1953 Dutch Grand Prix

F1 The Netherlands Dutch Circuit Park Zandvoort-1948.svg Zandvoort original layout 7 June 1953 1953 Indianapolis 500#World Drivers' Championship 1953 Belgian Grand Prix IV Grote Prijs van Nederland Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands Permanent racing facility 2.605 4.193 90 234.488 377.370 Sunny, mild, dry Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:51.1 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 1:52.8 59 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari Italy Nino Farina Ferrari Italy José Froilán González Maserati Argentina Felice Bonetto Italy NED The 1953 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 7 June 1953 at the Circuit Zandvoort. It was race 3 of 9 in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari after he started from pole position. His teammate Nino Farina finished second and Maserati drivers José Froilán González and Felice Bonetto came in third Race report thumb|left|300px|Ascari after winning the Grand Prix with Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld to his left. The Dutch Grand Prix, which had been held in August the previous year, moved to an earlier June calendar slot in 1953. Ferrari retained the same four drivers who had competed at Buenos Aires—Alberto Ascari, Luigi Villoresi, Nino Farina and Mike Hawthorn—while there was also a privateer Ferrari for Frenchman Louis Rosier. The Scuderia's most significant competition came from the Maserati team, who came to Zandvoort with three of their four drivers from the Argentine Grand Prix: Juan Manuel Fangio, José Froilán González and Felice Bonetto. Swiss driver Toulo de Graffenried raced in a privateer Maserati for Enrico Platé's team. Gordini also entered three cars for this event, with Maurice Trintignant and Harry Schell (who had shared Trintignant's car at Buenos Aires) being retained from their lineup for Argentina. Roberto Mieres made his Grand Prix debut in the team's third car. The Connaught works team retained Kenneth McAlpine and Stirling Moss from their lineup for the previous European race, the Italian Grand Prix, while fellow British driver Roy Salvadori also drove for the team, and Johnny Claes entered a privateer Connaught. HWM also stuck with the drivers who had competed for them in Monza—Peter Collins and Lance Macklin—while Ken Wharton completed the field in his privateer Cooper-Bristol. Ascari took his fifth consecutive pole position (excluding the Indy 500, in which none of the European teams competed), and he was joined on the front row by Fangio in his Maserati and the second Ferrari of Farina. Villoresi in the third Ferrari started from the second row, alongside the Maserati of González, while the third row consisted of Hawthorn in the remaining works Ferrari and a pair of privateers—de Graffenried in a Maserati and Rosier in his Ferrari. The final works Maserati of Bonetto could only manage to qualify on the fifth row of the grid, starting from thirteenth. The race was held in very difficult conditions – the track was made slippery by loose grit. The Ferraris had better road holding and once again Alberto Ascari led from start to finish, while the main competition for second place was between his teammates Farina and Villoresi. Farina ultimately finished second, while Villoresi, who took the point for fastest lap, was forced to retire with a throttle issue. A problem with his suspension forced González to retire. Three laps later, however, he took over his teammate Felice Bonetto's car and ran out the winner of an exciting duel with Mike Hawthorn, once again depriving Ferrari of a 1-2-3. González and Bonetto shared the four points for third place. Fangio retired with a broken back axle, having been in fourth behind the leading Ferrari trio at the time. Toulo de Graffenried took the final points position in fifth, his first points since the 1951 Swiss Grand Prix.http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr026.html Dutch GP, 1953 Race Report Grandprix.com 17 July 2013 Ascari's eighth consecutive World Championship race victory (ignoring the Indianapolis 500) gave him a clear lead in the points standings. He was eight points clear of Bill Vukovich, the winner at Indianapolis, while his nearest genuine rivals for the Drivers' Championship were his teammates Villoresi and Farina, who were in third and fourth, respectively. González and Hawthorn were level on points with Farina, eleven points adrift of Ascari. Entries No Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre 2 Italy Alberto Ascari Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 4 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 6 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Pirelli 10 France Louis Rosier Ecurie Rosier Ferrari Ferrari 500 Ferrari Type 500 2.0 L4 Dunlop 12 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Officine Alfieri Maserati Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 14 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 16 Italy Felice Bonetto1 1 Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 18 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Enrico Platé Maserati Maserati A6GCM-53 Maserati A6G 2.0 L6 Pirelli 20 United States 1912 Harry Schell Equipe Gordini Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 22 Argentina Roberto Mieres2 2 Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 24 France Maurice Trintignant Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert 26 UK Roy Salvadori Connaught Engineering Connaught-Lea Francis Connaught A Lea Francis 2.0 L4 Dunlop 28 UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea Francis Connaught A Lea Francis 2.0 L4 Dunlop 30 Belgium Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Connaught-Lea Francis Connaught A Lea Francis 2.0 L4 Englebert 32 UK Ken Wharton Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol Cooper T23 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Dunlop 34 UK Stirling Moss Connaught Engineering Connaught-Lea Francis Connaught A Lea Francis 2.0 L4 Dunlop 36 UK Peter Collins HW Motors HWM-Alta HWM 53 Alta F2 2.0 L4 Dunlop 38 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta HWM 53 Alta F2 2.0 L4 Dunlop 40 United States 1912 Fred Wacker3 3 Equipe Gordini Gordini Gordini T16 Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Englebert Sources:http://www.manipef1.com/results/1953/netherlands/entries/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120509150049/http://www.manipef1.com/results/1953/netherlands/entries/ 9 May 2012 1953 Dutch Grand Prix - Race Entries manipef1.com usurped 6 January 2016http://chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1953&gp=Dutch%20GP&r=1&type=ent 1953 Dutch GP - Entry List chicanef1.com 23 June 2014 1 1 — Felice Bonetto qualified and drove 25 laps of the race in the #16 Maserati. José Froilán González, whose own car had already retired, took over the car for the remainder of the race.http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/race/1414.html Dutch Grand Prix 1953 - Results ESPN F1 23 June 2014 2 2 — Jean Behra was initially due to drive the #22 Gordini,http://www.statsf1.com/en/1953/pays-bas/engages.aspx Netherlands 1953 - Race entrants statsf1.com 23 June 2014 but, due to injuries suffered at the non-championship Pau Grand Prix,http://jg-f1.com/driver-spotlight-jean-behra/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131005232350/http://jg-f1.com/driver-spotlight-jean-behra/ 5 October 2013 Driver spotlight #1: Jean Behra – Behra the Brave jg-f1.com 19 September 2013 6 January 2016 he was unable to participate, and so was replaced by Roberto Mieres.http://richardsf1.com/2011/12/03/happy-87th-birthday-roberto-mieres/ Happy 87th birthday, Roberto Mieres! richardsf1.com 3 December 2011 23 June 2014 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20151001051316/http://richardsf1.com/2011/12/03/happy-87th-birthday-roberto-mieres/ 1 October 2015 3 3 — Fred Wacker neither set a qualifying time nor started the race, as his engine was used by Harry Schell.http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/1953/53nl.html 1953 Dutch Grand Prix silhouet.com 23 June 2014 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 2 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1:51.1 — 2 12 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 1:52.7 +1.6 3 6 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 1:53.0 +1.9 4 4 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 1:53.7 +2.6 5 14 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 1:54.1 +3.0 6 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 1:54.9 +3.8 7 18 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 1:58.7 +7.6 8 10 France Louis Rosier Ferrari 1:59.5 +8.4 9 34 UK Stirling Moss Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:00.0 +8.9 10 20 United States 1912 Harry Schell Gordini 2:00.1 +9.0 11 26 UK Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:00.5 +9.4 12 24 France Maurice Trintignant Gordini 2:01.2 +10.1 13 16 Italy Felice Bonetto Maserati 2:01.5 +10.4 14 28 UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:01.9 +10.8 15 38 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 2:02.4 +11.3 16 36 UK Peter Collins HWM-Alta 2:03.1 +12.0 17 30 Belgium Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 2:03.9 +12.8 18 32 UK Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 2:06.4 +15.3 19 22 Argentina Roberto Mieres Gordini 2:08.5 +17.4 20 40 United States 1912 Fred Wacker Gordini No time —Source:http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/result.php?RaceID=NL53 Dutch Grand Prix - Zandvoort, 7 Jun 1953 oldracingcars 23 August 2018 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Italy Alberto Ascari Ferrari 90 2:53:35.8 1 8 2 6 Italy Nino Farina Ferrari 90 + 10.4 3 6 3 16 Italy Felice BonettoArgentina José Froilán González Maserati 89 + 1 Lap 13 22 4 8 UK Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 89 + 1 Lap 6 3 5 18 Switzerland Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 88 + 2 Laps 7 2 6 24 France Maurice Trintignant Gordini 87 + 3 Laps 12   7 10 France Louis Rosier Ferrari 86 + 4 Laps 8   8 36 UK Peter Collins HWM-Alta 84 + 6 Laps 16   9 34 UK Stirling Moss Connaught-Lea-Francis 83 + 7 Laps 9   Ret Retired 4 Italy Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 67 Throttle 4 11 1 Ret Retired 28 UK Kenneth McAlpine Connaught-Lea-Francis 63 Engine 14   Ret Retired 20 United States 1912 Harry Schell Gordini 59 Transmission 10   NC Not classified 30 Belgium Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea-Francis 52 Not Classified 17   Ret Retired 12 Argentina Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati 36 Axle 2   Ret Retired 22 Argentina Roberto Mieres Gordini 28 Transmission 19   Ret Retired 14 Argentina José Froilán González Maserati 22 Rear Axle 5   Ret Retired 32 UK Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol 19 Physical 18   Ret Retired 26 UK Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea-Francis 14 Engine 11   Ret Retired 38 UK Lance Macklin HWM-Alta 7 Throttle 15   DNS Did not start 40 United States 1912 Fred Wacker Gordini 0 Did not start  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1953/691/ 1953 Dutch Grand Prix formula1.com 4 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118203358/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1953/691/ 18 January 2015 Notes 1 1 – 1 point for fastest lap Shared drives Car #16: Felice Bonetto (25 laps) and José Froilán González (64 laps). They shared the points for 3rd place. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 Italy Alberto Ascari 17 10px 2 USA 1912 Bill Vukovich 9 10px 3 Italy Luigi Villoresi 7 10px 26 4 Italy Nino Farina 6 10px 1 5 USA 1912 Art Cross 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1953/pays-bas/championnat.aspx Netherlands 1953 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 3 March 2019 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References 30em External links Dutch Grand Prix 1953 1953 Indianapolis 500 1953 Belgian Grand Prix 1952 Dutch Grand Prix 1955 Dutch Grand Prix Dutch Grand Prix Category:Dutch Grand Prix Grand Prix Dutch Grand Prix