Pit Lane F1
1953 Season - Round 7 - 1953-08-02
Nino Farina won the 1953 German Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Juan Fangio (Maserati) second and Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Ernst Klodwig (BMW) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P32 on the grid to P15 at the flag — a 17-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 13 drivers failing to finish.
30 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1953 German Grand Prix, completing round 7 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nino Farina | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 8 | |
| 2 | Juan Fangio | Maserati | 2 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 4 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Felice Bonetto |
| Maserati |
| 7 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati | 11 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Stirling Moss | Cooper | 12 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 7 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari | 19 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 1 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 1 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Hans Herrmann | Veritas | 14 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 22 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 11 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper | 20 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas | 28 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught | 16 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Rudolf Krause | BMW | 26 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Ernst Klodwig | BMW | 32 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas | 29 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 6 | Engine | 1 |
| 18 | Alan Brown | Cooper | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 8 | Suspension | 0 |
| 20 | Edgar Barth | EMW | 24 | Exhaust | 0 |
| 21 | Johnny Claes | Connaught | 25 | Retired | 0 |
| 22 | Oswald Karch | Veritas | 34 | Retired | 0 |
| 23 | Willi Heeks | Veritas | 18 | Retired | 0 |
| 24 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 9 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 25 | Harry Schell | Gordini | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| 26 | Prince Bira | Connaught | 15 | Suspension | 0 |
| 27 | Theo Fitzau | AFM | 21 | Retired | 0 |
| 28 | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari | 27 | Retired | 0 |
