1953 Avusrennen

Germany Avusrennen IX Internationales AvD Avusrennen AVUS, Berlin Circuit AVUS.svg 12 July 1953 Temporary road circuit 8.300 km mi on 25 207.50 km mi on Jacques Swaters Ferrari BEL Theo Helfrich Veritas 2:31.9 GER Jacques Swaters BEL Ferrari Hans Klenk GER Veritas Theo Helfrich GER Veritas The 9th Internationales AdV Avusrennen was a Formula Two motor race held on 12 July 1953 at the AVUS circuit. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by Belgian driver Jacques Swaters in a Ferrari 500. Hans Klenk in a Veritas Meteor finished second and Theo Helfrich in another Veritas was third and set fastest lap. http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#avusr Non World Championship Grands Prix silhouet.com 2022-07-28 https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_29.htm IX Internationales AvD Avusrennen 1953 the-fastlane.co.uk 2022-07-28 Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Position 1 18 BEL Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 1:05:03.3, 189.27 kph 2 30 GER Hans Klenk Hans Klenk Veritas Meteor +2:42.5 3 24 GER Theo Helfrich Theo Helfrich Veritas RS-BMW 328 +2:55.9 4 21 GER Hans Herrmann Hans Herrmann Veritas RS-BMW 328 +1 lap 5 16 GBR Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol +1 lap 6 10 BEL Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 7 31 GER Ernst Klodwig Ernst Klodwig Eigenbau-BMW 328 +1 lap NC 29 GER Ernst Lautenschlager Ernst Lautenschlager Krakau Special-BMW 328 +4 laps NC 15 FRA Maurice Monnier Maurice Monnier Monnier Special-BMW 328 +4 laps Ret. 34 GER Kurt Adolff Ecurie Espadon Ferrari 500 20 laps, accident Ret. 26 GER Oswald Karch Oswald Karch Veritas RS-BMW 328 18 laps Ret. 17 Siam B. Bira Prince Birabongse Maserati A6GCM 15 laps Ret. 23 GER Willi Heeks Willi Heeks Veritas Meteor 10 laps Ret. 32 GER Karl-Günther Bechem Karl-Günther Bechem AFM-BMW 328 8 laps Ret. 20 ITA Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu Maserati 4CLT/48 5 laps Ret. 11 GBR Alan Brown Equipe Anglaise Cooper T23-Bristol 2 laps, accident Ret. 22 GER Wolfgang Seidel Wolfgang Seidel Veritas RS-BMW 328 2 laps Ret. 35 GER Edgar Barth EMW Rennkollektiv EMW-BMW 328 1 lap, clutch Ret. 37 GER Kurt Straubel Kurt Straubel Eigenbau BMW-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 38 GER Heinz Melkus Heinz Melkus Veritas RS-Alfa Romeo 0 laps Ret. 40 GER Arthur Rosenhammer EMW Rennkollektiv EMW-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 14 FRA Paul Delebarre Paul Delebarre Delebarre Simca Speciale-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 33 GER Adolf Lang Adolf Lang Veritas RS-BMW 328 0 laps Ret. 36 GER Rudolf Krause Dora Greifzu Greifzu-BMW 328 0 laps References Avusrennen 1953 1953 Crystal Palace Trophy 1953 United States Air Force Trophy 1952 Avusrennen 1954 Avusrennen Avusrennen Avusrennen Avusrennen