1953_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season

1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the fifth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 12 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on 4 October.

Geoff Duke (pictured in 1951) won his second 500cc World Championship title in 1953.
Werner Haas, the 1953 125cc and 250cc World Champion.

1953 Grand Prix season calendar

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† After pronouncing the track unsafe before practice had begun, all the factory teams withdrew from the 350cc and 500cc classes in the proposed German Grand Prix. The event continued, but with the agreement that these two classes were only counted as an ordinary international event.[1]

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the five best results were counted.

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500cc final standings

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350cc Standings

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250cc Standings

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125cc Standings

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References

  1. [1]
    "A Farcical German Grand Prix". The Motor Cycle. 91 (2624). London: Ilffe & Sons Ltd: 124. 23 July 1953.
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