The Belgian Grand Prix 1953 was the 4th round of the 1953 F1 season, and took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium, on June 21st.

Alberto Ascari won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Luigi Villoresi, and Onofre Marimón completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 16th position of the grid.

Juan Fangio started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he suffered an engine malfunction, and had to retire on lap 13th.

Final results

1
1
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari
2:48:30.3
Finished
2
3
Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari
+2:48.2
Finished
3
13
Onofre Marimón
Maserati
+1 Lap
4
5
Toulo de Graffenried
Maserati
+1 Lap
5
3
Maurice Trintignant
Gordini
+1 Lap
6
1
Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari
+1 Lap
7
5
Harry Schell
Gordini
+3 Laps
8
5
Louis Rosier
Ferrari
+3 Laps
9
6
Fred Wacker
Gordini
+4 Laps
10
1
Paul Frère
HWM
+6 Laps
11
7
André Pilette
Connaught
+7 Laps
12
2
Johnny Claes
Maserati
Accident
13
4
Lance Macklin
HWM
Engine
14
10
Nino Farina
Ferrari
Engine
15
14
Juan Fangio
Maserati
Engine
16
13
José Froilán González
Maserati
Throttle
17
3
Jean Behra
Gordini
Engine
18
2
Peter Collins
HWM
Clutch
19
1
Georges Berger
Simca
Engine
20
1
Arthur Legat
Veritas
Transmission
21
2
Juan Fangio
Maserati
Accident
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

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Strategy

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Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 13 drivers out of the original 21 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Johnny Claes, and Juan Fangio, both had to retire due to an accident, Lance Macklin, Nino Farina, Juan Fangio, Jean Behra, and Georges Berger, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, José Froilán González, who had a throttle issue on lap 11, Peter Collins, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 4, and Arthur Legat, who had a transmission problem on lap 0.

Accident

  • Johnny Claes
    Lap 35
  • Juan Fangio
    Lap 35

Engine

  • Lance Macklin
    Lap 19
  • Nino Farina
    Lap 16
  • Juan Fangio
    Lap 13
  • Jean Behra
    Lap 9
  • Georges Berger
    Lap 3

Throttle

  • José Froilán González
    Lap 11

Clutch

  • Peter Collins
    Lap 4

Transmission

  • Arthur Legat
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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