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1953 Grand Prix of Switzerland

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Formula One race number 8 of 9
Sunday, August 23, 1953 at Bremgarten Circuit, Postfach, Switzerland
65 laps on a 7.280 kilometer road course (473.200 kilometers)

Time of race: 3:01:34.40
Average speed: 156.372 kph
Pole time: 160.1 seconds

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 71.93 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1953 Formula One results / 1953 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	46	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 2.0 L4	65	3:01:34.40	52	9
2	3	24	Nino Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 2.0 L4	65	+72.93	13	6
3	7	26	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 2.0 L4	65	+95.96	0	4
4	1	32	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6SSG / Maserati 2.0 L6	64	+1 lap	0	3
5	11	34	Hermann Lang	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM / Maserati 2.0 L6	62	+3 laps	0	2
6	6	28	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 2.0 L4	62	+3 laps	0	0
7	9	20	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23 / Bristol 2.0 L6	62	+3 laps	0	0
8	19	40	Max de Terra	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 166C / Ferrari 106	51	+14 laps	0	0
9	18	18	Albert Scherrer	HW Motors	HWM / Alta 1.5	49	+16 laps	0	0
ret	20	4	Chico Landi	Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati A6GCM / Maserati 2.0 L6	54	gearbox	0	0
ret	8	42	Toulo de Graffenried	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati A6SSG / Maserati 2.0 L6	49	transmission	0	0
ret	5	36	Onofre Marimon	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6SSG / Maserati 2.0 L6	46	engine	0	0
ret	4	8	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.0 L6	43	axle	0	0
ret	12	6	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.0 L6	37	oil pressure	0	0
ret	10	30	Felice Bonetto	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6SSG / Maserati 2.0 L6	29	engine	0	0
ret	15	16	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM / Alta 1.5	29	engine	0	0
ret	17	38	Peter Hirt	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 2.0 L4	17	engine	0	0
ret	16	14	Paul Frere	HW Motors	HWM / Alta 1.5	1	engine	0	0
ret	13	2	Jacques Swaters	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 2.0 L4	0	spun off	0	0
ret	14	10	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 500 / Ferrari 2.0 L4	0	spun off	0	0
dns	21	12	Louis Chiron	Louis Chiron	Osca 20 / Osca	0	did not start	0	0
dns	22	44	Fred Wacker	Equipe Gordini	Gordini T16 / Gordini 2.0 L6	0	did not start	0	0
dns	23	22	Elie Bayol	Elie Bayol	Osca 20 / Osca	0	did not start	0	0

Relief Drivers:

Car #32: Felice Bonetto (52 laps), 1.5 points)
Car #30: Juan Manuel Fangio (17 laps)

Fastest Lap: 162.480 kph by Alberto Ascari

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Alberto Ascari	1	40	40
Nino Farina	41	53	13
Alberto Ascari	54	65	12