Argentine Grand Prix

Date
Sun 18th January 1953 (UTC)
Sun 18th January 1953 (Local)

Timestamp
1953-01-18T17:00:00

Time

17:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1953

Round
1

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Location
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez

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Description

The 1953 Argentine Grand Prix was race 1 of 9 in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two regulations in 1952 and 1953. The race was held in Buenos Aires on 18 January 1953, at the Autódromo Gálvez (official name: Autódromo Juan y Óscar Gálvez, also known as the Autódromo 17 de Octubre) and was the first World Drivers' Championship race in South America.
Ascari, who started from pole, led the entirety of the race, taking his seventh consecutive World Championship race victory, and, in so doing, established an early lead in the Drivers' Championship.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 3:01:04.6
2 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari +1 lap
3 José Froilán González Maserati +1 lap
4 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari +1 lap
5 Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Maserati +1 lap
6 Jean Behra Gordini +3 laps
7 Maurice Trintignant - Harry Schell (shared car) Gordini +6 laps
8 John Barber Cooper-Bristol +7 laps
9 Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol +10 laps

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