31st GP – Switzerland 1953

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Nr	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyre
2	Jacques Swaters	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500 [0208-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Englebert
4	Chico Landi	Francisco Landi	Maserati A6GCM [2032]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli
6	Jean Behra	Amédée Gordini	Gordini T16 [33]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert
8	Maurice Trintignant	Amédée Gordini	Gordini T16 [31]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert
10	Louis Rosier	Écurie (Louis) Rosier	Ferrari 500 [0186-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop
12	Prince Bira	Connaught Engineering	Connaught A	Lea-Francis L4 2.0	Dunlop
14	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors	HWM 53 ["2-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop
14	Paul Frère	HW Motors	HWM 53 ["2-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop
16	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM 53 [52-107]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop
18	Albert Scherrer	HW Motors	HWM 53 ["3-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop
20	Ken Wharton	K. H. Wharton	Cooper T23 Mk II [CB-6-53]	Bristol BS L6 2.0	Dunlop
22	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [05]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli
24	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [04]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli
26	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [01]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli
28	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [03]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli
30	Felice Bonetto	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2046]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli
32	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2040/41]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli
34	Piero Taruffi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2041/44]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli
34	Hermann Lang	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2041/44]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli
36	Onofre Marimón	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2048]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli
38	Peter Hirt	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 500 [0184-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli
40	Max de Terra	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 166 F2 [110]	Ferrari 166/F2 V12 2.0	Pirelli
42	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Baron de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCM [2038]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli
44	Fred Wacker	F. G. Wacker	Gordini T16 [35]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert
46	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [05]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli
Hamilton was initially entered, but replaced by Frère in #14 HWM, as was #34 Maserati, with Taruffi replaced by Lang. Bira withdrew from participating with #12 Connaught, and was replaced by Wacker with his Gordini, who ended up receiving #44. After these initial changes, Ascari who would use #22 ended up using #46.

Pos	Nr	Driver	Car	Engine	Tyre	Time	Laps
1	32	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati A6GCM [2040/41]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	02:40.100	0
2	46	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari 500 [05]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	02:40.700	0
3	24	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari 500 [04]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	02:42.600	0
4	8	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini T16 [31]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert	02:43.800	0
5	36	Onofre Marimón	Maserati A6GCM [2048]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	02:44.500	0
6	28	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari 500 [03]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	02:44.600	0
7	26	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari 500 [01]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	02:48.100	0
8	42	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCM [2038]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	02:49.900	0
9	20	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23 Mk II [CB-6-53]	Bristol BS L6 2.0	Dunlop	02:51.500	0
10	30	Felice Bonetto	Maserati A6GCM [2046]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	02:52.000	0
11	34	Hermann Lang	Maserati A6GCM [2041/44]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	02:54.800	0
12	6	Jean Behra	Gordini T16 [33]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert	02:55.000	0
13	2	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari 500 [0208-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Englebert	02:55.100	0
14	10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari 500 [0186-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	02:55.400	0
15	16	Lance Macklin	HWM 53 [52-107]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	02:57.100	0
16	14	Paul Frère	HWM 53 ["2-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	02:57.900	0
17	38	Peter Hirt	Ferrari 500 [0184-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	03:01.500	0
18	18	Albert Scherrer	HWM 53 ["3-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	03:07.400	0
19	40	Max de Terra	Ferrari 166 F2 [110]	Ferrari 166/F2 V12 2.0	Pirelli	03:21.100	0
20	4	Chico Landi	Maserati A6GCM [2032]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	03:29.100	0
DNQ	44	Fred Wacker	Gordini T16 [35]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert		0
Wacker had an accident in practice and did not qualify.

Official Name	13. Grosser Preis der Schweiz für Automobile
Circuit	Bremgarten
Date	August 23
Pole	Juan Manuel Fangio 02:40.100
Fastest Lap	Alberto Ascari 02:41.300
Podium	1st Alberto Ascari (52) , 2nd Giuseppe Farina (13) , 3rd Mike Hawthorn
GP Number	31
Round	8
Weather	Sunny
Prev race	Grosser Preis von Deutschland August 2
Next race	Gran Premio d’Italia September 13

P	N	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyre	Time	Laps	FL	Led	Gr	Pts
1	46	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [05]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	03:01:34.400	65	02:41.300	52	2	9
2	24	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [04]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	03:02:47.330	65		13	3	6
3	26	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [01]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	03:03:10.360	65		0	7	4
4	30	Felice Bonetto Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2046]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	+1 lap	52 12		0 0	10	1.5 1.5
5	34	Hermann Lang	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2041/44]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	+3 laps	62		0	11	2
6	28	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500 [03]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	+3 laps	62		0	6	0
7	20	Ken Wharton	K. H. Wharton	Cooper T23 Mk II [CB-6-53]	Bristol BS L6 2.0	Dunlop	+3 laps	62		0	9	0
8	40	Max de Terra	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 166 F2 [110]	Ferrari 166/F2 V12 2.0	Pirelli	+14 laps	51		0	19	0
9	18	Albert Scherrer	HW Motors	HWM 53 ["3-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	+16 laps	49		0	18	0
DNF	4	Chico Landi	Francisco Landi	Maserati A6GCM [2032]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	Gearbox	54		0	20	0
DNF	42	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Baron de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCM [2038]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	Transmission	49		0	8	0
DNF	36	Onofre Marimón	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2048]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	Engine	46		0	5	0
DNF	8	Maurice Trintignant	Amédée Gordini	Gordini T16 [31]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert	Axle	43		0	4	0
DNF	6	Jean Behra	Amédée Gordini	Gordini T16 [33]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert	Oil pressure	37		0	12	0
DNF	32	Felice Bonetto Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2040/41]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	Engine	12 17		0 0	1	0 0
DNF	16	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM 53 [52-107]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	Engine	29		0	15	0
DNF	38	Peter Hirt	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 500 [0184-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Pirelli	Engine	17		0	17	0
DNF	14	Paul Frère	HW Motors	HWM 53 ["2-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	Engine	1		0	16	0
DNF	2	Jacques Swaters	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500 [0208-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Englebert	Spun off	0		0	13	0
DNF	10	Louis Rosier	Écurie (Louis) Rosier	Ferrari 500 [0186-F2]	Ferrari 500/F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	Spun off	0		0	14	0
DNS	44	Fred Wacker	F. G. Wacker	Gordini T16 [35]	Gordini T20 L6 2.0	Englebert	Practice accident	0		0		0
DNA	12	Prince Bira	Connaught Engineering	Connaught A	Lea-Francis L4 2.0	Dunlop	Not present	0		0		0
DNA	14	Duncan Hamilton	HW Motors	HWM 53 ["2-53"]	Alta F2 L4 2.0	Dunlop	Replaced	0		0		0
DNA	34	Piero Taruffi	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM [2041/44]	Maserati A6G L6 2.0	Pirelli	Replaced	0		0		0
Fangio and Bonetto swapped their cars and shared the points for 4th place.

Formula 1 1953 World Championship
Pos	Driver	Team	Pts
1	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	34.5 (46.5)
2	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	24 (26)
3	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	20.5
4	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	19 (24)
5	José Froilán González	Maserati	13.5 (14.5)
6	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	13
7	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft	9
8	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	7
9	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	6.5
10	Art Cross	Kurtis Kraft	6
11	Onofre Marimón	Maserati	4
12	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	2
13	Sam Hanks	Kurtis Kraft	2
14	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	2
15	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	Maserati	2
16	Jack McGrath	Kurtis Kraft	2
17	Hermann Lang	Maserati	2
18	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	1.5
19	Fred Agabashian	Kurtis Kraft	1.5
20	Stirling Moss	Cooper	0
21	Jean Behra	Gordini	0
22	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	0
23	Harry Schell	Gordini	0
24	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	0
25	Ken Wharton	Cooper	0
26	Prince Bira	Connaught	0
27	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	0
28	Jim Rathmann	Kurtis Kraft	0
29	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	0
30	Peter Collins	HWM	0
31	John Barber	Cooper	0
32	Ernie McCoy	Stevens	0
33	Max de Terra	Ferrari	0
34	Alan Brown	Cooper	0
35	Chuck Stevenson	Kuzma	0
36	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	0
37	Tony Bettenhausen	Kuzma	0
38	Fred Wacker	Gordini	0
39	Peter Whitehead	Cooper	0
40	Hans Herrmann	Veritas	0
41	Albert Scherrer	HWM	0
42	Paul Frère	HWM	0
43	Jimmy Davies	Kurtis Kraft	0
44	Bob Gerard	Cooper	0
45	Duke Nalon	Kurtis Kraft	0
46	André Pilette	Connaught	0
47	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper	0
48	Johnny Claes	Maserati	0
49	Carl Scarborough	Kurtis Kraft	0
50	Bob Scott	Kurtis Kraft	0
51	Theo Helfrich	Veritas	0
52	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught	0
53	Manny Ayulo	Kuzma	0
54	Jimmy Bryan	Schroeder	0
55	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HWM	0
56	Rudolf Krause	BMW	0
57	Bill Holland	Kurtis Kraft	0
58	Louis Chiron	Osca	0
59	Ernst Klodwig	BMW	0
60	Andy Linden	Kurtis Kraft	0
61	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	0
62	Duke Dinsmore	Kurtis Kraft	0
63	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	0
64	Johnny Mantz	Kurtis Kraft	0
65	Walt Faulkner	Kurtis Kraft	0
66	Marshall Teague	Kurtis Kraft	0
67	Jackie Holmes	Kurtis Kraft	0
68	Johnny Thomson	Kurtis Kraft	0
69	Spider Webb	Kurtis Kraft	0
70	Bob Sweikert	Kuzma	0
71	Mike Nazaruk	Turner	0
72	Pat Flaherty	Kurtis Kraft	0
73	Jerry Hoyt	Kurtis Kraft	0
74	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	0
75	Don Freeland	Watson	0
76	Cal Niday	Kurtis Kraft	0
77	Robert Manzon	Gordini	0
78	Chico Landi	Maserati	0
79	Jimmy Stewart	Cooper	0
80	Tony Rolt	Connaught	0
81	Lance Macklin	HWM	0
82	Carlos Menditeguy	Gordini	0
83	Roberto Mieres	Gordini	0
84	Pablo Birger	Simca Gordini	0
85	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Cooper	0
86	Jack Fairman	HWM	0
87	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	0
88	Roy Salvadori	Connaught	0
89	Georges Berger	Simca Gordini	0
90	Élie Bayol	Osca	0
91	Arthur Legat	Veritas	0
92	Edgar Barth	EMW	0
93	Ian Stewart	Connaught	0
94	Oswald Karch	Veritas	0
95	Willi Heeks	Veritas	0
96	Duncan Hamilton	HWM	0
97	Theo Fitzau	AFM	0
98	Tony Crook	Cooper	0
99	Kurt Adolff	Ferrari	0
100	Bernard Nacke (Günther Bechem)	AFM	0
101	Erwin Bauer	Veritas	0
102	Hans Von Stuck	AFM	0
103	Ernst Loof	Veritas	0