1953 Formula 1 Season

9 races · Champion: Alberto Ascari

Driver Standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Pts	Wins
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	34.5	5
2	Juan Fangio	Maserati	28	1
3	Nino Farina	Ferrari	26	1
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	19	1
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	17	0
6	José Froilán González	Maserati	13.5	0
7	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	9	1
8	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	7	0
9	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	6.5	0
10	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	6	0
11	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	4	0
12	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	4	0
13	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	2	0
14	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	2	0
15	Oscar Gálvez	Maserati	2	0
16	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	2	0
17	Hermann Lang	Maserati	2	0
18	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	1.5	0
19	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	1.5	0
	Stirling Moss	Connaught	0	0
	Jean Behra	Gordini	0	0
	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	0	0
	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Harry Schell	Gordini	0	0
	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	0	0
	Ken Wharton	Cooper	0	0
	Prince Bira	Connaught	0	0
	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	0	0
	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Luigi Musso	Maserati	0	0
	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	0	0
	Peter Collins	HWM	0	0
	John Barber	Cooper	0	0
	Ernie McCoy	Stevens	0	0
	Max de Terra	Ferrari	0	0
	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	0	0
	Alan Brown	Cooper	0	0
	Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma	0	0
	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Chuck Stevenson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Fred Wacker	Gordini	0	0
	Peter Whitehead	Cooper	0	0
	Hans Herrmann	Veritas	0	0
	Albert Scherrer	HWM	0	0
	Louis Chiron	OSCA	0	0
	Paul Frère	HWM	0	0
	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	André Pilette	Connaught	0	0
	Bob Gerard	Cooper	0	0
	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper	0	0
	Johnny Claes	Connaught	0	0
	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	0	0
	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	0	0
	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma	0	0
	Yves Cabantous	HWM	0	0
	Hans von Stuck	AFM	0	0
	Jimmy Bryan	Schroeder	0	0
	Rudolf Krause	BMW	0	0
	Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Ernst Klodwig	BMW	0	0
	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	0	0
	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Johnny Mantz	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Chico Landi	Maserati	0	0
	Robert Manzon	Gordini	0	0
	Jimmy Stewart	Cooper	0	0
	Tony Rolt	Connaught	0	0
	Lance Macklin	HWM	0	0
	Carlos Menditeguy	Gordini	0	0
	Pablo Birger	Simca	0	0
	Adolfo Cruz	Cooper	0	0
	Jack Fairman	HWM	0	0
	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	0	0
	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	0	0
	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Élie Bayol	OSCA	0	0
	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Travis Webb	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Jackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Georges Berger	Simca	0	0
	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	0	0
	Arthur Legat	Veritas	0	0
	Edgar Barth	EMW	0	0
	Mike Nazaruk	Turner	0	0
	Pat Flaherty	Kuzma	0	0
	Ian Stewart	Connaught	0	0
	Oswald Karch	Veritas	0	0
	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Willi Heeks	Veritas	0	0
	Duncan Hamilton	HWM	0	0
	Piero Carini	Ferrari	0	0
	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
	Don Freeland	Watson	0	0

Races

R11953-01-18

Argentine Grand Prix

Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

Alberto Ascari

R21953-05-30

Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Bill Vukovich

R31953-06-07

Dutch Grand Prix

Circuit Park Zandvoort

Alberto Ascari

R41953-06-21

Belgian Grand Prix

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza

Juan Fangio

The 1953 Season

Alberto Ascari retained his title in another season run to Formula Two rules, again driving the superb Ferrari 500 to a second consecutive championship. He won five of the nine rounds, fending off the resurgent Maserati of Fangio and team-mate Luigi Villoresi.

The season climaxed at a dramatic Italian Grand Prix, where Ascari, Fangio and Marimon battled wheel-to-wheel until a last-lap crash handed Fangio the win. Ascari's back-to-back crowns made him the first repeat champion in F1 history.