1953 season

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Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team(s)	Wins	Pts
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	5	34.5
2	Juan Fangio	Maserati	1	28
3	Nino Farina	Ferrari	1	26
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	1	19
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	0	17
6	José Froilán González	Maserati	0	13.5
7	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	1	9
8	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	0	7
9	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	0	6.5
10	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	0	6
11	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	0	4
12	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	0	4
13	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft→Lesovsky	0	2
14	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	0	2
15	Oscar Gálvez	Maserati	0	2
16	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	0	2
17	Hermann Lang	Maserati	0	2
18	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	0	1.5
19	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	0	1.5
–	Stirling Moss	Connaught→Cooper	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→Maserati	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	Kuzma→Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma→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→Maserati	0	0
–	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft→Bromme	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→Stevens	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→Connaught	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→Del Roy	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
–	Tony Crook	Cooper	0	0
–	Theo Fitzau	AFM	0	0
–	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	0	0
–	John Fitch	HWM	0	0
–	Günther Bechem	AFM	0	0
–	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	0	0
–	Ernst Loof	Veritas	0	0

Constructors

No constructors' championship this season (introduced in 1958).

Championship positions by round

Points progression

Points per round

Calendar

Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Pole	Winner	Team
1	Argentine Grand Prix	18 Jan 1953	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
2	Indianapolis 500	30 May 1953	Bill Vukovich	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft
3	Dutch Grand Prix	7 Jun 1953	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
4	Belgian Grand Prix	21 Jun 1953	Juan Fangio	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
5	French Grand Prix	5 Jul 1953	Alberto Ascari	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
6	British Grand Prix	18 Jul 1953	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari

Team line-ups

Driver changes this season: AFM, Connaught, Cooper, Ferrari, Gordini, HWM, Kurtis Kraft, Kuzma, Maserati, Veritas

AFM

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
von Stuck #21/48										0
Bechem #41 Left mid-season

Maserati

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Fangio #2/12/4/6/18/23/5/30/32/50										29.5
Bonetto #6/16/24/25/7/30/32/52										6.5
González #4/14/16/2/20/24 Left mid-season										14.5
Gálvez #8 Left mid-season										2
de Graffenried #18/30/46/31/17/42/58 Joined mid-season										7
Marimón #28/22/26/8/36/54 Joined mid-season										4
Claes #6 Stand-in										0
Landi #4/2 Joined mid-season										0
Lang #34 Stand-in										2
Bira #44 Joined mid-season										0
Mantovani #56 Joined mid-season										0
Musso #56 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Salvadori #26/50/12/15/22										0
Claes #30/48/12/26										0
McAlpine #28/11/16/24										0
Moss #34 Left mid-season										0
Pilette #40 Stand-in										0
Bira #42/10/14 Stand-in										0
Stewart #15 Stand-in										0
Rolt #14 Stand-in										0
Fairman #20 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Brown #20/19/38/46										0
Cruz #24 Left mid-season										0
Barber #22 Left mid-season										0
Wharton #32/40/16/20/30 Joined mid-season										0
Moss #36/19/28 Stand-in										0
Gerard #38 Stand-in										0
Crook #22 Stand-in										0
Stewart #18 Stand-in										0
Whitehead #20 Stand-in										0
Nuckey #40 Stand-in										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Ascari #10/2/5/1/4/46										46.5
Farina #12/6/14/24										32
Hawthorn #16/8/14/3/26										27
Villoresi #14/4/8/12/7/1/28/2										17
Rosier #10/32/44/9/20/64 Joined mid-season										0
Swaters #18/2 Stand-in										0
Adolff #34 Stand-in										0
Hirt #38 Stand-in										0
de Terra #40 Stand-in										0
Carini #12 Joined mid-season										0
Maglioli #10 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Trintignant #28/24/18/4/29/10/8/36										4
Schell #28/20/6/11/38										0
Behra #30/16/2/9/6 Left mid-season										0
Manzon #26 Left mid-season										0
Menditeguy #32 Left mid-season										0
Mieres #22/8/40 Stand-in										0
Wacker #38 Stand-in										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Macklin #38/22/26/1/16/14										0
Collins #36/26/28/2 Left mid-season										0
Frère #24/14 Stand-in										0
Cabantous #30/16 Stand-in										0
Hamilton #3 Stand-in										0
Fairman #4 Stand-in										0
Scherrer #18 Stand-in										0
Fitch #18 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Agabashian #59										1.5
Scott #73										0
Cross #16										6
Carter #3										2
Davies #53										0
Daywalt #48										0
Dinsmore #92										0
Faulkner #23										0
Hanks #3										2
Hartley #41										0
Holland #49										0
Holmes #62										0
Hoyt #55										0
Johnson #2										0
Linden #55/92										0
Mantz #23										0
McGrath #5										2
Nalon #9										0
Niday #99										0
Parsons #21										0
Russo #59/7										1.5
Rathmann #2/49										0
Scarborough #73										0
Stevenson #55										0
Teague #22										0
Thomson #62										0
Vukovich #14										9
Ward #92										0
Webb #62										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Ayulo #88										0
Bettenhausen #98										0
Flaherty #77										0
Hartley #98										0
Stevenson #97/98										0
Sweikert #51										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Legat #36 Left mid-season										0
Bauer #32 Joined mid-season										0
Heeks #23 Joined mid-season										0
Helfrich #24 Joined mid-season										0
Herrmann #31 Joined mid-season										0
Karch #26 Joined mid-season										0
Loof #30 Joined mid-season										0
Seidel #22 Joined mid-season										0