Season 1953 · Round 7

German Grand Prix

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1953-08-02 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 18Lap · 410.580km
6 Nino Farina
Ferrari 3:02
Team win 13pt P1 · P3 · P7 · P10 · P17 · P17 · P28 1-3
50 Juan Fangio
Maserati +1:04.000
8 Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari +1:43.600
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
19
Alberto Ascari L15 Luigi Villoresi L15 Alan Brown L15 Onofre Marimón L13 Edgar Barth L12 Johnny Claes L12 Oswald Karch L10 Willi Heeks L8 Jean Behra L7 Harry Schell L6 +9
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
18Lap 410.580km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Juan Fangio 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Alberto Ascari 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P40 Maurice Trintignant 9 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P63 Stirling Moss 7 starts · → Pierluigi Martini -1
P74 Harry Schell 6 starts · → Pedro de la Rosa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 L18 Farina · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Farina FAR 1 Farina FAR Fangio · P2 → P2 2 Fangio FAN 2 Fangio FAN Hawthorn · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Hawthorn HAW 3 Hawthorn HAW Bonetto · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Bonetto BON 4 Bonetto BON de Graffenried · P11 → P5 · +6 11 de Graffenried DE 5 de Graffenried DE Moss · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Moss MOS 6 Moss MOS Swaters · P19 → P7 · +12 19 Swaters SWA 7 Swaters SWA Herrmann · P14 → P9 · +5 14 Herrmann HER 9 Herrmann HER Rosier · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Rosier ROS 10 Rosier ROS Nuckey · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Nuckey NUC 11 Nuckey NUC Helfrich · P28 → P12 · +16 28 Helfrich HEL 12 Helfrich HEL McAlpine · P16 → P13 · +3 16 McAlpine MCA 13 McAlpine MCA Krause · P26 → P14 · +12 26 Krause KRA 14 Krause KRA Klodwig · P32 → P15 · +17 32 Klodwig KLO 15 Klodwig KLO Seidel · P29 → P16 · +13 29 Seidel SEI 16 Seidel SEI Ascari · P6 → retired L15 Ascari · retired L15 6 Ascari ASC R Ascari ASC Villoresi · P6 → retired L15 Villoresi · retired L15 6 Villoresi VIL R Villoresi VIL Brown · P17 → retired L15 Brown · retired L15 17 Brown BRO R Brown BRO Marimón · P8 → retired L13 Marimón · retired L13 8 Marimón MAR R Marimón MAR Barth · P24 → retired L12 Barth · retired L12 24 Barth BAR R Barth BAR Claes · P25 → retired L12 Claes · retired L12 25 Claes CLA R Claes CLA Karch · P34 → retired L10 Karch · retired L10 34 Karch KAR R Karch KAR Heeks · P18 → retired L8 Heeks · retired L8 18 Heeks HEE R Heeks HEE Behra · P9 → retired L7 Behra · retired L7 9 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Schell · P10 → retired L6 Schell · retired L6 10 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Bira · P15 → retired L6 Bira · retired L6 15 Bira BIR R Bira BIR Fitzau · P21 → retired L3 Fitzau · retired L3 21 Fitzau FIT R Fitzau FIT Adolff · P27 → retired L3 Adolff · retired L3 27 Adolff ADO R Adolff ADO Bechem · P30 → retired L2 Bechem · retired L2 30 Bechem BEC R Bechem BEC Trintignant · P5 → retired L1 Trintignant · retired L1 5 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Salvadori · P13 → retired L1 Salvadori · retired L1 13 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Bauer · P33 → retired L1 Bauer · retired L1 33 Bauer BAU R Bauer BAU von Stuck · P23 → retired L0 von Stuck · retired L0 23 von Stuck VON R von Stuck VON Loof · P31 → retired L0 Loof · retired L0 31 Loof LOO R Loof LOO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 3 18 3:02 8
2 50 Juan Fangio Maserati 2 18 +1:04.000 6
3 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 4 18 +1:43.600 4
4 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 7 18 +8:48.600 3
5 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 11 17 +1 Lap 2
6 28 Stirling Moss Cooper 12 17 +1 Lap
7 2 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 19 17 +1 Lap
9 31 Hans Herrmann Veritas 14 17 +1 Lap
10 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 22 17 +1 Lap
11 40 Rodney Nuckey Cooper 20 16 +2 Laps
12 24 Theo Helfrich Veritas 28 16 +2 Laps
13 24 Kenneth McAlpine Connaught 16 16 +2 Laps
14 36 Rudolf Krause BMW 26 16 +2 Laps
15 37 Ernst Klodwig BMW 32 15 +3 Laps
16 22 Wolfgang Seidel Veritas 29 14 +4 Laps
R 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 6 15 Engine 1
R 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 6 15 Engine
R 46 Alan Brown Cooper 17 15 Engine
R 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 8 13 Suspension
R 35 Edgar Barth EMW 24 12 Exhaust
R 26 Johnny Claes Connaught 25 12 Retired
R 26 Oswald Karch Veritas 34 10 Retired
R 23 Willi Heeks Veritas 18 8 Retired
R 6 Jean Behra Gordini 9 7 Gearbox
R 38 Harry Schell Gordini 10 6 Engine
R 44 Prince Bira Connaught 15 6 Suspension
R 28 Theo Fitzau AFM 21 3 Retired
R 34 Kurt Adolff Ferrari 27 3 Retired
R 41 Günther Bechem AFM 30 2 Retired
R 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 5 1 Differential
R 22 Roy Salvadori Connaught 13 1 Engine
R 32 Erwin Bauer Veritas 33 1 Retired
R 48 Hans von Stuck AFM 23 0 Retired
R 30 Ernst Loof Veritas 31 0 Fuel pump
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
2
50 Juan Fangio
3
6 Nino Farina
4
8 Mike Hawthorn
5
36 Maurice Trintignant
6
4 Alberto Ascari
6
2 Luigi Villoresi
7
52 Felice Bonetto
8
54 Onofre Marimón
9
6 Jean Behra
10
38 Harry Schell
11
58 Toulo de Graffenried
12
28 Stirling Moss
13
22 Roy Salvadori
14
31 Hans Herrmann
15
44 Prince Bira
16
24 Kenneth McAlpine
17
46 Alan Brown
18
23 Willi Heeks
19
2 Jacques Swaters
20
40 Rodney Nuckey
21
28 Theo Fitzau
22
64 Louis Rosier
23
48 Hans von Stuck
24
35 Edgar Barth
25
26 Johnny Claes
26
36 Rudolf Krause
27
34 Kurt Adolff
28
24 Theo Helfrich
29
22 Wolfgang Seidel
30
41 Günther Bechem
31
30 Ernst Loof
32
37 Ernst Klodwig
33
32 Erwin Bauer
34
26 Oswald Karch
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
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 22:09