1953 Pau Grand Prix

France Pau 6 April 1953 Carte circuit de Pau.png XIV Pau Grand Prix Pau, France Temporary Street Circuit 1.720 2.760 106 186.666 300.410 Alberto Ascari ITA Scuderia Ferrari 1:39.2 Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari 1:38.9 ITA Alberto Ascari ITA Scuderia Ferrari Mike Hawthorn GBR Scuderia Ferrari Harry Schell USA 1912 Equipe Gordini The 1953 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 6 April 1953 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Alberto Ascari for the second year running, driving the Ferrari 500. Mike Hawthorn finished second and Harry Schell third. Classification Race Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 6 ITA Alberto Ascari Ferrari 500 106 1 2 10 GBR Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 500 105 + 1 lap 3 3 22 USA 1912 Harry Schell Gordini T16 102 + 4 laps 11 4 28 FRA Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. 20 102 + 4 laps 7 5 12 FRA Louis Rosier Ferrari 500 101 + 5 laps 10 6 26 MON Louis Chiron O.S.C.A. 20 99 + 7 laps 6 7 32 ITA Nello Pagani Maserati A6GCM 98 + 8 laps 13 8 14 BEL Roger Laurent Ferrari 500 96 + 10 laps 12 9 30 FRA Eugène Martin Veritas Jicey 2 81 + 15 laps 14 Ret 20 FRA Maurice Trintignant Gordini T16 75 Retired 5 Ret 16 BEL Johnny Claes Connaught Type A-Lea Francis 65 Spun-off 8 Ret 24 FRA Andre Simon Gordini T16 44 Driver illness 9 Ret 8 ITA Giuseppe Farina Ferrari 500 33 Accident 2 Ret 18 FRA Jean Behra Gordini T16 6 Accident 4 DNA 2 GBR Lance Macklin HWM 53-Alta Did Not Attend DNA 4 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous HWM 53-Alta Did Not Attend Fastest Lap: Alberto Ascari (Scuderia Ferrari) – 1:38.9 Sources: http://www.formula2.net/F253_4.htm XIV Grand Prix Automobile de Pau 1953 formula2.net dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151008113623/http://www.formula2.net/F253_4.htm 8 October 2015 11 October 2021 Pau Grand Prix 1953 1953 Syracuse Grand Prix 1953 Lavant Cup 1952 Pau Grand Prix 1954 Pau Grand Prix References Category:Pau Grand Prix Category:1953 in French motorsport