Season 1953 · Round 8

Swiss Grand Prix

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1953-08-23 · Circuit Bremgarten · Switzerland · Swiss Grand Prix · 65Lap · 473.200km
4 Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 3:01:34.400
Team win 19pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P6 · P8 · P17 · P19 · P20 1-2
6 Nino Farina
Ferrari +1:12.930
8 Mike Hawthorn
Ferrari +1:35.960
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Chico Landi L54 Toulo de Graffenried L49 Onofre Marimón L46 Maurice Trintignant L43 Jean Behra L37 Felice Bonetto L29 Juan Fangio L29 Lance Macklin L29 Peter Hirt L17 Paul Frère L1 +2
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Closest finish · all-time P31
Circuit Info
Circuit Bremgarten Bern, Switzerland
65Lap 473.200km 5 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Juan Fangio 2 wins · GP #1
P2 Alberto Ascari 1 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
P2 Nino Farina 1 wins · → Juan Fangio -1
Podiums
P1 Nino Farina 3 · GP #1
P2 Juan Fangio 2 · → Nino Farina -1
P4 Alberto Ascari 1 · → Piero Taruffi -1
Starts
P1 Juan Fangio 4 starts · GP #1
P1 Nino Farina 4 starts · GP #1
P1 Louis Rosier 4 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L65 Ascari · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Ascari ASC 1 Ascari ASC Farina · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Farina FAR 2 Farina FAR Hawthorn · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Hawthorn HAW 3 Hawthorn HAW Lang · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Lang LAN 5 Lang LAN Villoresi · P6 → P6 6 Villoresi VIL 6 Villoresi VIL Wharton · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Wharton WHA 7 Wharton WHA de Terra · P19 → P8 · +11 19 de Terra DE 8 de Terra DE Scherrer · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Scherrer SCH 9 Scherrer SCH Landi · P20 → retired L54 Landi · retired L54 20 Landi LAN R Landi LAN de Graffenried · P8 → retired L49 de Graffenried · retired L49 8 de Graffenried DE R de Graffenried DE Marimón · P5 → retired L46 Marimón · retired L46 5 Marimón MAR R Marimón MAR Trintignant · P4 → retired L43 Trintignant · retired L43 4 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Behra · P12 → retired L37 Behra · retired L37 12 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Bonetto · P10 → retired L29 Bonetto · retired L29 10 Bonetto BON R Bonetto BON Fangio · P10 → retired L29 Fangio · retired L29 10 Fangio FAN R Fangio FAN Macklin · P15 → retired L29 Macklin · retired L29 15 Macklin MAC R Macklin MAC Hirt · P17 → retired L17 Hirt · retired L17 17 Hirt HIR R Hirt HIR Frère · P16 → retired L1 Frère · retired L1 16 Frère FRÈ R Frère FRÈ Swaters · P13 → retired L0 Swaters · retired L0 13 Swaters SWA R Swaters SWA Rosier · P14 → retired L0 Rosier · retired L0 14 Rosier ROS R Rosier ROS
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 4 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 2 65 3:01:34.400 9
2 6 Nino Farina Ferrari 3 65 +1:12.930 6
3 8 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari 7 65 +1:35.960 4
5 34 Hermann Lang Maserati 11 62 +3 Laps 2
6 2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari 6 62 +3 Laps
7 30 Ken Wharton Cooper 9 62 +3 Laps
8 40 Max de Terra Ferrari 19 51 +14 Laps
9 18 Albert Scherrer HWM 18 49 +16 Laps
R 2 Chico Landi Maserati 20 54 Gearbox
R 58 Toulo de Graffenried Maserati 8 49 Transmission
R 54 Onofre Marimón Maserati 5 46 Engine
R 36 Maurice Trintignant Gordini 4 43 Axle
R 6 Jean Behra Gordini 12 37 Oil pressure
R 52 Felice Bonetto Maserati 10 29 Engine
R 50 Juan Fangio Maserati 10 29 Engine
R 14 Lance Macklin HWM 15 29 Engine
R 38 Peter Hirt Ferrari 17 17 Engine
R 14 Paul Frère HWM 16 1 Engine
R 2 Jacques Swaters Ferrari 13 0 Spun off
R 64 Louis Rosier Ferrari 14 0 Spun off
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
2
4 Alberto Ascari
3
6 Nino Farina
4
36 Maurice Trintignant
5
54 Onofre Marimón
6
2 Luigi Villoresi
7
8 Mike Hawthorn
8
58 Toulo de Graffenried
9
30 Ken Wharton
10
52 Felice Bonetto
10
50 Juan Fangio
11
34 Hermann Lang
12
6 Jean Behra
13
2 Jacques Swaters
14
64 Louis Rosier
15
14 Lance Macklin
16
14 Paul Frère
17
38 Peter Hirt
18
18 Albert Scherrer
19
40 Max de Terra
20
2 Chico Landi
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 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