Season 1953 · Round 4

Belgian Grand Prix

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1953-06-21 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 36Lap · 508.320km
4 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 2:48:30.300
Team win 14pt P1 · P2 · P6 · P8 · P14 1-2
2 Luigi Villoresi
Ferrari +2:48.200
54 Onofre Marimón
Maserati
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
9
Johnny Claes L35 Lance Macklin L19 Nino Farina L16 Juan Fangio L13 José Froilán González L11 Jean Behra L9 Peter Collins L4 Georges Berger L3 Arthur Legat L0
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
36Lap 508.320km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P6 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P10 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P16 Alberto Ascari 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P16 Juan Fangio 3 · → Damon Hill -1
P16 Nino Farina 3 · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P68 Maurice Trintignant 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P68 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Ralf Schumacher -1
P81 Juan Fangio 6 starts · → Adrian Sutil -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 L36 Ascari · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Villoresi · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Villoresi VIL 2 Villoresi VIL Marimón · P16 → P3 · +13 16 Marimón MAR 3 Marimón MAR de Graffenried · P9 → P4 · +5 9 de Graffenried DE 4 de Graffenried DE Trintignant · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Trintignant TRI 5 Trintignant TRI Hawthorn · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Hawthorn HAW 6 Hawthorn HAW Schell · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Schell SCH 7 Schell SCH Rosier · P13 → P8 · +5 13 Rosier ROS 8 Rosier ROS Wacker · P15 → P9 · +6 15 Wacker WAC 9 Wacker WAC Frère · P11 → P10 · +1 11 Frère FRÈ 10 Frère FRÈ Pilette · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Pilette PIL 11 Pilette PIL Claes · P10 → retired L35 Claes · retired L35 10 Claes CLA R Claes CLA Macklin · P17 → retired L19 Macklin · retired L19 17 Macklin MAC R Macklin MAC Farina · P4 → retired L16 Farina · retired L16 4 Farina FAR R Farina FAR Fangio · P1 → retired L13 Fangio · retired L13 1 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN González · P3 → retired L11 González · retired L11 3 González GON R González GON Behra · P14 → retired L9 Behra · retired L9 14 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Collins · P16 → retired L4 Collins · retired L4 16 Collins COL R Collins COL Berger · P20 → retired L3 Berger · retired L3 20 Berger BER R Berger BER Legat · P19 → retired L0 Legat · retired L0 19 Legat LEG R Legat LEG
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2 36 2:48:30.300 8
2 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 5 36 +2:48.200 6
3 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 16 35 +1 Lap 4
4 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 9 35 +1 Lap 3
5 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 8 35 +1 Lap 2
6 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 7 35 +1 Lap
7 38 Harry Schell Gordini 12 33 +3 Laps
8 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 13 33 +3 Laps
9 38 Fred Wacker Gordini 15 32 +4 Laps
10 14 Paul Frère HWM 11 30 +6 Laps
11 40 André Pilette Connaught 18 29 +7 Laps
R 26 Johnny Claes Maserati 10 35 Accident
R 14 Lance Macklin HWM 17 19 Engine
R 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 4 16 Engine
R 50 Juan Fangio Maserati 1 13 Engine
R 24 José Froilán González Maserati 3 11 Throttle 1
R 6 Jean Behra Gordini 14 9 Engine
R 2 Peter Collins HWM 16 4 Clutch
R 34 Georges Berger Simca 20 3 Engine
R 36 Arthur Legat Veritas 19 0 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
50 Juan Fangio
2
4 Alberto Ascari
3
24 José Froilán González
4
6 Nino Farina
5
2 Luigi Villoresi
7
8 Mike Hawthorn
8
36 Maurice Trintignant
9
58 Toulo de Graffenried
10
26 Johnny Claes
11
14 Paul Frère
12
38 Harry Schell
13
64 Louis Rosier
14
6 Jean Behra
15
38 Fred Wacker
16
54 Onofre Marimón
16
2 Peter Collins
17
14 Lance Macklin
18
40 André Pilette
19
36 Arthur Legat
20
34 Georges Berger
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.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
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