1953 Swiss Grand Prix

The 1953 Swiss Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on August 23, 1953 at Bremgarten Circuit. It was part of the 1953 World Drivers' Championship, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	65	3:01'34.4	2	9
2	24	Nino Farina	Ferrari	65	+ 1'12.93	3	6
3	26	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	65	+ 1'35.96	7	4
4	32	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	64	+ 1 Lap	1	1.5
Shr	32	Felice Bonetto	Maserati				1.5
5	34	Hermann Lang	Maserati	62	+ 3 Laps	11	2
6	28	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari	62	+ 3 Laps	6
7	20	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	62	+ 3 Laps	9
8	40	Max de Terra	Ferrari	51	+ 14 Laps	19
9	18	Albert Scherrer	HWM-Alta	49	+ 16 Laps	18
Ret	4	Chico Landi	Maserati	54	Gearbox	20
Ret	42	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	49	Transmission	8
Ret	36	Onofre Marimon	Maserati	46	engine	5
Ret	8	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	43	Axle	4
Ret	6	Jean Behra	Gordini	37	Oil Pressure	12
Ret	30	Felice Bonetto	Maserati	29	Engine	10
Shr	30	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Ret	16	Lance Macklin	HWM-Alta	29	Engine	15
Ret	38	Peter Hirt	Ferrari	17	Engine	17
Ret	14	Paul Frere	HWM-Alta	1	Engine	16
Ret	2	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	0	Spun Off	13
Ret	10	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	0	Spun off	14

Pole position: Juan Manuel Fangio - 2'40.1
Fastest Lap: Alberto Ascari 2'41.3
Shared Drives: (Fangio and Bonetto switched cars)
- Car #32: Fangio (12 laps) then Bonetto (52 laps). They shared the points for 4th place.
- Car #30: Bonetto (12 laps) then Fangio (17 laps)

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