XVI Großer Preis von Deutschland
2 August 1953 - Nürburgring: 410.58 km (22.81 km x 18 laps)


 1  2 Giuseppe Farina           	Ferrari 500 '4'                		3:02:25.0, 135.05 km/h
 2  5 Juan Manuel Fangio        	Maserati A6GCM '2044'               	3:03:29.0
 3  3 Mike Hawthorn             	Ferrari 500 '1'                		3:04:08.6
 4  7 Felice Bonetto            	Maserati A6GCM '2046'               	3:11:13.6
 5 17 Emmanuel de Graffenried   	Maserati A6GCM '2038'               	3:04:40.4, 17 laps
 6 19 Stirling Moss             	Cooper-Alta T24 'CA-3-53'            	3:06:50.9, 17 laps
 7 18 Jacques Swaters           	Ferrari 500 '208-F2'                	3:07:29.9, 17 laps
 8  1 Alberto Ascari            	Ferrari 500 '5'                		3:07:51.8, 17 laps
 9 31 Hans Hermann              	Veritas-Meteor          		3:09:53.4, 17 laps
10 20 Louis Rosier              	Ferrari 500 '186-F2'                	3:11:08.4, 17 laps
11 40 Rodney Nuckey             	Cooper-Bristol T23 'CB-3-53'         	3:07:44.6, 16 laps
12 24 Theo Helfrich             	Veritas RS                		3:10:17.6, 16 laps
13 16 Ken McAlpine              	Connaught A-Type 'A1'              	3:10:52.2, 16 laps
14 36 Rudolph Krause            	BMW-Eigenbau            		3:12:45.2, 16 laps
NC  4 Luigi Villoresi/Alberto Ascari    Ferrari 500 '3'                		15 laps/Engine
NC 38 Alan Brown                	Cooper-Bristol T20 'CB-3-52'         	15 laps/Engine
NC 37 Ernst Klodwig             	BMW-Heck                		15 laps
NC 22 Wolfgang Seidel           	Veritas RS                		14 laps

Fastest Lap: Alberto Ascari, Ferrari, 9:56.0 (137.78 km/h) on lap 12


Did Not Finish
    8 Onofre Marimon            	Maserati A6GCM '2048'               	13 laps/Cross member
   35 Edgar Barth               	EMW-BMW           			12 laps
   12 Johnny Claes              	Connaught A-Type 'A4'              	12 laps      
   26 Otto Karch                	Veritas RS                		10 laps
   23 Willi Heeks               	Veritas-Meteor           		 8 laps
    9 Jean Behra                	Gordini T16 '16-0033'                 	 7 laps/Gearbox
   11 Harry Schell              	Gordini T16 '16-0032'                 	 6 laps/Head Gasket
   14 "B.Bira"       			Connaught A-Type 'A8'               	 6 laps/Broken Rocker
   28 Theo Fitzau               	AFM-BMW            			 3 laps
   34 Kurt Adolff               	Ferrari 166C '06C'                 	 3 laps
   41 Günther Bechem            	AFM-BMW            			 2 laps
   15 Roy Salvadori             	Connaught A-Type 'A7'               	 1 lap/Gasket
   32 Erwin Bauer               	Veritas RS                 		 1 lap
   10 Maurice Trintignant       	Gordini T16 '16-0031'                 	 1 lap
   21 Hans Stuck                	AFM-Küchen '4'           		 0 laps
   30 Ernst Loof                	Veritas-Meteor           		 0 laps/Fuel pump drive

Did Not Start
    6 Jose Froilan Gonzalez		Maserati A6GCM '2041'
   39 Helmut Glockner			Cooper-Bristol T23 'CB-7-53'		engine

Did Not Appear
   25 Hans Blees			AFM-BMW
   27 Adolf Lang			Veritas RS
   29 Hans Klenk			Veritas Meteor
   33 Adolf Lang			AFM-BMW
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                                         Starting Grid
 
   Mike Hawthorn            Giuseppe Farina            Juan Manuel Fangio        Alberto Ascari 
   Ferrari 500              Ferrari 500                Maserati A6SSG            Ferrari 500
   10:12.6                  10:04.1                    1:03.7                    9:59.8

            Felice  Bonetto           Luigi Villoresi            Maurice Trintignant
            Maserati A6SSG            Ferrari 500                Gordini 16
            10:40.8                   10:22.8                    10:21.7

   Emmanuel de Graffenried  Harry Schell               Jean Behra                Onefre Marimón
   Maserati A6SSG           Gordini 16                 Gordini 16                Maserati A6SSG
   10:46.6                  10:46.6                    10:45.5                   10:41.0

            Hans Hermann              Roy Salvadori               Stirling Moss
            Veritas-Meteor            Connaught A-Lea-Francis     Cooper T24-Alta
            10:59.8                   10:57.5                     10:48.3
 
   Willi Heeks              Alan Brown                 Ken McAlpine              Birabongse Bhanuban
   Veritas-Meteor           Cooper T20-Bristol         Connaught A-Lea-Francis   Connaught A-Lea-Francis
   11:18.0                  11:08.7                    11:07.3                   11:02.1

            Theo Fitzau               Rodney Nuckey              Jacques Swaters       
            A.F.M. 7-B.M.W.           Cooper T23-Bristol         Ferrari 500
            11:23.4                   11:22.1                    11:18.9

   Johnny Claes             Edgar Barth                Hans Stuck                Louis Rosier 
   Connaught A-Lea-Francis  E.M.W.-B.M.W.              A.F.M. 4-Küchen           Ferrari 500
   11:45.5                  11:40.8                    11:37.2                   11:27.4

            Theo Helfrich             Kurt Adolff                Rudolf Krause          
            Veritas RS                Ferrari 166C               B.M.W. Eigenbau
            11:56.3                   11:53.1                    11:49.5

   Ernst Klodwig            Ernst Loof                 Günther Bechem            Wolfgang Seidel
   Heck-B.M.W.              Veritas-Meteor             A.F.M. 2-B.M.W.           Veritas RS
   12:24.6                  12:16.8                    12:13.3                   11:59.3

                            Otto Karch                 Erwin  Bauer           
                            Veritas RS                 Veritas RS     
                            No Time                    No Time