The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 13 September 1953 at Monza. It was the ninth and final race in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. This made it the last World Championship race to run under the Formula Two regulations. The 80-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. Nino Farina finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate Luigi Villoresi came in third.
Race report The initial part of the race was a four-way battle between Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Juan Manuel Fangio and Onofre Marimón. With five drivers running together on the last lap, the race saw a spectacular finish with Ascari and Farina ahead of Fangio approaching the last corner. Ascari made a mistake and spun. To avoid him, Farina pulled to the grass but recovered later. Fangio pounced on this window of opportunity and took a famous win. Ascari claimed the World Championship for Drivers' for the second, and final, time.
Entries +TeamNoDriverCarEngineTyre Scuderia Ferrari2 Luigi VilloresiFerrari Tipo 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L44 Alberto Ascari6 Nino Farina8 Mike Hawthorn10 Umberto MaglioliFerrari 553Ferrari 553 2.0 L412 Piero Carini HW Motors14 Lance MacklinHWM 53Alta GP 2.5 L416 Yves Giraud Cabantous18 John Fitch Connaught Engineering20 Jack FairmanConnaught Type ALea-Francis 2.0 L422 Roy Salvadori24 Kenneth McAlpine Ecurie Belge26 Johnny Claes Cooper Car Company28 Stirling MossCooper T24Alta GP 2.5 L4 Ken Wharton30 Ken WhartonCooper T23Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Louis Chiron32 Louis ChironOSCA 20OSCA 2000 2.0 L6 OSCA Automobili34 Élie Bayol Equipe Gordini36 Maurice TrintignantGordini Type 16Gordini 20 2.0 L638 Harry Schell40 Roberto Mieres Scuderia Milano42 Chico LandiMaserati A6GCMMaserati A6 2.0 L644 Prince Bira Equipe Anglaise46 Alan BrownCooper T23Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Hans Stuck48 Hans StuckAFM 6 Officine Alfieri Maserati50 Juan Manuel FangioMaserati A6GCMMaserati A6 2.0 L652 Felice Bonetto54 Onofre Marimón56 Sergio Mantovani Emmanuel de Graffenried58 Toulo de Graffenried Ecurie Rosier64 Louis RosierFerrari Tipo 500Ferrari 500 2.0 L4
Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2:02.7 — 2 50 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 2:03.2 + 0.5 3 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 2:03.9 + 1.2 4 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 2:04.1 + 1.4 5 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 2:04.6 + 1.9 6 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 2:04.9 + 2.2 7 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 2:05.1 + 2.4 8 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 2:05.7 + 3.0 9 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 2:05.9 + 3.2 10 28 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 2:06.6 + 3.9 11 10 Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 2:06.9 + 4.2 12 56 Sergio Mantovani Maserati 2:07.5 + 4.8 13 34 Élie Bayol OSCA 2:07.8 + 5.1 14 22 Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:08.0 + 5.3 15 38 Harry Schell Gordini 2:08.5 + 5.8 16 40 Roberto Mieres Gordini 2:08.8 + 6.1 17 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 2:08.9 + 6.2 18 24 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:09.0 + 6.3 19 30 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 2:09.3 + 6.6 20 12 Piero Carini Ferrari 2:09.5 + 6.8 21 42 Chico Landi Maserati 2:09.7 + 7.0 22 20 Jack Fairman Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:09.9 + 7.2 23 44 Prince Bira Maserati 2:10.1 + 7.4 24 46 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 2:10.5 + 7.8 25 32 Louis Chiron OSCA 2:10.8 + 8.1 26 18 John Fitch HWM-Alta 2:11.0 + 8.3 27 14 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 2:11.5 + 8.8 28 16 Yves Giraud Cabantous HWM-Alta 2:11.9 + 9.2 29 48 Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol 2:13.0 + 10.3 30 26 Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:14.6 + 11.9
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 50 Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 80 2:49:45.9 2 9 2 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 80 + 1.4 3 6 3 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 5 4 4 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 79 + 1 Lap 6 3 5 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 79 + 1 Lap 8 2 6 40 Roberto Mieres Gordini 77 + 3 Laps 16 7 56 Sergio Mantovani Luigi Musso Maserati 76 + 4 Laps 12 8 10 Umberto Maglioli Ferrari 75 + 5 Laps 11 9 38 Harry Schell Gordini 75 + 5 Laps 15 10 32 Louis Chiron OSCA 72 + 8 Laps 25 11 44 Prince Bira Maserati 72 + 8 Laps 23 12 46 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 70 + 10 Laps 24 13 28 Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta 70 + 10 Laps 10 14 48 Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol 67 + 13 Laps 29 15 16 Yves Giraud Cabantous HWM-Alta 67 + 13 Laps 28 16 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 65 + 15 Laps 17 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 79 Accident 1 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 77 Out of fuel 7 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 75 Accident 4 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 70 Engine 9 20 Jack Fairman Connaught-Lea-Francis 61 Not Classified 22 30 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 57 Not Classified 19 24 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 56 Not Classified 18 12 Piero Carini Ferrari 40 Engine 20 22 Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 33 Throttle 14 42 Chico Landi Maserati 18 Engine 21 34 Élie Bayol OSCA 17 Engine 13 18 John Fitch HWM-Alta 14 Engine 26 26 Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 7 Fuel System 30 14 Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 6 Engine 27 Notes – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
Shared drive Car #56: Mantovani (38 laps) then Musso (38 laps)
Final Championship standings Bold text indicates the World Champion. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Alberto Ascari 34.5 (46.5) 1 2 Juan Manuel Fangio 28 (29.5) 1 3 Nino Farina 26 (32) 4 Mike Hawthorn 19 (27) 1 5 Luigi Villoresi 17Source:
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