Season 1953 · Round 5

French Grand Prix

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1953-07-05 · Reims-Gueux · France · French Grand Prix · 60Lap · 500.820km
8 Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari 2:44:18.600
Team win 13pt P1 · P4 · P5 · P6 · P8
50 Juan Fangio
Maserati +1.000
24 José Froilán González
Maserati +1.400
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Felice Bonetto L42 Stirling Moss L38 Prince Bira L29 Élie Bayol L18 Ken Wharton L17 Maurice Trintignant L14 Lance Macklin L9 Harry Schell L4 Roberto Mieres L4 Roy Salvadori L2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 6/10 60%
Closest finish · all-time P6
Circuit Info
Reims-Gueux Reims, France
60Lap 500.820km 11 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Mike Hawthorn 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P15 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Pole Position
P1 Juan Fangio 5 · GP #1
P8 Alberto Ascari 2 · → Damon Hill -1
P14 Mike Hawthorn 1 · → Ralf Schumacher -1
Starts
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P48 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Nick Heidfeld -1
P58 Juan Fangio 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L60 Hawthorn · P7 → P1 · +6 7 Hawthorn HAW 1 Hawthorn HAW Fangio · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Fangio FAN 2 Fangio FAN González · P5 → P3 · +2 5 González GON 3 González GON Ascari · P1 → P4 · -3 1 Ascari ASC 4 Ascari ASC Farina · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Farina FAR 5 Farina FAR Villoresi · P3 → P6 · -3 3 Villoresi VIL 6 Villoresi VIL de Graffenried · P9 → P7 · +2 9 de Graffenried DE 7 de Graffenried DE Rosier · P10 → P8 · +2 10 Rosier ROS 8 Rosier ROS Marimón · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Marimón MAR 9 Marimón MAR Behra · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Behra BEH 10 Behra BEH Gerard · P12 → P11 · +1 12 Gerard GER 11 Gerard GER Claes · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Claes CLA 12 Claes CLA Collins · P17 → P13 · +4 17 Collins COL 13 Collins COL Cabantous · P18 → P14 · +4 18 Cabantous CAB 14 Cabantous CAB Chiron · P25 → P15 · +10 25 Chiron CHI 15 Chiron CHI Bonetto · P2 → retired L42 Bonetto · retired L42 2 Bonetto BON R Bonetto BON Moss · P13 → retired L38 Moss · retired L38 13 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Bira · P11 → retired L29 Bira · retired L29 11 Bira BIR R Bira BIR Bayol · P15 → retired L18 Bayol · retired L18 15 Bayol BAY R Bayol BAY Wharton · P14 → retired L17 Wharton · retired L17 14 Wharton WHA R Wharton WHA Trintignant · P23 → retired L14 Trintignant · retired L14 23 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Macklin · P16 → retired L9 Macklin · retired L9 16 Macklin MAC R Macklin MAC Schell · P20 → retired L4 Schell · retired L4 20 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Mieres · P24 → retired L4 Mieres · retired L4 24 Mieres MIE R Mieres MIE Salvadori · P19 → retired L2 Salvadori · retired L2 19 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 7 60 2:44:18.600 8
2 50 Juan Fangio Maserati 4 60 +1.000 7
3 24 José Froilán González Maserati 5 60 +1.400 4
4 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 60 +4.600 3
5 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 6 60 +1:07.600 2
6 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 3 60 +1:15.900
7 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 9 58 +2 Laps
8 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 10 56 +4 Laps
9 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 8 55 +5 Laps
10 6 Jean Behra Gordini 22 55 +5 Laps
11 38 Bob Gerard Cooper 12 55 +5 Laps
12 26 Johnny Claes Connaught 21 53 +7 Laps
13 2 Peter Collins HWM 17 52 +8 Laps
14 16 Yves Cabantous HWM 18 50 +10 Laps
15 32 Louis Chiron OSCA 25 43 +17 Laps
R 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 2 42 Engine
R 28 Stirling Moss Cooper 13 38 Clutch
R 44 Prince Bira Connaught 11 29 Differential
R 34 Élie Bayol OSCA 15 18 Engine
R 30 Ken Wharton Cooper 14 17 Wheel bearing
R 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 23 14 Transmission
R 14 Lance Macklin HWM 16 9 Clutch
R 38 Harry Schell Gordini 20 4 Engine
R 40 Roberto Mieres Gordini 24 4 Axle
R 22 Roy Salvadori Connaught 19 2 Ignition
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
4 Alberto Ascari
2
52 Felice Bonetto
3
2 Luigi Villoresi
4
50 Juan Fangio
5
24 José Froilán González
6
6 Nino Farina
7
8 Mike Hawthorn
8
54 Onofre Marimón
9
58 Toulo de Graffenried
10
64 Louis Rosier
11
44 Prince Bira
12
38 Bob Gerard
13
28 Stirling Moss
14
30 Ken Wharton
15
34 Élie Bayol
16
14 Lance Macklin
17
2 Peter Collins
18
16 Yves Cabantous
19
22 Roy Salvadori
20
38 Harry Schell
21
26 Johnny Claes
22
6 Jean Behra
23
36 Maurice Trintignant
24
40 Roberto Mieres
25
32 Louis Chiron
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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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 22:09