1953 Argentine Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 Argentina Argentine Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez Circuito N° 2 (Histórico).svg 18 January 1953 1952 Italian Grand Prix 1953 Indianapolis 500#World Drivers' Championship I Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina Autódromo 17 de Octubre, Buenos Aires, Argentina Permanent racing facility 2.431 3.912 97 235.788 379.464 Hot, dry Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:55.4 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:48.4 73 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari Italy José Froilán González Maserati Argentina ARG The 1953 Argentine Grand Prix was race 1 of 9 in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two regulations in 1952 and 1953. The race was held in Buenos Aires on 18 January 1953, at the Autódromo Gálvez (official name: Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, also known as the Autódromo 17 de Octubre) and was the first World Drivers' Championship race in South America. Race report thumb|left|250px|Local drivers Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González during a test prior to the race The inaugural Argentine Grand Prix, held in mid-January, was attended by four of the major works teams: Maserati, Ferrari, Cooper, and Gordini. Former World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio, who had not competed in the Championship since clinching the 1951 title in Spain, raced for Maserati alongside fellow Argentines José Froilán González and Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, and Italian driver Felice Bonetto. Ferrari lined up with the familiar trio of reigning World Champion Alberto Ascari, Nino Farina, and Luigi Villoresi, as well as their new signing Mike Hawthorn, who had driven a privateer Cooper the previous year. The Cooper team entered the British pair of Alan Brown and John Barber alongside the local driver Adolfo Schwelm Cruz. Gordini retained their 1952 trio of Robert Manzon, Maurice Trintignant, and Jean Behra, who were joined by a pair of Argentines—Carlos Menditeguy and Pablo Birger—the latter of which drove a Simca-Gordini. Ascari was once again the fastest qualifier, taking his fourth consecutive World Championship pole position. His teammates Villoresi and Farina lined up third and fourth, but the returning Fangio prevented a Ferrari front row lockout by qualifying second in his Maserati. González, in the second Maserati, started from row two alongside Hawthorn, making his first appearance for Ferrari, and the Gordini of Trintignant. The remaining Gordinis of Manzon, Menditeguy, and Behra made up the third row with Gálvez in his Maserati. Row four consisted of the Coopers of Brown and Schwelm Cruz, and Birger in the sole Simca-Gordini. At the back of the grid were the Maserati of Bonetto and Barber in the final Cooper. Due to President Juan Perón's decision to allow free access to the circuit, there were an excessive number of spectators and they lined the track as the race began. One of the spectators wandered onto the track, and, in order to avoid hitting him, Nino Farina was forced to swerve. Farina ultimately lost control of his car and crashed into the crowd on lap 31, killing 13 spectators. In the resulting mass panic, a boy ran in front of Brown's Cooper and was killed. Despite the fatalities at trackside, the race continued uninterrupted to its full race distance.Collantine Keith Peron's grand prix ends in carnage https://www.racefans.net/2013/01/18/1953-argentinian-grand-prix/ 18 January 2013 10 February 2021 Racefans Ascari, who started from pole, led the entirety of the race, taking his seventh consecutive World Championship race victory, and, in so doing, established an early lead in the Drivers' Championship. Fangio was in second until a transmission issue forced him to retire from the race. Manzon initially inherited the position, but Villoresi ultimately took second place, a lap behind his teammate. Hawthorn had been running in third, although he was eventually overtaken by González, preventing a Ferrari 1-2-3. Hawthorn finished fourth, ahead of Gálvez, who took the final points in his first and only World Championship race.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr024.html Argentine GP, 1953 Race Report Grandprix.com 16 July 2013 Entries No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 4 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 6 Italy Felice Bonetto Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 8 Argentina Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 10 Italy Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 12 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 14 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 16 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 20 UK Alan Brown Cooper Car Co. Cooper-Bristol Cooper T20 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 22 UK John Barber Cooper-Bristol Cooper T23 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 24 Argentina Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Cooper-Bristol Cooper T20 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 26 France Robert Manzon Equipe Gordini Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 28 France Maurice Trintignant1 1 Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 30 France Jean Behra Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 32 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 34 Argentina Pablo Birger Simca-Gordini Simca-Gordini T15 Gordini 1500 1.5 L4 Englebert Sources:http://www.manipef1.com/results/1953/argentina/entries/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120509151100/http://www.manipef1.com/results/1953/argentina/entries/ 9 May 2012 1953 Argentine Grand Prix - Race Entries manipef1.com usurped 6 January 2016http://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1953&gp=Argentine%20GP&r=1&type=ent 1953 Argentine GP - Entry List chicanef1.com 23 June 2014 1 1 — Maurice Trintignant qualified and drove 50 laps of the race in the #28 Gordini. Harry Schell took over the car for the remainder of the race.http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/race/1412.html Argentine Grand Prix 1953 - Results ESPN F1 8 April 2014 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 10 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:55.4 — 2 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 1:56.1 +0.7 3 14 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 1:56.5 +1.1 4 12 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 1:57.1 +1.7 5 4 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 1:58.5 +3.1 6 16 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 1:59.4 +4.0 7 28 France Maurice Trintignant Gordini 2:00.4 +5.0 8 26 France Robert Manzon Gordini 2:00.9 +5.5 9 8 Argentina Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Maserati 2:01.3 +5.9 10 32 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Gordini 2:01.8 +6.4 11 30 France Jean Behra Gordini 2:02.6 +7.2 12 20 UK Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 2:03.2 +7.8 13 24 Argentina Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Cooper-Bristol 2:03.7 +8.3 14 34 Argentina Pablo Birger Simca-Gordini-Gordini 2:03.8 +8.4 15 6 Italy Felice Bonetto Maserati 2:04.2 +8.8 16 22 UK John Barber Cooper-Bristol 2:06.8 +11.4Source:http://f1pulse.com/racecard/Argentina_1953/3D3C/race_card_qualify.aspx 1953 Argentine Grand Prix - Qualifying and Race Results f1pulse.com 16 July 2013 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 97 3:01:04.6 1 91 1 2 14 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 96 +1 lap 3 6 3 4 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 96 +1 lap 5 4 4 16 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 96 +1 lap 6 3 5 8 Argentina Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Maserati 96 +1 lap 9 2 6 30 France Jean Behra Gordini 94 +3 laps 11 7 28 France Maurice TrintignantUnited States 1912 Harry Schell Gordini 91 +6 laps 7 8 22 UK John Barber Cooper-Bristol 90 +7 laps 16 9 20 UK Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol 87 +10 laps 12 Ret Retired 26 France Robert Manzon Gordini 67 Wheel 8 Ret Retired 2 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 36 Transmission 2 Ret Retired 6 Italy Felice Bonetto Maserati 32 Transmission 15 Ret Retired 12 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 31 Accident 4 Ret Retired 32 Argentina Carlos Menditeguy Gordini 24 Gearbox 10 Ret Retired 34 Argentina Pablo Birger Simca-Gordini-Gordini 21 Differential 14 Ret Retired 24 Argentina Adolfo Schwelm Cruz Cooper-Bristol 20 Wheel 13Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1953/689/ 1953 Argentine Grand Prix formula1.com 4 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118225015/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1953/689/ 18 January 2015 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap Shared drives Car #28: Maurice Trintignant (50 laps) and Harry Schell (41 laps). Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Italy Alberto Ascari 9 2 Italy Luigi Villoresi 6 3 Argentina José Froilán González 4 4 UK Mike Hawthorn 3 5 Argentina Óscar Alfredo Gálvez 2Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1953/argentine/championnat.aspx Argentina 1953 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 3 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. References 30em Argentine Grand Prix 1953 1952 Italian Grand Prix 1953 Indianapolis 500 N/A 1954 Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix Category:Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix Argentine Grand Prix