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1953 Grand Prix of Germany
2 August - Nürburgring: 410.58 km (22.81 km x 18 Laps)



Pole position: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 9:59.8
Fastest Lap: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 9:56.0 = 137.78 km/h

Results:

1  Giuseppe Farina           Ferrari                 3:02:25.0 = 135.05 km/h
2  Juan Manuel Fangio        Maserati                - 01:04.0
3  Mike Hawthorn             Ferrari                 - 01:39.8
4  Felice Bonetto            Maserati                - 08:48.6
5  Emmanuel de Graffenried   Maserati                - 1 lap
6  Stirling Moss             Cooper-Alta             - 1 lap 
7  Jacques Swaters           Ferrari                 - 1 lap 
8  Alberto Ascari            Ferrari                 - 1 lap 
9  Hans Hermann              Veritas-Meteor          - 1 lap 
10 Louis Rosier              Ferrari                 - 1 lap 
11 Rodney Nuckey             Cooper-Bristol          - 2 laps
12 Theo Helfrich             Veritas                 - 2 laps
13 Ken McAlpine              Connaught               - 2 laps
14 Rudolph Krause            BMW-Eigenbau            - 2 laps
15 Ernst Klodwig             BMW-Heck                - 3 laps
16 Wolfgang Seidel           Veritas                 - 4 laps

Retirements:

   Alan Brown                Cooper-Bristol          16 laps     Engine
   Luigi Villoresi/
   Alberto Ascari            Ferrari                 15 laps     Engine
   Onofre Marimon            Maserati                14 laps     Suspension
   Edgar Barth               E.M.W.-B.M.W.           12 laps     Exhaust
   Johnny Claes              Connaught               12 laps      
   Otto Karch                Veritas                 11 laps
   Willi Heeks               Veritas-Meteor           9 laps
   Jean Behra                Gordini                  8 laps     Gearbox
   Birabongse Bhanuban       Connaught                7 laps     Broken Rocker
   Harry Schell              Gordini                  7 laps     Gasket
   Theo Fitzau               A.F.M.-B.M.W.            3 laps
   Kurt Adolff               Ferrari                  3 laps
   Günther Bechem            A.F.M.-B.M.W.            3 laps
   Erwin Bauer               Veritas                  2 laps
   Maurice Trintignant       Gordini                  2 laps     
   Roy Salvadori             Connaught                1 lap      Gasket
   Hans Stuck                A.F.M.-Küchen            1 lap      
   Ernst Loof                Veritas-Meteor           1 lap      Fuel Pump

Qualifying times:

1 1    Alberto Ascari   Ferrari            9'59.8
2 5    J.M.Fangio       Maserati          10'03.7
3 2    Nino Farina      Ferrari           10'04.1
4 3    Mike Hawthorn    Ferrari           10'12.6
5 10   M.Trintignant    Gordini           10'21.7
6 4    Luigi Villoresi  Ferrari           10'22.8
7 7    Felice Bonetto   Maserati          10'40.8
8 8    Onofre Marimon   Maserati          10'41.0
9 9    Jean Behra       Gordini           10'45.5
10 11  Harry Schell     Gordini           10'46.6
11 17  T.de Graffenried Maserati          10'46.6
12 19  Stirling Moss    Cooper/Alta       10'48.3
13 15  Roy Salvadori    Connaught/Francis 10'57.5
14 31  Hans Herrmann    Veritas           10'59.8
15 14  Prince Bira      Connaught/Francis 11'02.1
16 16  Ken McAlpine     Connaught/Francis 11'07.3
17 38  Alan Brown       Cooper/Bristol    11'08.7
18 23  Willi Heeks      Veritas           11'18.0
19 18  Jacques Swaters  Ferrari           11'18.9
20 40  Rodney Nuckey    Cooper/Bristol    11'22.1
21 28  Theo Fitzau      AFM/BMW           11'24.3
22 20  Louis Rosier     Ferrari           11'27.4
23 21  Hans von Stuck   AFM/Bristol       11'37.2
24 35  Edgar Barth      EMW/BMW           11'40.8
25 12  Johnny Claes     Connaught/Francis 11'45.5
26 36  Rudolf Krause    BMW               11'49.5
27 34  Kurt Adolff      Ferrari           11'53.1
28 24  Theo Helfrich    Veritas           11'56.3
29 22  Wolfgang Seidel  Veritas           11'59.3
30 41  Guenther Bechem  AFM/BMW           12'13.3
31 30  Ernst Loof       Veritas           12'16.8
32 37  Ernst Klodwig    BMW               12'24.6
33 32  Erwin Bauer      Veritas           no time
34 26  Oswald Karch     Veritas           no time
 Not present 
35 6   J.F.Gonzalez     Maserati          no time
36 39  Helmut Glockler  Cooper/Bristol    no time






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