1953 Italian Grand Prix

1953 Italian Grand Prix
Race 9 of 9 in the 1953 Formula One season ← Previous race Next race →
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Race details
Date	13 September 1953
Official name	XXIV Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	6.300 km (3.915 miles)
Distance	80 laps, 504.000 km (313.171 miles)
Weather	Sunny, mild, dry
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	2:02:7
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time	2:04.5 on lap 39
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second	Nino Farina	Ferrari
Third	Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 1953 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula Two race held on 13 September 1953 at Monza. It was the ninth and final race 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. This made it the last World Championship race to run under the Formula Two regulations. The 80-lap race was won by Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio after he started from second position. Nino Farina finished second for the Ferrari team and his teammate Luigi Villoresi came in third.