Race · Round 9 of 9 · 13 September 1953

1953 Italian Grand Prix

Juan Manuel Fangio won for Maserati from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Nazionale Monza. It was the first championship race win for Maserati.

Circuit: Autodromo Nazionale MonzaMonza, Italy
Winner: Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
Pole: Alberto Ascari
Fastest lap: Juan Manuel Fangio
Entries: 3117 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	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	A6GCM	2	80	Finished	9	fastest lap
2	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Ferrari	—	3	80	Finished	6
3	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	—	5	79	Finished	4
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	—	6	79	Finished	3
5	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	T16	8	79	Finished	2
6	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	T16	16	77	Finished	0
7	Sergio Mantovani shared	Maserati	A6GCM	12	76	Finished	0
7	Luigi Musso shared	Maserati	A6GCM	—	—	Finished	0
8	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	—	11	75	Finished	0
9	Harry Schell	Gordini	T16	15	75	Finished	0
10	Louis Chiron	O.S.C.A.	20	25	72	Finished	0
11	Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati	A6GCM	23	72	Finished	0
12	Alan Brown	Cooper	T23	24	70	Finished	0
13	Sir Stirling Moss	Cooper	—	10	70	Finished	0
14	Hans Stuck	AFM	6	29	67	Finished	0
15	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	53	28	67	Finished	0
16	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	500	17	65	Finished	0
DNF	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	—	1	79	Accident	0
DNF	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	A6GCM	7	77	Out of fuel	0
DNF	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	A6GCM	4	75	Accident	0
DNF	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	A6GCM	9	70	Engine	0
NC	Jack Fairman	Connaught	A	22	61	NC	0
NC	Ken Wharton	Cooper	T23	19	57	NC	0
NC	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	A	18	56	NC	0
DNF	Piero Carini	Ferrari	—	20	40	Engine	0
DNF	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	A	14	33	Throttle	0
DNF	Chico Landi	Maserati	A6GCM	21	18	Engine	0
DNF	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A.	20	13	17	Engine	0
DNF	John Fitch	HWM	53	26	14	Engine	0
DNF	Johnny Claes	Connaught	A	30	7	Fuel system	0
DNF	Lance Macklin	HWM	53	27	6	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 monza-1 · 6.3 km · 5 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
Juan Manuel Fangio	2	1	80
Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	3	2	80
Luigi Villoresi	5	3	79
Mike Hawthorn	6	4	79
Maurice Trintignant	8	5	79
Roberto Mieres	16	6	77
Sergio Mantovani shared	12	7	76
Umberto Maglioli	11	8	75
Harry Schell	15	9	75
Louis Chiron	25	10	72
Birabongse Bhanudej	23	11	72
Alan Brown	24	12	70
Sir Stirling Moss	10	13	70
Hans Stuck	29	14	67
Yves Giraud-Cabantous	28	15	67
Louis Rosier	17	16	65
Alberto Ascari	1	DNF	79
Felice Bonetto	7	DNF	77
Onofre Marimon	4	DNF	75
Emmanuel de Graffenried	9	DNF	70
Jack Fairman	22	NC	61
Ken Wharton	19	NC	57
Kenneth McAlpine	18	NC	56
Piero Carini	20	DNF	40
Roy Salvadori	14	DNF	33
Chico Landi	21	DNF	18
Élie Bayol	13	DNF	17
John Fitch	26	DNF	14
Johnny Claes	30	DNF	7
Lance Macklin	27	DNF	6

1 entry with no recorded grid slot or lap count is in the classification and not drawn.

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	Interval
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	4	2:02.700	—	—
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	50	2:03.200	+0.500	+0.500
3	Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina	Ferrari	6	2:03.900	+1.200	+0.700
4	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	54	2:04.100	+1.400	+0.200
5	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	2	2:04.600	+1.900	+0.500
6	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	8	2:04.900	+2.200	+0.300
7	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	52	2:05.100	+2.400	+0.200
8	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	36	2:05.700	+3.000	+0.600
9	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	58	2:05.900	+3.200	+0.200
10	Sir Stirling Moss	Cooper	28	2:06.600	+3.900	+0.700
11	Umberto Maglioli	Ferrari	10	2:06.900	+4.200	+0.300
12	Sergio Mantovani	Maserati	56	2:07.500	+4.800	+0.600
13	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A.	34	2:07.800	+5.100	+0.300
14	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	22	2:08.000	+5.300	+0.200
15	Harry Schell	Gordini	38	2:08.000	+5.300	+0.000
16	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	40	2:08.700	+6.000	+0.700
17	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	64	2:09.300	+6.600	+0.600
18	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	24	2:09.500	+6.800	+0.200
19	Ken Wharton	Cooper	30	2:10.100	+7.400	+0.600
20	Piero Carini	Ferrari	12	2:11.200	+8.500	+1.100
21	Chico Landi	Maserati	42	2:12.800	+10.100	+1.600
22	Jack Fairman	Connaught	20	2:13.500	+10.800	+0.700
23	Birabongse Bhanudej	Maserati	44	2:13.600	+10.900	+0.100
24	Alan Brown	Cooper	46	2:14.800	+12.100	+1.200
25	Louis Chiron	O.S.C.A.	32	2:15.000	+12.300	+0.200
26	John Fitch	HWM	18	2:18.100	+15.400	+3.100
27	Lance Macklin	HWM	14	2:18.200	+15.500	+0.100
28	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	16	2:20.800	+18.100	+2.600
29	Hans Stuck	AFM	48	2:24.100	+21.400	+3.300
30	Johnny Claes	Connaught	26	2:28.200	+25.500	+4.100

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.

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 9 of 1953
Grand Prix: Italian Grand Prix
Dates: 13 Sep 1953
Layout raced: Road course · 6.3 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Maserati
Entrant: Maserati
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.