | Nino Farina | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 88 | 2:50:12.000 | 2 laps | 2 laps | 4 | ||
4 | 24 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 88 | 2:50:58.000 | 2 laps | 1:50.000 | 3.5 | ||
5 | 8 | Mike Hawthorn | Great Britain | Ferrari | Pirelli | 87 | 2:50:15.000 | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2 | ||
6 | 25 | Felice Bonetto | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 82 | 2:50:16.000 | 8 laps | 5 laps | |||
7 | 10 | Prince Bira | Thailand | Connaught Francis | 82 | 2:51:53.000 | 8 laps | |||||
8 | 16 | Ken Wharton | Great Britain | Cooper Bristol | 80 | 2:50:43.000 | 10 laps | 2 laps | ||||
9 | 20 | Peter Whitehead | Great Britain | Cooper Alta | 79 | 2:50:56.000 | 11 laps | 1 lap | ||||
10 | 9 | Louis Rosier | France | Ferrari | Pirelli | 78 | 2:50:27.000 | 12 laps | 1 lap | |||
DNF | 18 | Jimmy Stewart | Great Britain | Cooper Bristol | 79 | |||||||
DNF | 14 | Tony Rolt | Great Britain | Connaught Francis | 70 | |||||||
DNF | 7 | Luigi Villoresi | Italy | Ferrari | Pirelli | 65 | ||||||
DNF | 26 | Onofre Marimon | Argentina | Maserati | Pirelli | 65 | ||||||
DNF | 19 | Alan Brown | Great Britain | Cooper Bristol | 56 | |||||||
DNF | 2 | Peter Collins | Great Britain | HWM Alta | 56 | |||||||
DNF | 4 | Jack Fairman | Great Britain | HWM Alta | 54 | |||||||
DNF | 12 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Connaught Francis | 50 | |||||||
DNF | 31 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Switzerland | Maserati | Pirelli | 34 | ||||||
DNF | 1 | Lance Macklin | Great Britain | HWM Alta | 31 | |||||||
DNF | 30 | Jean Behra | France | Gordini | 30 | |||||||
DNF | 15 | Ian Stewart | Great Britain | Connaught Lea Francis | 24 | |||||||
DNF | 29 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Gordini | 14 | |||||||
DNF | 3 | Duncan Hamilton | Great Britain | HWM Alta | 14 | |||||||
DNF | 28 | Harry Schell | United States | Gordini | 5 | |||||||
DNF | 17 | Bob Gerard | Great Britain | Cooper Bristol | 8 | |||||||
DNF | 11 | Kenneth McAlpine | Great Britain | Connaught Lea Francis | ||||||||
DNF | 22 | Tony Crook | Great Britain | Cooper Bristol |