1953 Dutch Grand Prix

  1953 Dutch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 9 in the 1953 World Drivers' Championship
Zandvoort original layout
Date	7 June 1953
Official name	IV Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.193 km (3.053 mi)
Distance	90 laps, 377.370 km (234.487 mi)
Weather	Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	1:51.1
Fastest lap
Driver	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
Time	1:52.8 on lap 59
Podium
First	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Second	Nino Farina	Ferrari
Third	José Froilán González Felice Bonetto	Maserati
Lap leaders

The 1953 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 7 June 1953 at the Circuit Zandvoort. It was the third round of the 1953 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.

Race report [edit]

The Ferraris returned to their standard configuration for the Dutch Grand Prix, which was held in very difficult conditions – the track was made slippery by loose grit. The Ferraris had better road holding and once again Alberto Ascari led from start to finish from Nino Farina. José Froilán González took over Felice Bonetto's car and ran out the winner of an exciting duel with Mike Hawthorn. Juan Manuel Fangio retired with a broken back axle, whilst Peter Collins was eighth in the highest-placed British car.

Classification [edit]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	90	2:53:35.8	1	8
2	6	Nino Farina	Ferrari	90	+ 10.4	3	6
3	16	Felice Bonetto† José Froilán González†	Maserati	89	+ 1 Lap	13	2 2
4	8	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	89	+ 1 Lap	6	3
5	18	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	88	+ 2 Laps	7	2
6	24	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	87	+ 3 Laps	12
7	10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	86	+ 4 Laps	8
8	36	Peter Collins	HWM-Alta	84	+ 6 Laps	16
9	34	Stirling Moss	Connaught-Lea-Francis	83	+ 7 Laps	9
Ret	4	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	67	Throttle	4	1
Ret	28	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Lea-Francis	63	Engine	14
Ret	20	Harry Schell	Gordini	59	Transmission	10
NC	30	Johnny Claes	Connaught-Lea-Francis	52	Not Classified	17
Ret	12	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	36	Axle	2
Ret	22	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	28	Transmission	19
Ret	14	José Froilán González	Maserati	22	Rear Axle	5
Ret	32	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	19	Physical	18
Ret	26	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea-Francis	14	Engine	11
Ret	38	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	7	Throttle	15

†Shared Drive – Car #16: Bonetto (25 laps) then González (64 laps). They shared the points for 3rd place.

Drivers' Championship standings after the race [edit]

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Alberto Ascari	17
	2	Bill Vukovich	9
	3	Luigi Villoresi	7
26	4	Nino Farina	6
1	5	Art Cross	6

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.