1953 Circuit du Lac

Formula Two race France Circuit du Lac 26 July 1953 Circuit du Lac Aix les Bains plan.JPG V Circuit du Lac Aix-les-Bains Circuit du Lac, Savoie, France Temporary Street Circuit 2.409 km mi on 2 x 50 240.94 km mi on Harry Schell USA Gordini 1:20.0 Jean Behra Gordini 1:20.0 FRA Élie Bayol FRA O.S.C.A. Louis Rosier FRA Ferrari Lance Macklin GBR HWM-Alta The 5th Circuit du Lac was a Formula Two motor race held on 26 July 1953 at the Aix-les-Bains Circuit du Lac, France. The race was run over two heats each of 50 laps, with the winner being decided by aggregate time. The winner was Élie Bayol in an O.S.C.A. Tipo 20, finishing second and first in the two heats. Louis Rosier was second in a Ferrari 500 and Lance Macklin third in a HWM-Alta. Gordini driver Jean Behra won the first heat and set fastest overall lap during heat 2, and his teammate Harry Schell set pole position and fastest lap for heat 1, but both retired with mechanical problems.http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_32.htm V Circuit du Lac 1953 2022-07-25http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#lac 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-07-25 Classification Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid1 Heat 1 Heat 2 1 12 FRA Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 2:22:45.4, 101.27 kph 5 2 1 2 8 FRA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 +2:02.7 7 3 2 3 14 UK Lance Macklin HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta +4 laps 8 4 3 4 24 USA 1911 John Fitch R.J. Chase Cooper T23-Bristol +7 laps 10 8 4 NC 18 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta +12 laps 11 6 NC Ret. 6 USA 1911 Harry Schell Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 71 laps 1 7 Ret., 21 laps, spark plugs Ret. 4 USA 1911 Jean Behra Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 70 laps 6 1 Ret., 20 laps, rear axle Ret. 16 GBR Peter Collins HW Motors Ltd HWM-Alta 52 laps 9 5 Ret., 5 laps, clutch Ret. 22 ARG Onofre Marimón Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM 14 laps 2 Ret., 14 laps, crash DNS Ret. 2 FRA Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 14 laps 3 Ret., 14 laps, fire DNS Ret. 20 CH Emmanuel de Graffenried Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati A6GCM 8 laps 4 Ret., 5 laps, oil pump Ret., 3 laps, ignition DNA 10 FRA Louis Chiron Louis Chiron O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 1Heat 1 grid; grid places for heat 2 were determined by the finishing order in heat 1 References Circuit du Lac 1953 1953 United States Air Force Trophy 1953 Bristol MC & LCC Race 1952 Circuit du Lac — Circuit du Lac Circuit du Lac Circuit du Lac