1953 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament 1953 World Sportscar Championship none 1954 The 1953 World Sportscar Championship was the first FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a seven race World Sports Car Championship (Makes), 1974 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, Grey section, page 122 international motor racing series for sports cars contested from 8 March to 23 November 1953. The championship was won by Ferrari. Season thumb|Ferrari won the championship with its 340 MM (pictured) and 375 MM models thumb|Jaguar placed second with its C-Type thumb|Aston Martin placed third with its DB3 (pictured) and DB3S models thumb|Lancia placed equal fourth with its D20 & D24 models. A D24 is pictured above thumb|Cunningham placed equal fourth with its C-4R (pictured) and C-5R models The 1953 World Sports Car Championship was contested over a seven race series. Now legendary and shockingly dangerous races such as the Mille Miglia and the Carrera Panamericana were part of an international race calendar, accompanied by the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Spa, with the inaugural race being the 12 Hours of Sebring in the United States. The Championship was for manufacturers, and works teams such as Scuderia Ferrari, Lancia, Aston Martin and Jaguar leading the way, but the majority of the fields were made up of amateur or gentlemen drivers, often up against professional racing drivers with experience in Formula One. Sometimes, even the Drivers World Champion joined in. Entries were divided into classes based on engine displacement. Scuderia Ferrari were a dominant force in 1953, winning three of the seven races. Season results Results Round Date Event Circuit or Location Winning driver Winning team Winning car Results 108/03 USA 1912 12 Hours of SebringSebring International Raceway USA 1912 Phil WaltersUSA 1912 John Fitch USA 1912 Briggs Cunningham Cunningham C-4R Results 226/04 ITA Mille MigliaBrescia-Rome-Brescia ITA Giannino MarzottoITA Marco Crosara ITA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 340 MM Results 313/0614/06 FRA 24 Hours of Le MansCircuit de la Sarthe GBR Tony RoltGBR Duncan Hamilton GBR Jaguar Cars Ltd. Jaguar C-Type Results 425/0726/07 BEL 24 Hours de SpaCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps ITA Giuseppe FarinaGBR Mike Hawthorn ITA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 MM Results 530/08 FRG ADAC 1000km NürburgringNürburgring ITA Alberto AscariITA Giuseppe Farina ITA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 375 MM Results 605/09 GBR RAC Tourist Trophy Dundrod Circuit GBR Peter CollinsGBR Pat Griffith GBR Aston Martin Ltd. Aston Martin DB3S Results 719/1123/11 MEX 1934 Carrera PanamericanaTuxtla Gutiérrez-Ciudad Juárez ARG Juan Manuel FangioITA Gino Bronzoni ITA Scuderia Lancia Lancia D24 Results Championship Pos. Manufacturer USA SEB ITA MMI FRA LMS BEL SPA West Germany NÜR UK TTR MEX PAN Total 1 ITA Ferrari (1) 8 (2) 8 8 3 27 (30) 2 GBR Jaguar 4 8 6 6 (4) 24 (28) 3 GBR Aston Martin 6 2 8 16 4= ITA Lancia 4 8 12 4= USA 1912 Cunningham 8 4 12 6 ITA Alfa Romeo 6 6 7 FRG Borgward 4 4 8= FRA D.B. 3 3 8= FRG Porsche 3 3 10= ITA O.S.C.A. 2 2 10= FRG Veritas 2 2 10= FRA Talbot 2 2 13= ITA Maserati 1 1 13= FRA Gordini 1 1 13= GBR Frazer Nash 1 1 Championship points were awarded for the first six places in each race in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Only the best 4 results out of the 7 races could be retained by each manufacturer. Points earned but not counted towards the championship totals are listed within brackets in the above table. The cars The following models contributed to the net championship point scores of their respective manufacturers. Ferrari 340 MM & Ferrari 375 MM Jaguar C-Type Aston Martin DB3 & Aston Martin DB3S Lancia D20 & Lancia D24 Cunningham C-4R & Cunningham C-5R Alfa Romeo 6C 3000 CM Borgward Hansa 1500 RS DB Panhard HBR Porsche 550 OSCA MT4 Veritas Comet RS Talbot Lago T26 GS Maserati A6GCS Gordini T24S Frazer Nash Le Mans Mark II References External links 1953 World Sports Car Championship race results at www.classicscars.com 1953 World Sports Car Championship points table at www.classicscars.com Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons Sports