1953 Dutch Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 7 June 1953 | ||||
Official name | IV Grote Prijs van Nederland | ||||
Location | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort, Netherlands | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 4.193 km (2.605 miles) | ||||
Distance | 90 laps, 377.370 km (234.488 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny, mild, dry | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Ferrari | ||||
Time | 1:51.1 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:52.8 on lap 59 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Ferrari | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Maserati | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1953 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 7 June 1953 at the Circuit Zandvoort. It was race 3 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. The 90-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari after he started from pole position. His teammate Nino Farina finished second and Maserati drivers José Froilán González and Felice Bonetto came in third