Round 7 · 2 August 1953
1953 German Grand Prix: results
Nino Farina (Ferrari) won the 1953 German Grand Prix, round 7 of the championship, held on 2 August 1953 at Nürburgring (Germany), starting from position 3. Juan Fangio (Maserati) and Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) completed the podium.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nino Farina | Ferrari | 3 | 3:02:25.000 | 8 | Finished |
| 2 | Juan Fangio | Maserati | 2 | +64.000 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 4 | +103.600 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 7 | +528.600 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati | 11 | +1 Lap | 2 | +1 Lap |
| 6 | Stirling Moss | Cooper | 12 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Jacques Swaters | Ferrari | 19 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 9 | Hans Herrmann | Veritas | 14 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 10 | Louis Rosier | Ferrari | 22 | +1 Lap | — | +1 Lap |
| 11 | Rodney Nuckey | Cooper | 20 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 12 | Theo Helfrich | Veritas | 28 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 13 | Kenneth McAlpine | Connaught | 16 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 14 | Rudolf Krause | BMW | 26 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 15 | Ernst Klodwig | BMW | 32 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 16 | Wolfgang Seidel | Veritas | 29 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 17 | Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 6 | — | 1 | Engine |
| 17 | Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 6 | — | — | Engine |
| 18 | Alan Brown | Cooper | 17 | — | — | Engine |
| 19 | Onofre Marimón | Maserati | 8 | — | — | Suspension |
| 20 | Edgar Barth | EMW | 24 | — | — | Exhaust |
| 21 | Johnny Claes | Connaught | 25 | — | — | Retired |
| 22 | Oswald Karch | Veritas | 34 | — | — | Retired |
| 23 | Willi Heeks | Veritas | 18 | — | — | Retired |
| 24 | Jean Behra | Gordini | 9 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 25 | Harry Schell | Gordini | 10 | — | — | Engine |
| 26 | Prince Bira | Connaught | 15 | — | — | Suspension |
| 27 | Theo Fitzau | AFM | 21 | — | — | Retired |
| 28 | Kurt Adolff | Ferrari | 27 | — | — | Retired |