1953 British Grand Prix

The British Grand Prix 1953 was the 6th round of the 1953 F1 season, and took place at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, UK, on July 18th.

Alberto Ascari won the race from the pole, followed by Juan Fangio, and Nino Farina completing the podium.

Final results

Race evolution

Pit Stops

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 22 drivers out of the original 27 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Jimmy Stewart, and Peter Collins, both lost control and spun off the track, Tony Rolt, who had problems with the halfshaft on lap 70, Luigi Villoresi, and Maurice Trintignant, both had problems with an axle, Onofre Marimón, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 65, Alan Brown, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 56, Jack Fairman, Toulo de Graffenried, Lance Macklin, and Duncan Hamilton, all of whom had a problem with the clutch, Roy Salvadori, who had a wheel problem on lap 50, Jean Behra, who had a fuel pump failure on lap 30, Ian Stewart, who had issues with the ignition on lap 24, Harry Schell, who suffered from electrical problems on lap 5, Kenneth McAlpine, who had to retire on lap 0, and Tony Crook, who had a fuel system failure on lap 0.

Qualifying