1953 Rouen Grand Prix

1953 Rouen Grand Prix
1953 Rouen Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1953 Formula One season
Race details
Date	28 June 1953
Official name	III Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts
Location	Rouen-Les-Essarts, Orival, Seine-Maritime
Course	Temporary Road Circuit
Course length	5.100 km (3.169 mi)
Distance	60 laps, 306.023 km (190.154 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Giuseppe Farina;
Time	2:12.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Mike Hawthorn
Time	2:12.8
Podium
First	Giuseppe Farina;
Second	Mike Hawthorn;
Third	Philippe Étancelin;

The III Grand Prix de Rouen-les-Essarts was a combined Formula One and Formula Two motor race held on 28 June 1953 at the Rouen-Les-Essarts circuit. The race was held over 60 laps and was won from pole position by Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari 625. Teammate Mike Hawthorn was second and set fastest lap, and Philippe Étancelin was third in a Talbot-Lago T26C, the highest Formula One finisher.^[1]^[2]

Classification

Formula One competitors highlighted in blue.

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	2:!5:05.8, 135.92 kph	1
2	4	Mike Hawthorn	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 625	+1.2s	2
3	6	Philippe Étancelin	Philippe Étancelin	Talbot-Lago T26C	+3 laps	10
4	14	Harry Schell	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+3 laps	7
5	8	Pierre Levegh	Pierre Levegh	Talbot-Lago T26C	+4 laps	11
6	14	Georges Grignard	Georges Grignard	Talbot-Lago T26C	+4 laps	9
7	20	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 375	+4 laps	4
8	18	Bob Gerard	F.R. Gerard	Cooper T23-Bristol	+4 laps	14
9	26	John Lyons	William Knight	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+6 laps	8
10	16	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper T24-Alta	+7 laps	12
Ret.	12	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	30 laps, rear axle	3
Ret.	24	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	27 laps, rear axle	15
Ret.	10	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	19 laps, steering	5
Ret.	30	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Talbot-Lago T26C	4 laps, transmission	13
Ret.	34	Élie Bayol	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A. Tipo 20	0 laps, gearbox	6
DNS	32	Ottorino Volonterio	Ottorino Volonterio	Maserati 4CLT/48
DNA	16	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	drove the Cooper-Alta
DNA	22	B. Bira	Ecurie Siam	Maserati A6GCM
DNA	20	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 500	drove the Ferrari 375

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