Race · Round 7 of 9 · 2 August 1953

1953 German Grand Prix

Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina won for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid at Nurburgring Nordschleife.

Circuit: Nurburgring NordschleifeNurburg, Germany
Winner: Giuseppe 'Nino' FarinaFerrari
Pole: Alberto Ascari
Fastest lap: Alberto Ascari
Entries: 3517 classified

This race includes a shared drive. Two drivers took turns in one car and both are classified in the same position, so a position below appears twice. That is correct, not a duplicated row.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Ferrari	—	3	18	Finished	8
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	A6GCM	2	18	Finished	6
3	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	—	4	18	Finished	4
4	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	A6GCM	7	18	Finished	3
5	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	A6GCM	11	17	Finished	2
6	Sir Stirling Moss	Cooper	—	12	17	Finished	0
7	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	500	19	17	Finished	0
8	Alberto Ascari shared	Ferrari	—	1	17	DNF	1	fastest lap
8	Luigi Villoresi shared	Ferrari	—	6	15	Engine	0
9	Hans Herrmann	Veritas	Meteor	14	17	Finished	0
10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	500	22	17	Finished	0
11	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper	T23	20	16	Finished	0
12	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	RS	28	16	Finished	0
13	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	A	16	16	Finished	0
14	Rudolf Krause	Greifzu	Greifzu	26	16	Finished	0
15	Ernst Klodwig	Heck	Heck	32	15	Finished	0
16	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	RS	29	14	Finished	0
DNF	Alan Brown	Cooper	T23	17	15	Engine	0
DNF	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	A6GCM	8	13	Suspension	0
DNF	Johnny Claes	Connaught	A	25	12	Engine	0
DNF	Edgar Barth	EMW	R2	24	12	Exhaust	0
DNF	Oswald Karch	Veritas	RS	34	10	Engine	0
DNF	Willi Heeks	Veritas	Meteor	18	8	Transmission	0
DNF	Jean Behra	Gordini	T16	9	7	Gearbox	0
DNF	Harry Schell	Gordini	T16	10	6	Engine	0
DNF	Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught	A	15	6	Suspension	0
DNF	Theo Fitzau	AFM	6	21	3	Engine	0
DNF	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	—	27	3	Transmission	0
DNF	Karl-Günther Bechem	AFM	6	30	2	Engine	0
DNF	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	A	13	1	Engine	0
DNF	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	RS	33	1	Engine	0
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	T16	5	1	Differential	0
DNF	Hans Stuck	AFM	6	23	0	Engine	0
DNF	Ernst Loof	Veritas	Meteor	31	0	Fuel pump	0
DNS	Helm Glöckler	Cooper	T23	—	—	Engine	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout nurburgring-1 · 22.81 km · 160 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap. Drivers who shared a car have a line each.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	3	1	18
Juan Manuel Fangio	2	2	18
Mike Hawthorn	4	3	18
Felice Bonetto	7	4	18
Emmanuel de Graffenried	11	5	17
Sir Stirling Moss	12	6	17
Jacques Swaters	19	7	17
Alberto Ascari shared	1	8	17
Luigi Villoresi shared	6	8	15
Hans Herrmann	14	9	17
Louis Rosier	22	10	17
Rodney Nuckey	20	11	16
Theo Helfrich	28	12	16
Kenneth McAlpine	16	13	16
Rudolf Krause	26	14	16
Ernst Klodwig	32	15	15
Wolfgang Seidel	29	16	14
Alan Brown	17	DNF	15
Onofre Marimon	8	DNF	13
Johnny Claes	25	DNF	12
Edgar Barth	24	DNF	12
Oswald Karch	34	DNF	10
Willi Heeks	18	DNF	8
Jean Behra	9	DNF	7
Harry Schell	10	DNF	6
Birabongse Bhanudej	15	DNF	6
Theo Fitzau	21	DNF	3
Kurt Adolff	27	DNF	3
Karl-Günther Bechem	30	DNF	2
Roy Salvadori	13	DNF	1
Erwin Bauer	33	DNF	1
Maurice Trintignant	5	DNF	1
Hans Stuck	23	DNF	0
Ernst Loof	31	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	1	9:59.800	—	—
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	5	10:03.700	+3.900	+3.900
3	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Ferrari	2	10:04.100	+4.300	+0.400
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	3	10:12.600	+12.800	+8.500
5	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	10	10:21.700	+21.900	+9.100
6	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	4	10:22.800	+23.000	+1.100
7	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	7	10:40.800	+41.000	+18.000
8	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	8	10:41.000	+41.200	+0.200
9	Jean Behra	Gordini	9	10:45.500	+45.700	+4.500
10	Harry Schell	Gordini	11	10:46.200	+46.400	+0.700
11	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	17	10:46.600	+46.800	+0.400
12	Sir Stirling Moss	Cooper	19	10:48.300	+48.500	+1.700
13	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	15	10:57.500	+57.700	+9.200
14	Hans Herrmann	Veritas	31	10:59.800	+1:00.000	+2.300
15	Birabongse Bhanudej	Connaught	14	11:02.100	+1:02.300	+2.300
16	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	16	11:07.300	+1:07.500	+5.200
17	Alan Brown	Cooper	38	11:08.700	+1:08.900	+1.400
18	Willi Heeks	Veritas	23	11:18.000	+1:18.200	+9.300
19	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	18	11:18.900	+1:19.100	+0.900
20	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper	40	11:22.100	+1:22.300	+3.200
21	Theo Fitzau	AFM	28	11:23.400	+1:23.600	+1.300
22	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	20	11:27.400	+1:27.600	+4.000
23	Hans Stuck	AFM	21	11:37.200	+1:37.400	+9.800
24	Edgar Barth	EMW	35	11:40.800	+1:41.000	+3.600
25	Johnny Claes	Connaught	12	11:45.500	+1:45.700	+4.700
26	Rudolf Krause	Greifzu	36	11:49.500	+1:49.700	+4.000
27	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	34	11:53.100	+1:53.300	+3.600
28	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	24	11:56.300	+1:56.500	+3.200
29	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	22	11:59.300	+1:59.500	+3.000
30	Karl-Günther Bechem	AFM	41	12:13.300	+2:13.500	+14.000
31	Ernst Loof	Veritas	30	12:16.800	+2:17.000	+3.500
32	Ernst Klodwig	Heck	37	12:24.600	+2:24.800	+7.800
33	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	32	—	—	—
34	Oswald Karch	Veritas	26	—	—	—
35	Helm Glöckler	Cooper	39	—	—	—

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

Where this comes from

Round: 7 of 1953
Grand Prix: German Grand Prix
Dates: 2 Aug 1953
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Ferrari
Entrant: Ferrari
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.