German Grand Prix
Nürburgring, 2 Aug 1953
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari 500 4 #2 Scuderia Ferrari |
18 | 3h 02m 25.0s |
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| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati A6GCM 6 #5 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
18 | 3h 03m 29.0s |
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| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari 500 4 #3 Scuderia Ferrari |
18 | 3h 04m 08.6s |
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| 4 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati A6GCM 6 #7 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
18 | 3h 11m 13.6s |
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| 5 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | Maserati A6GCM 6 #17 E de Graffenried |
17 | 3h 04m 40.4s |
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| 6 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Alta 'T24' [CB-10-53] - Alta 4 #19 Cooper Car Company |
17 | 3h 06m 50.9s |
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| 7 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari 500 4 #18 Écurie Francorchamps |
17 | 3h 07m 29.9s |
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| 8 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 500 4 #1 Scuderia Ferrari |
17 | Shared drive L09 car to Villoresi | |||||
| 8 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari 500 4 #1 Scuderia Ferrari |
17 | Shared drive | |||||
| 9 | Hans Herrmann | Veritas Meteor 6 #32 H Herrmann |
17 | 3h 09m 53.4s |
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| 10 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari 500 [186-F2] 4 #20 Écurie Rosier |
17 | 3h 11m 08.4s |
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| 11 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6 #40 R Nuckey |
16 | 3h 07m 44.6s |
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| 12 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas RS - BMW 328 6 #24 T Helfrich |
16 | 3h 10m 17.6s |
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| 13 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught A [A1] - Lea-Francis 4 #16 Connaught Engineering |
16 | 3h 10m 52.2s |
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| 14 | Rudolf Krause | BMW Special - 328 6 #36 Dora Greifzu |
16 | 3h 12m 45.2s |
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| 15 | Ernst Klodwig | Heck BMW Special - BMW 328 6 #37 E Klodwig |
15 | ||||||
| 16 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas RS 6 #22 W Seidel |
14 | ||||||
| R | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari 500 4 #4 Scuderia Ferrari |
15 | Shared drive - Engine | |||||
| R | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari 500 4 #4 Scuderia Ferrari |
15 | Shared drive L09 car to Ascari | |||||
| R | Alan Brown | Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6 #38 Equipe Anglaise |
15 | Engine | |||||
| R | Edgar Barth | EMW BMW Special - BMW 328 6 #35 Rennkollektiv EMW |
12 | ||||||
| R | Johnny Claes | Connaught A [A4] - Lea-Francis 4 #12 Écurie Belge |
12 | ||||||
| R | Oswald Karch | Veritas RS 6 #26 O Karch |
10 | ||||||
| R | Onofre Marimón | Maserati A6GCM 6 #8 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
8 | Suspension | |||||
| R | Willi Heeks | Veritas 6 #23 W Heeks |
8 | ||||||
| R | Jean Behra | Gordini T16 - T20 6 #9 Équipe Gordini |
7 | Gearbox | |||||
| R | Harry Schell | Gordini T16 - T20 6 #11 Équipe Gordini |
6 | Engine | |||||
| R | "B Bira" | Connaught A [A8] - Lea-Francis 4 #14 Connaught Engineering |
6 | ||||||
| R | Theo Fitzau | AFM [AFM-6] - BMW 328 6 #28 H Niedermayer |
3 | ||||||
| R | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari 500 [184-F2] 4 #34 Écurie Espadon |
3 | ||||||
| R | Karl-Gunther Bechem | AFM [AFM-2] - BMW 328 6 #41 G Bechem |
2 | ||||||
| R | Maurice Trintignant | Gordini T16 - T20 6 #10 Équipe Gordini |
1 | Transmission | |||||
| R | Roy Salvadori | Connaught A [A7] - Lea-Francis 4 #15 Connaught Engineering |
1 | ||||||
| R | Erwin Bauer | Veritas RS 6 #31 E Bauer |
1 | ||||||
| R | Helm Glockler | Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6 #39 Equipe Anglaise |
1 | Engine | |||||
| R | Hans Stuck | AFM [AFM-3] - Bristol 6 #21 H Stuck |
0 | ||||||
| R | Ernst Loof | Veritas 6 #30 E Loof |
0 | Fuel pump | |||||
| DNA | José Froilán Gonzalez | Maserati A6GCM 6 #6 Officine Alfieri Maserati |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 2-litre 4.5 F1 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
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| 1 | Alberto Ascari | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 - Ferrari 4 | 09' 59.8 | ||
| 2 | Juan Manuel Fangio | (F2) 2-litre Maserati A6GCM - Maserati 6 | 10' 03.7 | ||
| 3 | Giuseppe Farina | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 - Ferrari 4 | 10' 04.1 | ||
| 4 | Mike Hawthorn | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 - Ferrari 4 | 10' 12.6 | ||
| 5 | Maurice Trintignant | (F2) 2-litre Gordini T16 - Gordini T20 6 | 10' 21.7 | ||
| 6 | Luigi Villoresi | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 - Ferrari 4 | 10' 22.8 | ||
| 7 | Felice Bonetto | (F2) 2-litre Maserati A6GCM - Maserati 6 | 10' 40.8 | ||
| 8 | Onofre Marimón | (F2) 2-litre Maserati A6GCM - Maserati 6 | 10' 41.0 | ||
| 9 | Jean Behra | (F2) 2-litre Gordini T16 - Gordini T20 6 | 10' 45.5 | ||
| 10 | Harry Schell | (F2) 2-litre Gordini T16 - Gordini T20 6 | 10' 46.6 | ||
| 11 | Emmanuel de Graffenried | (F2) 2-litre Maserati A6GCM - Maserati 6 | 10' 46.6 | ||
| 12 | Stirling Moss | (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Alta 'T24' [CB-10-53] - Alta 4 | 10' 48.3 | ||
| 13 | Roy Salvadori | (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [A7] - Lea-Francis 4 | 10' 57.5 | ||
| 14 | Hans Herrmann | (F2) 2-litre Veritas Meteor - Veritas 6 | 10' 59.8 | ||
| 15 | "B Bira" | (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [A8] - Lea-Francis 4 | 11' 02.1 | ||
| 16 | Kenneth McAlpine | (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [A1] - Lea-Francis 4 | 11' 07.3 | ||
| 17 | Alan Brown | (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6 | 11' 08.7 | ||
| 18 | Willi Heeks | (F2) 2-litre Veritas - Veritas 6 | 11' 18.0 | ||
| 19 | Jacques Swaters | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 - Ferrari 4 | 11' 18.9 | ||
| 20 | Rodney Nuckey | (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6 | 11' 22.1 | ||
| 21 | Theo Fitzau | (F2) 2-litre AFM [AFM-6] - BMW 328 6 | 11' 24.3 | ||
| 22 | Louis Rosier | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 [186-F2] - Ferrari 4 | 11' 27.4 | ||
| 23 | Hans Stuck | (F2) 2-litre AFM [AFM-3] - Bristol 6 | 11' 37.2 | ||
| 24 | Edgar Barth | (F2) 2-litre EMW BMW Special - BMW 328 6 | 11' 40.8 | ||
| 25 | Johnny Claes | (F2) 2-litre Connaught A [A4] - Lea-Francis 4 | 11' 45.5 | ||
| 26 | Rudolf Krause | (F2) 2-litre BMW Special - BMW 328 6 | 11' 49.5 | ||
| 27 | Kurt Adolff | (F2) 2-litre Ferrari 500 [184-F2] - Ferrari 4 | 11' 53.1 | ||
| 28 | Theo Helfrich | (F2) 2-litre Veritas RS - BMW 328 6 | 11' 56.3 | ||
| 29 | Wolfgang Seidel | (F2) 2-litre Veritas RS - Veritas 6 | 11' 59.3 | ||
| 30 | Karl-Gunther Bechem | (F2) 2-litre AFM [AFM-2] - BMW 328 6 | 12' 13.3 | ||
| 31 | Ernst Loof | (F2) 2-litre Veritas - Veritas 6 | 12' 16.8 | ||
| 32 | Ernst Klodwig | (F2) 2-litre Heck BMW Special - BMW 328 6 | 12' 24.6 | ||
| 33 | Erwin Bauer | (F2) 2-litre Veritas RS - Veritas 6 | no time | ||
| 34 | Oswald Karch | (F2) 2-litre Veritas RS - Veritas 6 | no time | ||
| 35 | Helm Glockler | (F2) 2-litre Cooper-Bristol Mk II 'T23' - Bristol 6 | no time | ||
Formula 1 events 1948-1953
The results published here were compiled by David McKinney and Adam Ferrington from a range of sources including Autocourse, Motor Sport and Autosport, as well as the F1 Register's A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing Volume 5 covering 1950 and 1951. Individual car identities were then meticulously checked against their enormous libraries of books and photographs, notably Talbot-Lago de Course by Pierre Abeillon, Les Gordini by Robert Jarraud, Gordini – Un Sorcier, Une Equipe by Christian Huet and The History of English Racing Automobiles by David Weguelin.
David has also contributed extensively from his notes on car identities compiled over 40 years of research, Michael Müller has contributed immaculately researched histories of all the 1948-1950 Ferrari 125s, and Doug Nye, both through his books and his personal assistance on HWM, has also been of great help.
Please note that since David's sad death in 2014, Adam and Allen have agreed that these pages will remain unaltered from now on, as a lasting testimony to David's expertise.