Season 1953 · Round 6

British Grand Prix

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1953-07-18 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 90Lap · 423.949km
4 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 2:50
Team win 14.5pt P1 · P3 · P5 · P10 · P13 1-3
50 Juan Fangio
Maserati +1:00.000
6 Nino Farina
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
17
Jimmy Stewart L79 Tony Rolt L70 Luigi Villoresi L65 Onofre Marimón L65 Alan Brown L56 Peter Collins L56 Jack Fairman L54 Roy Salvadori L50 Toulo de Graffenried L34 Lance Macklin L31 +7
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
90Lap 423.949km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Starts
P32 Roy Salvadori 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P40 Maurice Trintignant 10 starts · → Nico Rosberg -1
P69 Harry Schell 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L90 Ascari · P1 → P1 1 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Fangio · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Fangio FAN 2 Fangio FAN Farina · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Farina FAR 3 Farina FAR González · P2 → P4 · -2 2 González GON 4 González GON Hawthorn · P3 → P5 · -2 3 Hawthorn HAW 5 Hawthorn HAW Bonetto · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Bonetto BON 6 Bonetto BON Bira · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Bira BIR 7 Bira BIR Wharton · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Wharton WHA 8 Wharton WHA Whitehead · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Whitehead WHI 9 Whitehead WHI Rosier · P24 → P10 · +14 24 Rosier ROS 10 Rosier ROS Stewart · P15 → retired L79 Stewart · retired L79 15 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Rolt · P10 → retired L70 Rolt · retired L70 10 Rolt ROL R Rolt ROL Villoresi · P6 → retired L65 Villoresi · retired L65 6 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL Marimón · P7 → retired L65 Marimón · retired L65 7 Marimón MAR R Marimón MAR Brown · P21 → retired L56 Brown · retired L56 21 Brown BRO R Brown BRO Collins · P23 → retired L56 Collins · retired L56 23 Collins COL R Collins COL Fairman · P27 → retired L54 Fairman · retired L54 27 Fairman FAI R Fairman FAI Salvadori · P28 → retired L50 Salvadori · retired L50 28 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL de Graffenried · P26 → retired L34 de Graffenried · retired L34 26 de Graffenried DE R de Graffenried DE Macklin · P12 → retired L31 Macklin · retired L31 12 Macklin MAC R Macklin MAC Behra · P22 → retired L30 Behra · retired L30 22 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Stewart · P20 → retired L24 Stewart · retired L24 20 Stewart STE R Stewart STE Trintignant · P8 → retired L14 Trintignant · retired L14 8 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Hamilton · P17 → retired L14 Hamilton · retired L14 17 Hamilton HAM R Hamilton HAM Schell · P9 → retired L5 Schell · retired L5 9 Schell SCH R Schell SCH McAlpine · P13 → retired L0 McAlpine · retired L0 13 McAlpine MCA R McAlpine MCA Crook · P25 → retired L0 Crook · retired L0 25 Crook CRO R Crook CRO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 1 90 2:50 8.5
2 50 Juan Fangio Maserati 4 90 +1:00.000 6
3 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 5 88 +2 Laps 4
4 24 José Froilán González Maserati 2 88 +2 Laps 3.5
5 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 3 87 +3 Laps 2
6 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 16 82 +8 Laps
7 44 Prince Bira Connaught 19 82 +8 Laps
8 30 Ken Wharton Cooper 11 80 +10 Laps
9 20 Peter Whitehead Cooper 14 79 +11 Laps
10 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 24 78 +12 Laps
R 18 Jimmy Stewart Cooper 15 79 Spun off
R 14 Tony Rolt Connaught 10 70 Halfshaft
R 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 6 65 Axle
R 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 7 65 Engine
R 46 Alan Brown Cooper 21 56 Overheating
R 2 Peter Collins HWM 23 56 Spun off
R 20 Jack Fairman HWM 27 54 Clutch
R 22 Roy Salvadori Connaught 28 50 Wheel
R 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 26 34 Clutch
R 14 Lance Macklin HWM 12 31 Clutch
R 6 Jean Behra Gordini 22 30 Fuel pump
R 15 Ian Stewart Connaught 20 24 Ignition
R 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 8 14 Axle
R 3 Duncan Hamilton HWM 17 14 Clutch
R 38 Harry Schell Gordini 9 5 Electrical
R 24 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 13 0 Retired
R 22 Tony Crook Cooper 25 0 Fuel system
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
4 Alberto Ascari
2
24 José Froilán González
3
8 Mike Hawthorn
4
50 Juan Fangio
5
6 Nino Farina
6
2 Luigi Villoresi
7
54 Onofre Marimón
8
36 Maurice Trintignant
9
38 Harry Schell
10
14 Tony Rolt
11
30 Ken Wharton
12
14 Lance Macklin
13
24 Kenneth McAlpine
14
20 Peter Whitehead
15
18 Jimmy Stewart
16
52 Felice Bonetto
17
3 Duncan Hamilton
19
44 Prince Bira
20
15 Ian Stewart
21
46 Alan Brown
22
6 Jean Behra
23
2 Peter Collins
24
64 Louis Rosier
25
22 Tony Crook
26
58 Toulo de Graffenried
27
20 Jack Fairman
28
22 Roy Salvadori
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 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