1953 Formula One Season - 1953 Drivers Championship Final Standings

1953 Drivers Championship Final Standings

Pos.	Driver	ARG	500‡	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts.
1	Alberto Ascari	1		1	1	4	1	8† / Ret†	1	Ret	34.5 (46.5)
2	Juan Manuel Fangio	Ret		Ret	Ret / Ret†	2	2	2	4† / Ret†	1	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	2	6	Ret	8† / Ret†	6	3	17
6	José Froilán González	3		3†	Ret	3	4				13.5 (14.5)
7	Bill Vukovich		1								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			NC		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
—	Prince Bira					Ret	7	Ret		11	0
—	Jacques Swaters							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
—	Tony Bettenhausen		9								0
—	Fred Wacker				9						0
—	Peter Whitehead						9				0
—	Hans Herrmann							9			0
—	Albert Scherrer								9		0
—	Louis Chiron					15				10	0
—	Paul Frère				10				Ret		0
—	Jimmy Davies		10								0
—	Duke Nalon		11								0
—	André Pilette				11						0
—	Bob Gerard					11					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				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
Pos.	Driver	ARG	500‡	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	SUI	ITA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded – point shared equally between drivers sharing fastest lap)
Bold indicates pole position
† Position shared between more drivers of the same car
‡ Several cars were shared in this race. See the race page for details.
Only the best 4 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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