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The 1953 Formula One season was the seventh season of the FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 4th World Championship of Drivers,[1] which was contested over nine races between 18 January and 13 September 1953.[2] The season also included several non-championship races and a separate East German Championship.
As in 1952, all races counting towards the Formula One championship, except the Indianapolis 500, were held for cars complying with Formula Two regulations. A couple of non-championship races were still run under Formula One regulations.
The World Drivers' Championship was won by Alberto Ascari driving for Scuderia Ferrari.[3][4] Ascari became the first driver since the inception of the championship in 1950 to successfully defend his title. It would be his last title, as well as the last for any Italian driver, as of 2024[update].
For the first time, a championship event was included outside of Europe (with expection of the Indianapolis 500): the 1953 Argentine Grand Prix. It was marred by an accident involving 1950 champion Nino Farina, who crashed into an unprotected crowd, killing nine spectators.
- ^ World Championship of Drivers, 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 118 & 119
- ^ Mike Lang, Grand Prix! Volume 1: 1950 to 1965, pages 53 to 66
- ^ "1953 Driver Standings". Formula1. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Steve Small, The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who, 1994, page 37