1953 Albi Grand Prix

NC France Albi 31 May 1953 Albi track.jpg XV Grand Prix de l'Albigeois Circuit Les Planques, Albi, France Temporary Road Circuit 8.954 km mi on 18 161.162 km mi on Ken Wharton BRM 2:52.0 GBR Louis Rosier FRA Ferrari José Froilán González ARG BRM Maurice Trintignant FRA Gordini The XV Grand Prix de l'Albigeois was a combined Formula One and Formula Two motor race held on 31 May 1953 at Circuit Les Planques, Albi, France. The race was held over two heats of 10 laps; one for Formula One and one for Formula Two, and a final of 18 laps in which both classes took part. The top four finishers in each heat qualified for the final, plus another four based on finishing position. Élie Bayol in an O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 qualified in pole position for the Formula Two heat but finished second behind Louis Rosier's Ferrari 500. Peter Whitehead was third in a Cooper T24-Alta. Roberto Mieres set fastest lap in his Gordini Type 16. In the Formula One heat, Juan Manuel Fangio qualified on pole, set fastest lap and won in a BRM Type 15. José Froilán González was second in another Type 15 and Louis Rosier was third in a Ferrari 375. Rosier won the final in the Ferrari 375. González was second and Maurice Trintignant third in a Gordini Type 16. Ken Wharton set fastest lap in another BRM Type 16.https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_17.htm XV Grand Prix d'Albi 1953 2022-06-07http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1953/1953.html#albi 1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix 2022-07-22 Classification Heat One - Formula Two cars Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 2 FRA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 500 33:41.4, 158.19 kph 3 2 8 FRA Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 +24.5s 1 3 10 GBR Peter Whitehead Graham Whitehead Cooper T24-Alta +52.7s 5 4 6 ARG Roberto Mieres Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +54.0s 4 5 12 USA 1911 Tom Cole Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol +1:31.2 6 6 16 BEL Charles de Tornaco Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 +2:26.3 8 7 14 BEL Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +3:00.4 7 8 18 GBR John Lyons Connaught Engineering Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +3:12.1 9 Ret. 4 USA 1911 Harry Schell Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 8 laps, spark plugs 2 DNA 20 GBR Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol Heat Two - Formula One cars Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 7 ARG Juan Manuel Fangio BRM Ltd. BRM Type 15 29:57.8, 178.15 kph 1 2 9 GBR Ken Wharton BRM Ltd. BRM Type 15 +1:11.5 4 3 5 FRA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 375 +2:06.6 10 4 15 FRA Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +2:10.5 6 5 11 ARG José Froilán González BRM Ltd. BRM Type 15 +2:52.5 3 6 17 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C +1 lap 7 7 21 ITA Giovanni de Riu Giovanni de Riu Maserati 4CLT/48 +1 lap 9 Ret. 19 GBR Duncan Hamilton Duncan Hamilton Talbot-Lago T26C 8 laps, gearbox 8 Ret. 3 ITA Giuseppe Farina G.A. Vandervell Ferrari 375 5 laps, engine 5 Ret. 1 ITA Alberto Ascari Ferrari Ferrari 375 3 laps, gearbox 2 Final Formula One competitors highlighted in blue. Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 5 FRA Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari 375 56:36.8, 169.72 kph 3 2 11 ARG José Froilán González BRM Ltd. BRM Type 15 +31.0s 2 3 15 FRA Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +1:53.8 4 4 6 ARG Roberto Mieres Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +1 lap 7 5 10 GBR Peter Whitehead Graham Whitehead Cooper T24-Alta +1 lap 6 6 14 BEL Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +1 lap 11 7 12 USA 1911 Tom Cole Atlantic Stable Cooper T23-Bristol +1 lap 8 Ret. 16 BEL Charles de Tornaco Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 11 laps, engine 10 Ret. 9 GBR Ken Wharton British Racing Motors BRM Type 15 11 laps, accident 2 Ret. 7 ARG Juan Manuel Fangio British Racing Motors BRM Type 15 9 laps, tyres/brakes 1 Ret. 17 FRA Yves Giraud-Cabantous1 Ecurie Rosier Talbot-Lago T26C 9 laps, mechanical 12 Ret. 8 FRA Élie Bayol Élie Bayol O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 2 laps, clutch 5 1Lyons should have been in the final but had packed his car away, believing he had been eliminated. Giraud-Cabantous took his place. References Albi Grand Prix 1953 1953 Eifelrennen 1953 Coupe de Printemps 1952 Albi Grand Prix 1954 Albi Grand Prix Albi Grand Prix Albi Grand Prix Albi Grand Prix Albi Grand Prix