Season 1953 · Round 1

Argentine Grand Prix

1953 Season R2 →
1953-01-18 · Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez · Argentina · Argentine Grand Prix · 97Lap · 379.464km
4 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 3:01:04.600
Team win 18pt P1 · P2 · P4 · P13 1-2
2 Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari
24 José Froilán González
Maserati
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Robert Manzon L67 Juan Fangio L36 Felice Bonetto L32 Nino Farina L31 Carlos Menditeguy L24 Pablo Birger L21 Adolfo Cruz L20
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 7/20 35%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez Buenos Aires, Argentina
97Lap 379.464km 20 races held (1953–) Lap record 1:27.981 · Gerhard Berger (1997)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Juan Fangio 3 wins · GP #1
P4 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
P4 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Pole Position
P1 Juan Fangio 2 · GP #1
P1 Stirling Moss 2 · GP #1
Starts
P4 Carlos Menditeguy 7 starts · → Clay Regazzoni -1
P8 Juan Fangio 6 starts · → John Watson -1
P8 José Froilán González 6 starts · → John Watson -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L97 Ascari · P1 → P1 1 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Villoresi · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Villoresi VIL 2 Villoresi VIL González · P5 → P3 · +2 5 González GON 3 González GON Hawthorn · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Hawthorn HAW 4 Hawthorn HAW Gálvez · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Gálvez GÁL 5 Gálvez GÁL Behra · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Behra BEH 6 Behra BEH Schell · P7 → P7 7 Schell SCH 7 Schell SCH Trintignant · P7 → P7 7 Trintignant TRI 7 Trintignant TRI Barber · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Barber BAR 8 Barber BAR Brown · P12 → P9 · +3 12 Brown BRO 9 Brown BRO Manzon · P8 → retired L67 Manzon · retired L67 8 Manzon MAN R Manzon MAN Fangio · P2 → retired L36 Fangio · retired L36 2 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN Bonetto · P15 → retired L32 Bonetto · retired L32 15 Bonetto BON R Bonetto BON Farina · P4 → retired L31 Farina · retired L31 4 Farina FAR R Farina FAR Menditeguy · P10 → retired L24 Menditeguy · retired L24 10 Menditeguy MEN R Menditeguy MEN Birger · P14 → retired L21 Birger · retired L21 14 Birger BIR R Birger BIR Cruz · P13 → retired L20 Cruz · retired L20 13 Cruz CRU R Cruz CRU
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 97 3:01:04.600 9
2 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 3 96 +1 Lap 6
3 24 José Froilán González Maserati 5 96 +1 Lap 4
4 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 6 96 +1 Lap 3
5 8 Oscar Gálvez Maserati 9 96 +1 Lap 2
6 6 Jean Behra Gordini 11 94 +3 Laps
7 38 Harry Schell Gordini 7 91 +6 Laps
7 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 7 91 +6 Laps
8 22 John Barber Cooper 16 90 +7 Laps
9 46 Alan Brown Cooper 12 87 +10 Laps
R 26 Robert Manzon Gordini 8 67 Wheel
R 50 Juan Fangio Maserati 2 36 Transmission
R 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 15 32 Transmission
R 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 4 31 Accident
R 32 Carlos Menditeguy Gordini 10 24 Gearbox
R 34 Pablo Birger Simca 14 21 Differential
R 24 Adolfo Cruz Cooper 13 20 Wheel
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
4 Alberto Ascari
2
50 Juan Fangio
3
2 Luigi Villoresi
4
6 Nino Farina
5
24 José Froilán González
6
8 Mike Hawthorn
7
38 Harry Schell
7
36 Maurice Trintignant
8
26 Robert Manzon
9
8 Oscar Gálvez
10
32 Carlos Menditeguy
11
6 Jean Behra
12
46 Alan Brown
13
24 Adolfo Cruz
14
34 Pablo Birger
15
52 Felice Bonetto
16
22 John Barber
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15