1953_Formula_One_season

1953 Formula One season

7th season of FIA's Formula One motor racing

1953 Formula One season

1952

1954

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Races by venue

The 1953 Formula One season was the seventh season of the FIA's Formula One racing. It consisted only of several non-championship motor races. As in 1952, all races counting towards the World Championship of Drivers, apart from the Indianapolis 500, were held for cars complying with Formula Two regulations rather than with Formula One, with the Indianapolis 500 held to AAA regulations.

The 4th FIA World Championship of Drivers,^[1] which commenced on 18 January and ended on 13 September after nine races,^[2] was won by Alberto Ascari,^[1] driving for Scuderia Ferrari.^[3] Ascari became the first driver to successfully defend his title.

In addition to the non-championship Formula One races and the World Championship Formula Two races, numerous other non-championship Formula Two races were also held during the year.

Teams and drivers

More information Entrant, Constructor ...

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Driver	Rounds
Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati A6 2.0 L6	P	Juan Manuel Fangio	1, 3–9
					José Froilán González	1, 3–6
					Felice Bonetto	1, 3, 5–9
					Oscar Gálvez	1
					Johnny Claes	4
					Onofre Marimón	4–9
					Hermann Lang	8
					Sergio Mantovani	9
					Luigi Musso	9
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	500 553	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 Ferrari 553 2.0 L4	P	Alberto Ascari	1, 3–9
					Nino Farina	1, 3–9
					Luigi Villoresi	1, 3–9
					Mike Hawthorn	1, 3–9
					Umberto Maglioli	9
					Piero Carini	9
Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Bristol Cooper-Alta	T20 T23 Special T24	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6 Alta GP 2.5 L4	D	Alan Brown	1
					John Barber	1
					Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	1
					Stirling Moss	5, 7, 9
Equipe Gordini	Gordini Simca-Gordini	Type 16 Type 15	Gordini 20 2.0 L6 Gordini 1500 1.5 L4	E	Robert Manzon	1
					Harry Schell	1, 3–7, 9
					Maurice Trintignant	1, 3–9
					Jean Behra	1, 4–8
					Carlos Menditeguy	1
					Pablo Birger	1
					Roberto Mieres	3, 5, 9
					Fred Wacker	3–4, 8
Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari	500	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4	D	Louis Rosier	3–7, 9
Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari	500	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4	E	Louis Rosier	8
Enrico Platé	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati A6 2.0 L6	P	Toulo de Graffenried	3
Connaught Engineering	Connaught-Lea-Francis	Type A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	D	Roy Salvadori	3, 5–7, 9
					Kenneth McAlpine	3, 6–7, 9
					Stirling Moss	3
					Birabongse Bhanudej	5–7
					Jack Fairman	9
Ecurie Belge	Connaught-Lea-Francis	Type A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	E	Johnny Claes	3, 5, 7, 9
Ecurie Belge	Connaught-Lea-Francis	Type A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	E	André Pilette	4
Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	T23	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Ken Wharton	3, 5–6, 8–9
HW Motors	HWM-Alta	53	Alta GP 2.5 L4	D	Peter Collins	3–6
					Lance Macklin	3–6, 8–9
					Paul Frère	4, 8
					Yves Giraud-Cabantous	5, 9
					Duncan Hamilton	6
					Jack Fairman	6
					Albert Scherrer	8
					John Fitch	9
Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati A6 2.0 L6	P	Toulo de Graffenried	4–9
Georges Berger	Simca-Gordini	Type 15	Gordini 1500 1.5 L4	E	Georges Berger	4
Arthur Legat	Veritas	Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6	E	Arthur Legat	4
Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari	500	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4	E	Jacques Swaters	4, 7–8
Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari	500	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4	E	Charles de Tornaco	4
Louis Chiron	OSCA	20	OSCA 2000 2.0 L6	P	Louis Chiron	5–6, 8–9
Élie Bayol	OSCA	20	OSCA 2000 2.0 L6	P	Élie Bayol	5, 8
Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	T23	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Bob Gerard	5–6
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught-Lea-Francis	Type A	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4	D	Tony Rolt	6
Ecurie Ecosse	Connaught-Lea-Francis Cooper-Bristol	Type A T20	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Ian Stewart	6
Ecurie Ecosse	Connaught-Lea-Francis Cooper-Bristol	Type A T20	Lea-Francis 2.0 L4 Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Jimmy Stewart	6
R.J. Chase	Cooper-Bristol	T23	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Alan Brown	6
Atlantic Stable	Cooper-Alta	T24	Alta GP 2.5 L4	D	Peter Whitehead	6
Tony Crook	Cooper-Bristol	T20	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Tony Crook	6
Hans Stuck	AFM-Bristol	6	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Hans Stuck	7, 9
Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas	RS	Veritas 2.0 L6	D	Wolfgang Seidel	7
Willi Heeks	Veritas	Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6	D	Willi Heeks	7
Theo Helfrich	Veritas	RS	Veritas 2.0 L6	D	Theo Helfrich	7
Oswald Karch	Veritas	RS	Veritas 2.0 L6	D	Oswald Karch	7
Helmut Niedermayr	AFM-BMW	U8	BMW 328 2.0 L6	D	Theo Fitzau	7
Ernst Loof	Veritas	Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6	D	Ernst Loof	7
Hans Herrmann	Veritas	Meteor	Veritas 2.0 L6	D	Hans Herrmann	7
Erwin Bauer	Veritas	RS	Veritas 2.0 L6	D	Erwin Bauer	7
Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari	500 212	Ferrari 500 2.0 L4 Ferrari 166 2.0 V12	P	Kurt Adolff	7
					Peter Hirt	8
					Max de Terra	8
Rennkollektiv EMW	EMW	R2	EMW 6 2.0 L6	D	Edgar Barth	7
Dora Greifzu	Greifzu-BMW	Eigenbau	BMW 328 2.0 L6	D	Rudolf Krause	7
Ernst Klodwig	Heck-BMW	Eigenbau	BMW 328 2.0 L6	D	Ernst Klodwig	7
Equipe Anglaise	Cooper-Bristol	T23	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Alan Brown	7, 9
Equipe Anglaise	Cooper-Bristol	T23	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Helmut Glöckler	7
Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol	T23	Bristol BS1 2.0 L6	D	Rodney Nuckey	7
Günther Bechem	AFM-BMW	50–5	BMW 328 2.0 L6	D	Günther Bechem	7
Escuderia Bandeirantes	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati A6 2.0 L6	P	Chico Landi	8
OSCA Automobili	OSCA	20	OSCA 2000 2.0 L6	P	Élie Bayol	9
Scuderia Milano	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati A6 2.0 L6	P	Chico Landi	9
Scuderia Milano	Maserati	A6GCM	Maserati A6 2.0 L6	P	Birabongse Bhanudej	9

Calendar

More information Round, Grand Prix ...

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires	18 January
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway	30 May^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	7 June
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	20 June
5	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux, Gueux	4 July
6	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	17 July
7	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring, Nürburg	1 August
8	Swiss Grand Prix	Circuit Bremgarten, Bern	22 August
9	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	5 September

Calendar changes

The Argentine Grand Prix hosted its first World Championship Grand Prix in 1953, the race was held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez on 18 January.

The Dutch Grand Prix was moved from mid August to early June.

The French Grand Prix was moved from Rouen-Les-Essarts to Reims-Gueux.

The Swiss Grand Prix was moved from mid May to late August.

The Spanish Grand Prix was scheduled to be held on 26 October but it was cancelled for monetary reasons.^[2]

World Championship season summary

Italian Alberto Ascari won the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, his second and last championship title and the last by an Italian driver, as of 2023^[update].

Ferrari won seven of the nine championship races with its Tipo 500 model

Ferrari drivers again dominated the championship, taking seven of the eight Grands Prix. However, Juan Manuel Fangio's challenge in his more fragile Maserati took him to second place in the championship and a win at Monza. Ascari extended his unbeaten run to nine consecutive World Championship Grand Prix wins before his teammate Mike Hawthorn broke the sequence in becoming the first-ever British winner in the French Grand Prix at Reims after a thrilling battle with Fangio.

In 1953, all but one of the races counting towards the World Championship of Drivers were run under Formula 2 regulations, while the remaining one, the Indianapolis 500, was run under AAA Championship Car regulations. The 1953 championship was the first genuinely global World Championship of Drivers, with a championship event staged outside of Europe or the United States for the first time. That race, the 1953 Argentine Grand Prix, was marred by an accident involving the Ferrari of Giuseppe Farina, which crashed into an unprotected crowd, killing nine spectators.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

More information Round, Grand Prix ...

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Tyre	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	P	Report
2	Indianapolis 500	Bill Vukovich	Bill Vukovich	Bill Vukovich	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser	F	Report
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Luigi Villoresi	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	P	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Juan Manuel Fangio	José Froilán González	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	P	Report
5	French Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	P	Report
6	British Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari José Froilán González	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	P	Report
7	German Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	P	Report
8	Swiss Grand Prix	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alberto Ascari	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	P	Report
9	Italian Grand Prix	Alberto Ascari	Juan Manuel Fangio	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	P	Report

World Championship of Drivers standings

Further information: List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

Championship points were awarded to the first five finishers in each race on an 8–6–4–3–2 basis. Points for shared drives were divided equally between the drivers, regardless of the number of laps driven by each. One point was also awarded for the fastest lap in each race. The point was shared equally between drivers sharing the fastest lap. Only the best four results from the nine races counted towards a driver's total points in the World Championship. In the points column, numbers without parentheses are retained championship points, and numbers within parentheses are total points scored.

More information Pos., Driver ...

Pos.	Driver	ARG	500‡	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts.
1	Alberto Ascari	1^P^F		1^P	(1)	(4)^P	1^P^F*	8^P†/ (Ret^F)†	1^F	Ret^P	34.5 (46.5)
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ret		Ret	Ret^P/ Ret†	2^F	2	2	(4^P†) / Ret†	1^F	28 (29.5)
3	Nino Farina	Ret		2	Ret	(5)	(3)	1	2	2	26 (32)
4	Mike Hawthorn	4		(4)	6	1	(5)	3	3	(4)	19 (27)
5	Luigi Villoresi	2		Ret^F	2	6	Ret	8† / Ret†	6	3	17
6	José Froilán González	3		3†	(Ret^F)	3	4^F*				13.5 (14.5)
7	Bill Vukovich		1^P^F								9
8	Toulo de Graffenried			5	4	7	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	7
9	Felice Bonetto	Ret		3†		Ret	6	4	4† / Ret†	Ret	6.5
10	Art Cross		2								6
11	Onofre Marimón				3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4
12	Maurice Trintignant	7†		6	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	4
13	Sam Hanks		3†								2
14	Duane Carter		3†								2
15	Óscar Alfredo Gálvez	5									2
16	Jack McGrath		5								2
17	Hermann Lang								5		2
18	Fred Agabashian		4†								1.5
19	Paul Russo		4†								1.5
—	Stirling Moss			9		Ret		6		13	0
—	Jean Behra	6			Ret	10	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
—	Roberto Mieres			Ret		Ret				6	0
—	Jimmy Daywalt		6								0
—	Harry Schell	7†		Ret	7	Ret	Ret	Ret		9	0
—	Louis Rosier			7	8	8	10	10	Ret	16	0
—	Ken Wharton			Ret		Ret	8		7	NC	0
—	Birabongse Bhanudej					Ret	7	Ret		11	0
—	Jacques Swaters				DNS			7	Ret		0
—	Jim Rathmann		7								0
—	Sergio Mantovani									7†	0
—	Luigi Musso									7†	0
—	Peter Collins			8	Ret	13	Ret				0
—	John Barber	8									0
—	Ernie McCoy		8								0
—	Max de Terra								8		0
—	Umberto Maglioli									8	0
—	Alan Brown	9					Ret	Ret		12	0
—	Fred Wacker			DNS	9				DNS		0
—	Tony Bettenhausen		9								0
—	Peter Whitehead						9				0
—	Hans Herrmann							9			0
—	Albert Scherrer								9		0
—	Louis Chiron					15	DNS		DNS	10	0
—	Paul Frère				10				Ret		0
—	Jimmy Davies		10								0
—	Duke Nalon		11								0
—	André Pilette				11						0
—	Bob Gerard					11	Ret				0
—	Rodney Nuckey							11			0
—	Johnny Claes			NC	Ret†	12		Ret		Ret	0
—	Carl Scarborough		12								0
—	Theo Helfrich							12			0
—	Kenneth McAlpine			Ret			Ret	13		NC	0
—	Manny Ayulo		13								0
—	Yves Giraud-Cabantous					14				15	0
—	Hans Stuck							Ret		14	0
—	Jimmy Bryan		14								0
—	Rudolf Krause							14			0
—	Bill Holland		15								0
—	Ernst Klodwig							15			0
—	Rodger Ward		16								0
—	Wolfgang Seidel							16			0
—	Walt Faulkner		17								0
—	Jack Fairman						Ret			NC	0
—	Lance Macklin			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	0
—	Roy Salvadori			Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
—	Élie Bayol					Ret			DNS	Ret	0
—	Chico Landi								Ret	Ret	0
—	Robert Manzon	Ret									0
—	Carlos Menditeguy	Ret									0
—	Pablo Birger	Ret									0
—	Adolfo Schwelm Cruz	Ret									0
—	Marshall Teague		Ret								0
—	Spider Webb		Ret								0
—	Bob Sweikert		Ret								0
—	Mike Nazaruk		Ret								0
—	Pat Flaherty		Ret								0
—	Jerry Hoyt		Ret								0
—	Johnnie Parsons		Ret								0
—	Don Freeland		Ret								0
—	Gene Hartley		Ret								0
—	Chuck Stevenson		Ret								0
—	Cal Niday		Ret								0
—	Bob Scott		Ret								0
—	Andy Linden		Ret								0
—	Johnny Thomson		Ret								0
—	Georges Berger				Ret						0
—	Arthur Legat				Ret						0
—	Jimmy Stewart						Ret				0
—	Tony Rolt						Ret				0
—	Ian Stewart						Ret				0
—	Duncan Hamilton						Ret				0
—	Tony Crook						Ret				0
—	Edgar Barth							Ret			0
—	Oswald Karch							Ret			0
—	Willi Heeks							Ret			0
—	Theo Fitzau							Ret			0
—	Kurt Adolff							Ret			0
—	Günther Bechem							Ret			0
—	Ernst Loof							Ret			0
—	Erwin Bauer							Ret			0
—	Peter Hirt								Ret		0
—	Piero Carini									Ret	0
—	John Fitch									Ret	0
—	Charles de Tornaco				DNS						0
—	Helmut Glöckler							DNS			0
Pos.	Driver	ARG	500‡	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation	Meaning
P	Pole position
F	Fastest lap

† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
* Point for fastest lap shared between different drivers.
‡ Several cars were shared in this race. See the race page for details.

Non-championship races

The following Formula One/Formula Two/Formula Libre races, which did not count towards the World Championship of Drivers, were held in 1953.

More information Race name, Circuit ...

Race name	Circuit	Date	Formula	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
VII Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires	Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez	1 February	Formula Libre	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	Report
III Gran Premio di Siracusa	Syracuse	22 March	Formula Two	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	Report
XIV Pau Grand Prix	Pau	6 April	Formula Two	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report
V Lavant Cup	Goodwood	6 April	Formula Two	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	Report
II Aston Martin Owners Club Formula 2 Race	Snetterton	18 April	Formula Two	Eric Thompson	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
III Grand Prix de Bordeaux	Bordeaux	3 May	Formula Two	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari	Report
V BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	9 May	Formula Two	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Report
XV Eläintarhanajot	Eläintarharata	10 May	Formula One	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper-Bristol	Report
VI Gran Premio di Napoli	Posillipo	10 May	Formula Two	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	Report
VII Ulster Trophy	Dundrod	16 May	Formula Two	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari	Report
I Winfield JC Formula 2 Race	Charterhall	23 May	Formula Two	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	Report
XXIII Grand Prix des Frontières	Chimay	24 May	Formula Two	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	Report
III Coronation Trophy	Crystal Palace	25 May	Formula Two	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
I Snetterton Coronation Trophy	Snetterton	30 May	Formula Two	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
XVII Internationales ADAC Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	31 May	Formula Two	Toulo de Graffenried	Maserati	Report
XV Grand Prix de l'Albigeois	Albi (Les Planques)	31 May	Formula Two	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	Report
I Coupe de Printemps	Montlhéry	31 May	Formula Two	Marcel Balsa	BMW	Report
II West Essex CC Race	Snetterton	27 June	Formula Two	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
I Midlands MECC Race	Silverstone	27 June	Formula Two	Tony Crook	Cooper-Alta	Report
III Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts	Rouen-Les-Essarts	28 June	Formula One	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari	Report
I Crystal Palace Trophy	Crystal Palace	11 July	Formula Two	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
IX Internationales Avusrennen	AVUS	12 July	Formula Two	Jacques Swaters	Ferrari	Report
II United States Air Force Trophy	Snetterton	25 July	Formula Two	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
V Circuit du Lac	Aix-les-Bains	26 July	Formula Two	Élie Bayol	OSCA	Report
I Bristol MC & LCC Race	Thruxton	3 August	Formula Two	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
I Mid-Cheshire MC Race	Oulton Park	8 August	Formula Two	Tony Rolt	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
III Grand Prix de Sables d'Olonne	Les Sables-d'Olonne	9 August	Formula Two	Louis Rosier	Ferrari	Report
II Newcastle Journal Trophy	Charterhall	15 August	Formula Two	Ken Wharton	Cooper-Bristol	Report
V Circuit de Cadours	Cadours	30 August	Formula Two	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini	Report
I RedeX Trophy	Snetterton	12 September	Formula Two	Eric Thompson	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
III Skarpnäcksloppet	Skarpnäck	13 September	Formula One	Erik Lundgren	Ford	Report
I London Trophy	Crystal Palace	19 September	Formula Two	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Alta	Report
IV Gran Premio di Modena	Modena	20 September	Formula Two	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati	Report
VI Madgwick Cup	Goodwood	26 September	Formula Two	Roy Salvadori	Connaught-Lea Francis	Report
II Joe Fry Memorial Trophy	Castle Combe	3 October	Formula Two	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	Report
I Curtis Trophy	Snetterton	17 October	Formula Two	Bob Gerard	Cooper-Bristol	Report

East German races

More information Race name, Circuit ...

Race name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
I Strassen-Rennen Karl-Marx-Stadt	Karl-Marx-Stadt	3 May	Rudolf Krause	BMW-Reif	Report
I Paul Greifzu Gedachtnisrennen	Dessau	7 June	Edgar Barth	EMW	Report
IV Strassen-rennen Halle-Saale-Schleife	Halle-Saale-Schleife	5 July	Edgar Barth	EMW	Report
I Dresden Autobahnspinne	Dresden-Hellerau	26 July	Edgar Barth	EMW	Report
V Sachsenringrennen	Sachsenring	6 September	Edgar Barth	EMW-BMW	Report
II Bernau Autobahnschleife	Bernau	27 September	Arthur Rosenhammer	EMW	Report

The Bernau race was not part of the East German Championship.

East German Championship

The table below shows the points awarded for each race. Only East German drivers were eligible for points.

More information Place, Driver ...

Place	Driver	Entrant	Car	KAR	DES	HAL	DRE	SAC	Total
1	Edgar Barth	EMW Rennkollektiv	EMW 52/53-BMW 328		6	6	6	6	24
2	Rudolf Krause	Greifzu-Sühl	Greifzu-BMW 328	6	4	4		4	18
3	Karl Weber	BSG Motor	Werkmeister-BMW 328	4	3			2	9
4	Ernst Klodwig	BSG Motor	Lodwig-Heck-BMW 328			2		3	5
5	Kurt Straubel	BSG Motor	Eigenbau-BMW 328				4		4
6	Paul Thiel	EMW Rennkollektiv	EMW 52/53-BMW 328			3			3
=	Heinz Melkus	BSGN Sedlitz	ARO-Veritas-Alfa Romeo	3					3
8	Bobby Kohlrauch	Greifzu-Sühl	Greifzu-BMW 328		2				2

Notes

The Indianapolis 500 also counted towards the 1953 AAA Championship Car season, and was run for AAA Championship cars, but was not run to Formula One regulations.

References

[1]
World Championship of Drivers, 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 118 & 119
[2]
Mike Lang, Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950 to 1965, pages 53 to 66
[3]
Steve Small, The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who, 1994, page 37

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