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Grand Prix de Rouen

Rouen-les-Essarts, 28 Jun 1953

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Giuseppe Farina (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 [500-4] 4
#2 Scuderia Ferrari
60 2h 15m 05.8s
84.96 mph
2 Mike Hawthorn (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 [500-1] 4
#4 Scuderia Ferrari
60 2h 15m 07.0s
3 Philippe Étancelin (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 002] 6
#6 (see note 1)
57
4 Harry Schell (F2) 2-litre Gordini T16 [0032-GC] - T20 6
#14 (see note 2)
57
5 Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh") (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 005] 6
#8 (see note 3)
56
6 Georges Grignard (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C-DA [110 051] 6
#28 (see note 4)
56
7 Louis Rosier (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Ferrari 375/51 - V12
#20
56
8 Bob Gerard (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-4-53] - Bristol 6
#18
55
9 John Lyons (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [AL9] - Lea-Francis 4
#26 W Knight
54
10 Stirling Moss (F2) 2-litre Cooper Alta Special - Alta 4
#16
53
R Maurice Trintignant (4.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0031-GC] - T23 6
#12 (see note 5)
30 axle
R Johnny Claes (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [A4] - Lea-Francis 4
#24 Ecurie Belge
27 axle
R Jean Behra (4.5 F1) 2.3-litre Gordini T16 [0033-GC] - T22 6
#10 (see note 6)
21 brakes
R Yves Giraud-Cabantous (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C-DA [110 053] 6
#30 (see note 7)
7 transmission
R Elie Bayol (F2) 2-litre OSCA 20 [2001] 6
#34
0 gearbox
DNS Ottorino Volonterio (F2) 2-litre Maserati-Platé 4CLT-48 [1601] 4
#32 (see note 8)
Did not start
DNA "B Bira" (F2) 2-litre Maserati A6GCM 6
#22
Did not arrive
Qualifying
1 Giuseppe Farina (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 [500-4] - Ferrari 4 2'12.2
2 Mike Hawthorn (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 [500-1] - Ferrari 4 2'13.3
3 Maurice Trintignant (4.5 F1) 2.5-litre Gordini T16 [0031-GC] - Gordini T23 6 2'13.5
4 Louis Rosier (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Ferrari 375/51 - Ferrari V12 2'15.1
5 Jean Behra (4.5 F1) 2.3-litre Gordini T16 [0033-GC] - Gordini T22 6 2'18.4
6 Elie Bayol (F2) 2-litre OSCA 20 [2001] - OSCA 6 2'18.5
7 Harry Schell (F2) 2-litre Gordini T16 [0032-GC] - Gordini T20 6 2'19.6
8 John Lyons (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [AL9] - Lea-Francis 4 2'21.5
9 Georges Grignard (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C-DA [110 051] - Talbot 6 2'21.9
10 Philippe Étancelin (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 002] - Talbot 6 2'23.9
11 Stirling Moss (F2) 2-litre Cooper Alta Special - Alta 4 2'25.1
12 Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh") (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C [110 005] - Talbot 6 2'26.0
13 Yves Giraud-Cabantous (4.5 F1) 4.5-litre Talbot T26C-DA [110 053] - Talbot 6 2'27.0
14 Bob Gerard (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' [CB-4-53] - Bristol 6 2'28.1
15 Johnny Claes (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [A4] - Lea-Francis 4 2'34.3

Notes on the cars:

  1. Talbot T26C [110 002] (Philippe Étancelin): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 002' was raced by 'Raph' and Eugene Chaboud in 1948 and Paul Vallee and Guy Mairesse in 1950. Owned by Mairesse 1950-51; also raced by Giraud-Cabantous 1950; by Jean Blanc and Levegh 1952; and by Etancelin in 1953. In late 1953, Vallee sold the car to Doug Whiteford in Australia to replace his existing chassis '110 007'. Whiteford was surprised to discover that he'd bought an earlier model and it was 1955 before the car raced in Australia. It was sold to Ralph Snodgrass in 1956 but crashed badly at Mt Druitt in 1957. Snodgrass retained the car until 1980 when it was sold to Reg Hunt who restored it for historic events. Retained by Hunt until sold to Ron Towney in 2006.
  2. Gordini T16 [0032-GC] (Harry Schell): Works car 1952-57, 2500 engine from 1954. Driven by Behra and Manzon 1952, Mieres and Schell 1953, Pollet (once) and Behra 1954, Manzon, da Silva Ramos and Pollet 1955, Manzon 1956 (winning Naples GP), Simon 1957. In Musée Henri Malartre at Rochetaillé 1961-90.
  3. Talbot T26C [110 005] (Pierre Bouillin ("Levegh")): Talbot-Lago T26C chassis '110 005' was raced by 'Levegh' from 1948 to 1951 and by Grignard once in 1951. Retained by the works until it was sold to Otto Zipper in the US in 1957. Then to the Briggs Cunningham museum via two other US owners to Tony Wang 1988.
  4. Talbot T26C-DA [110 051] (Georges Grignard): Originally a works car Rosier in 1950 and then for Fangio in Argentina that December. Raced by Grignard 1951-56 (mainly in hillclimbs), then possibly in in Clères Museum before appearing in UK historic racing with Bob Roberts 1970-71. Via two other UK owners until bought by Jim Hull (US) in 1988. Retained 1991.
  5. Gordini T16 [0031-GC] (Maurice Trintignant): The first six-cylinder car, run by the works from 1952 until 1957, with 2300 engine in early 1954 and 2500 engine after that. Driven by Manzon and Behra 1952, Schell and Trintignant 1953, Pilette, Berger and Guelfi 1954, Pollet and Sparken 1955 and Burgraff 1957. In Collection Huet 1983. More recent history unknown.
  6. Gordini T16 [0033-GC] (Jean Behra): Works car 1952-55, driven by Trintignant 1952, Behra 1953, Bayol, Loyer, Simon, Frère, Bucci and Pilette 1954, Pollet and Hamilton 1955. Crashed by Hamilton at Silverstone in 1955 and apparently written off, though a car numbered '33' was in the Pantin museum in 1993.
  7. Talbot T26C-DA [110 053] (Yves Giraud-Cabantous): Built in 1950 using parts from '110 003' and raced for the works by Martin, Chaboud and Giraud-Cabantous in 1950 then by Rosier as a private entry in 1951. Driven by Trintignant for Ecurie Rosier in 1952, then Giraud-Cabantous 1952-53. Owned by Marceau Hauret 1955 and Houdayer (Paris) 1981. Raced from 1987-2000 by François d'Huart (Belgium) as '100105'.
  8. Maserati-Platé 4CLT-48 [1601] (Ottorino Volonterio): To Enrico Platé for 1949 (dated 7 Mar 1949 in Maserati records) and driven by Emmanuel de Graffenried. Continued as de Graffenried's well-used car through 1950 and 1951. Probably one of two cars extensively rebuilt as Plate-Maseratis for 1952. Probably raced by Ottorino Volonterio in F2 in 1953. Sold with the sister car (probably 1598) by de Graffenried to 20th Century Fox for film work then sold again via Tom Carstens (Tacoma, WA). Subsequent history unknown.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

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