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1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1953 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the fifth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 12 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on 4 October.

1953 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
12 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	GBR Leslie Graham	GBR Fergus Anderson	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm		Report
27 June	NLD Dutch TT	Assen	FRG Werner Haas	FRG Werner Haas	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	GBR Geoff Duke		Report
5 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			GBR Fergus Anderson	ITA Alfredo Milani	GBR Oliver / Dibben	Report
19 July	FRG German Grand Prix	Schottenring	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	FRG Werner Haas	ITA Carlo Bandirola †	FRG Walter Zeller †		Report
2 August	FRA French Grand Prix	Rouen-Les-Essarts			GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR Oliver / Dibben	Report
15 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	FRG Werner Haas	IRL Reg Armstrong	NZL Ken Mudford	AUS Ken Kavanagh	GBR Smith / Nutt	Report
23 August	CHE Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten		IRL Reg Armstrong	GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR Oliver / Dibben	Report
6 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	FRG Werner Haas	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR Oliver / Dibben	Report
4 October	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc	ITA Angelo Copeta	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti		GBR Fergus Anderson		Report

† After pronouncing the track unsafe before practice had begun, all the factory teams withdrew from the 350cc and 500cc classes in the proposed German Grand Prix. The event continued, but with the agreement that these two classes were only counted as an ordinary international event.

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the five best results were counted.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	FRA
FRA	ULS
Ulster	SUI
CHE	NAC
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	=	24	25	=	=	=	29	=	31	32	33	=	35	36	=	38	=	=	41	42	=	=	=	=	=	48	49	50	=	=	=	=	55	56	57	58	59	=	=	62	63	=	65	66	=	=	69	70	=	71	72	73	=	75	=	77	=	=	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	=	90	=	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Pos	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	FRA
FRA	ULS
Ulster	SUI
CHE	NAC
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts
GBR Geoff Duke	Gilera	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	1	1	DNS	38
IRL Reg Armstrong	Gilera	3	2	3	2	4	3	4	Ret	24 (30)
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera	Ret	Ret	1	3	Ret	2			18
AUS Ken Kavanagh	Norton / Moto Guzzi	Ret	3	4	4	1	Ret		Ret	18
Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	Norton	1	Ret	2	DNS					14
GBR Jack Brett	Norton	2	5	8	6	3	Ret			13
GBR Dickie Dale	Gilera	Ret	Ret	6	8		7	2	3	11
ITA Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera		4	Ret	5		4		4	11
GBR Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi		Ret	7				Ret	1	8
NZL Rod Coleman	AJS / Norton	4	Ret	5	7	7	5		Ret	7
ITA Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	Ret						Ret	2	6
ITA Libero Liberati	Gilera							3	Ret	4
GBR Bill Doran	AJS	5	6	11						3
GBR Derek Farrant	Matchless / AJS	Ret				5	6			3
ITA Nello Pagani	Gilera						9	7	5	2
GBR Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta							5	Ret	2
NZL Ken Mudford	Norton	Ret	Ret	14		6			Ret	1
UK Tommy Wood	Norton			Ret	Ret				6	1
DEU Hermann Paul Müller	Horex / MV Agusta						Ret	6		1
GBR Peter Davey	Norton	6								1
DEU Walter Zeller	BMW	Ret	7				8	Ret		0
ESP Javier de Ortueta	Norton								7	0
GBR Ted Frend	Norton	7								0
GBR Robin Sherry	AJS	8	Ret	Ret						0
NLD Piet Bakker	Norton		8							0
NIR Louis Carter	Norton					8				0
ESP Antonio Creus	Norton								8	0
ITA Bruno Francisi	MV Agusta							8	DNS	0
BEL Auguste Goffin	Norton			10	Ret				9	0
GBR Harry Pearce	Matchless	9		Ret		10				0
FRA Pierre Monneret	AJS / Gilera				12			9	Ret	0
GBR Charlie Salt	BSA	16				9				0
FRA Pierre Cherrier	Norton				9					0
BEL Léon Martin	Gilera			9						0
GBR John Storr	Norton			Ret			Ret	10		0
DEU Hans Baltisberger	BMW						10		Ret	0
GIB John Grace	Norton	10							Ret	0
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton				10					0
ESP Alfredo Flores	Norton								10	0
GBR Geoff Read	Norton		10							0
AUS Keith Bryen	Norton	Ret	11	18						0
AUS Laurie Boulter	Norton	11								0
GBR Leslie Dear	Norton					11				0
ITA Enrico Galante	Norton							11		0
GBR Sidney Mason	Norton				11					0
NLD Heer Meyer	BMW						11			0
DEU Heinz Thorn-Prikker	Moto Guzzi								11	0
NZL Leo Simpson	Matchless / AJS	Ret	Ret	12	Ret			Ret		0
CHE Jost Albisser	Norton				Ret		12	Ret		0
ITA Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi							12		0
GBR Ken Harwood	AJS					12				0
GBR Frank Norris	Norton	12								0
NLD Priem Rozenberg	Matchless		12							0
DEU Siegfried Wünsche	DKW								12	0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Matchless	Ret	Ret	13		15				0
GBR Jack Bailey	Norton	20				13				0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Norton	22							13	0
NLD Lodweijk Simons	Matchless		13	Ret						0
CHE B. Botta	Norton						13			0
ITA Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera							13		0
GBR Eric Houseley	Norton	13								0
NZL Ray Laurent	Norton	15	9					14		0
NIR Malcolm Templeton	Matchless	14				Ret				0
GBR Leonard Williams	Norton	Ret				14				0
CHE Florian Camathias	BMW						14		DNS	0
AUS Keith Campbell	Norton			15					DNS	0
GBR Arthur Feen	Norton						15			0
ITA Antonio Ronchei	Gilera							15		0
NIR Charlie Gray	AJS	27				16				0
BEL Roger Laurent	Norton			16						0
CHE Henri Vidonne	Norton					16				0
GBR Sparky Campbell	Norton	Ret	Ret			17				0
BEL Charles Bruguiere	Norton		Ret	17						0
GBR Eric Pantlin	Norton	17								0
DDR Karl Rührschneck	Norton						17			0
USA Nick Nicholson	Norton	18								0
GBR Ernie Oliver	Norton					18				0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton	19								0
GBR Reg MacDonald	AJS					19				0
BEL Andrè Wuyts	Norton			19						0
GBR Jimmy Hayes	AJS					20				0
GBR Ken Swallow	AJS / Norton	Ret				21				0
GBR Les Dear	Norton	21								0
Ceylon Rally Dean	Norton	Ret	Ret			22				0
AUS George Scott	AJS	23	Ret							0
GBR Robert Browne	AJS					23				0
Ceylon Zachary Dean	Norton	35	Ret			24				0
NIR Peter Carter	Matchless	24								0
ZAF Ray Travers	Norton	25								0
GBR Stanley Williamson	Norton					25				0
GBR Fred Pusey	Norton					26				0
GBR Roy Walker	Norton	26								0
GBR Jackie Joseph Wood	Norton					27				0
GBR Eric Hardy	AJS	28								0
GBR Kel Prince	AJS	29								0
GBR Sid Franklen	AJS	30								0
GBR Luis Gilbert	AJS	31								0
GBR Llewelyn Ranson	AJS	32								0
GBR John Fisher	AJS	33								0
GBR Bob McDonald	AJS	34								0
GBR Jack Harding	Norton	36								0
AUS Tony McAlpine	Norton	Ret	Ret	Ret				Ret		0
GBR Harold Clark	Matchless / Norton	Ret	Ret						Ret	0
ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi		Ret	Ret					Ret	0
NZL Peter Murphy	Matchless	Ret	Ret	Ret						0
AUS Ernie Ring	Matchless / AJS	Ret	Ret	Ret						0
DEU Friedel Schön	Horex		Ret	Ret	Ret					0
NZL Barry Stormont	Norton	Ret	Ret					Ret		0
DEU Fritz Kläger	Horex			Ret					Ret	0
FRA Georges Monneret	Gilera / Matchless				Ret			Ret		0
GBR Humphrey Ranson	Norton		Ret	Ret						0
CHE Barde	Norton						Ret			0
GBR Syd Barnett	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Ernie Barrett	Phoenix-JAP	Ret								0
BEL Francis Basso	Norton			Ret						0
CHE Carletto Bellotti	Norton						Ret			0
GBR George Brown	Norton	Ret								0
FRA Georges Burgaff	Norton				Ret					0
GBR John Clark	AJS	Ret								0
GBR John Cooper	Matchless	Ret								0
GBR Archie Fenn	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Giulio Galbiati	Moto Guzzi							Ret		0
ITA Martino Giani	MV Agusta						DNS	Ret		0
GBR Leslie Graham	MV Agusta	Ret								0
ITA Francesco Guglielminetti	Norton							Ret		0
GBR William Hall	Norton							Ret		0
GBR Phil Heath	Matchless								Ret	0
CAN Robert Herbert	Triumph	Ret								0
DEU August Hobl	DKW								Ret	0
DEU Karl Hoffman	DKW								Ret	0
SWE Kuno Johansson	Triumph	Ret								0
GBR Cyril Julian	Norton	Ret								0
DEU Rudolf Knees	Norton		Ret							0
GBR Dick Knox	Norton					Ret				0
GBR Gordon Laing	Norton			Ret						0
GBR George Leigh	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Umberto Masetti	Gilera		Ret							0
NIR Bob Matthews	Norton		Ret							0
AUT Alexander Mayer	Norton						Ret		DNS	0
GBR Tommy McEwan	Matchless	Ret								0
GBR Bob McIntyre	Matchless					Ret				0
GBR John McKay	Triumph	Ret								0
GBR George Morgan	Norton		Ret							0
NIR Mike O'Rourke	Matchless	Ret								0
GBR Fred Passmore	Norton	Ret								0
BEL Jacques Raffeld	Norton			Ret						0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	AJS	Ret								0
GBR Ron Rudge	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Simon Sandys-Winsch	Norton		Ret							0
DEU Roland Schnell	Horex							Ret		0
ITA Emilio Soprani	Gilera								Ret	0
DNK Sven Sørensen	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Leo Starr	Norton	Ret								0
NLD Henk Steman	Matchless		Ret							0
BEL Edouard Texidor	Norton			Ret						0
NIR Harry Turner	Norton					Ret				0
AUS Geoff Walker	Norton	Ret								0
AUS Sid Willis	Norton							Ret		0
GBR Vic Willoughby	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Tito Forconi	MV Agusta								DNS	0
ESP Juan Leal	Norton								DNS	0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton	DNS								0
GBR Leonard Parry	DKW								DNS	0
GBR Bill Petch	Norton								DNS	0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	34	3
2	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Italy	Moto Guzzi	26	2
3	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	Southern Rhodesia	Norton	18	1
4	AUS Ken Kavanagh	Australia	Norton	18	0
5	GBR Jack Brett	United Kingdom	Norton	12	0
6	NZL Rod Coleman	New Zealand	AJS	9	0
7	NZL Ken Mudford	New Zealand	Norton	8	1
8	Scotland Bob McIntyre	United Kingdom	AJS	6	0
=	FRA Pierre Monneret	France	AJS	6	0
10	ITA Duilio Agostini	Italy	Moto Guzzi	4	0
11	FRG August Hobl	Germany	DKW	3	0
=	CHE Josef Albisser	Switzerland	Norton	3	0
=	GBR Harry Pearce	United Kingdom	Velocette	3	0
14	GBR Bill Doran	United Kingdom	AJS	3	0
=	GBR Derek Farrant	United Kingdom	AJS	3	0
16	GBR Tommy Wood	United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	AUT Ernie Ring	Austria	AJS	2	0
=	NZL Leo Simpson	New Zealand	AJS	2	0
=	GBR Malcolm Templeton	United Kingdom	AJS	2	0
20	FRG Karl Hoffman	Germany	DKW	1	0
=	NZL Ray Laurent	New Zealand	Norton	1	0
=	GBR Ken Harwood	United Kingdom	AJS	1	0
=	AUS Tony McAlpine	Australia	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	FRG Werner Haas	Germany	NSU	28	2
2	GBR Reg Armstrong	United Kingdom	NSU	23	2
3	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Italy	Moto Guzzi	22	2
4	GBR Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	22	1
5	ITA Alano Montanari	Italy	Moto Guzzi	19	0
6	AUS Ken Kavanagh	Australia	Moto Guzzi	6	0
7	FRG Siegfried Wünsche	Germany	DKW	6	0
8	FRG August Hobl	Germany	DKW	6	0
9	FRG Otto Daiker	Germany	NSU	6	0
10	GBR Arthur Wheeler	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	4	0
11	FRG Walter Reichert	Germany	NSU	3	0
12	GBR Tommy Wood	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	3	0
13	FRG Wolfgang Brandt	Germany	NSU	2	0
=	AUS Sid Willis	Australia	Velocette	2	0
15	ITA Umberto Masetti	Italy	NSU	1	0
=	AUT Rupert Hollaus	Austria	Moto Guzzi	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts	1	30 (36)	2	20	3	18	4	17	5	8	6	7	7	6	8	5	9	4	9	4	11	3	12	2	12	2	12	2	12	2	12	2	17	1	17	1	17	1	17	1	17	1	17	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts
FRG Werner Haas	NSU	2	1F	2F	1F	1F
GBR Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	3	3		2		2
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta		2	1		3	NCF
ITA Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta	4		4		4	1
GBR Leslie Graham	MV Agusta	1F
FRG Otto Daiker	NSU			3	4
ITA Emilio Mendogni	Morini					2
FRG Wolfgang Brandt	NSU					5	4
GBR Reg Armstrong	NSU			3
AUT Rupert Hollaus	NSU						3
ITA Luigi Zinzani	Morini		4
GBR Arnold Jones	MV Agusta	5
NLD Drikus Veer	Morini		5
FRG Walter Reichert	NSU			5
ITA Tito Forconi	MV Agusta				5
ESP Marcelo Cama	Montesa						5
GBR Bill Webster	MV Agusta	6
NLD Lo Simons	MV Agusta		6
FRG Karl Lottes	MV Agusta			6
GBR Fron Purslow	MV Agusta				6
ITA Paolo Campanelli	MV Agusta					6
FRG Georg Braun	Mondial						6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

As MV Agusta and NSU had equal number of points, identical ranks obtained in all races, and equal number of races in which they classified, their finishing time in each of the six races was added up. MV Agusta's total time is 36.1 seconds quicker than NSU's total time, and was declared the constructors' champion.

Pos.	Constructor	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts	1	30 (40)	4	30 (40)	3	9	4	2	5	2	Pos.	Constructor	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts
ITA MV Agusta	1	2	1	2	3	1
FRG NSU	2	1	2	1	1	3
ITA Morini		4			2
ESP Montesa						5
ITA Mondial		6				6

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

(23 July 1953). "A Farcical German Grand Prix". Ilffe & Sons Ltd.

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