Swiss Grand Prix

Date
Sun 23rd August 1953 (UTC)
Sun 23rd August 1953 (Local)

Timestamp
1953-08-23T13:00:00

Time

13:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1953

Round
8

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Location
Circuit Bremgarten

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The 1953 Swiss Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 23 August 1953 at Bremgarten Circuit. It was race 8 of 9 in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used. World Champion Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari won the race, the last race win and finish of his career.
The race marked the brief return of Grand Prix-era legend Hermann Lang. He was given a chance to participate in Formula 1 racing driving for Officine Alfieri Maserati after one of their team drivers was injured. He raced in two World Drivers' Championship events overall—one in 1953 and one in 1954—and his result here, a fifth-place finish, was his best result.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Alberto Ascari Ferrari 3:01:34.40
2 Nino Farina Ferrari + 1:12.93
3 Mike Hawthorn Ferrari + 1:35.96
4 Juan Manuel Fangio - Felice Bonetto (shared car) Maserati + 1 Lap
5 Hermann Lang Maserati + 3 Laps
6 Luigi Villoresi Ferrari + 3 Laps
7 Ken Wharton Cooper-Bristol + 3 Laps
8 Max de Terra Ferrari + 14 Laps
9 Albert Scherrer HWM-Alta + 16 Laps

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