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1953 Grand Prix of France qualifying results Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post Formula One race number 5 of 9 Sunday, July 5, 1953 at Circuit de Reims, Reims, France 60 laps on a 8.347 kilometer street course (500.820 kilometers) Time of race: 2:44:18.6 Average speed: 182.892 kph Pole time: 161.2 seconds Cautions: n/a Margin of victory: 1.0 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1953 Formula One results   /   1953 standings

Qualifying results for this race: Rank Driver Nbr Time (seconds) Speed (km/hr) 1   Alberto Ascari 10 2:41.200   186.409   2   Felice Bonetto 24 2:41.500   186.063   3   Luigi Villoresi 12 2:41.900   185.603   4   Juan Manuel Fangio 18 2:42.000   185.489   5   Jose Froilan Gonzalez 20 2:42.400   185.032   6   Nino Farina 14 2:42.500   184.918   7   Mike Hawthorn 16 2:43.500   183.787   8   Onofre Marimon 22 2:44.400   182.781   9   Toulo de Graffenried 46 2:46.100   180.910   10   Louis Rosier 44 2:51.100   175.624   11   Prince Bira 42 2:53.200   173.494   12   Bob Gerard 38 2:54.200   172.498   13   Stirling Moss 36 2:55.700   171.026   14   Ken Wharton 40 2:55.800   170.928   15   Elie Bayol 34 2:56.900   169.865   16   Lance Macklin 26 2:57.200   169.578   17   Peter Collins 28 3:02.000   165.105   18   Yves Giraud-Cabantous 30 3:06.700   160.949   19   Roy Salvadori 50 3:23.000   148.026   20   Harry Schell 6 3:25.800   146.012   21   Johnny Claes 48 4:06.500   121.903   22   Jean Behra 2 4:07.000   121.657   23   Maurice Trintignant 4 4:07.400   121.460   24   Roberto Mieres 8 4:08.000   121.166   25   Louis Chiron 32 4:08.900   120.728   Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:   not available