1953 Eifelrennen

1953 Eifelrennen
1953 Eifelrennen
Race details
Date	31 May 1953
Official name	XVII Internationales ADAC Eifelrennen
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	22.799 km (14.167 mi)
Distance	7 laps, 159.543 km (99.135 mi)
Fastest lap
Driver	Emmanuel de Graffenried
Time	11:24.3
Podium
First	Emmanuel de Graffenried;
Second	Paul Frère;
Third	Peter Collins;

The 17th Internationales ADAC-Eifelrennen was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 31 May 1953 at the Nürburgring circuit. The race was run over 7 laps of the circuit, and was won by Swiss driver Emmanuel de Graffenried in a Maserati A6GCM. de Graffenried also set fastest lap. Paul Frère finished second and Peter Collins third in their HWM-Altas.^[1]^[2]

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Position
1	17	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Baron de Graffenried	Maserati A6GCM	1:24:32.0, 113.24 kph
2	12	Paul Frère	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta	+1.7s
3	11	Peter Collins	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta	+16.3s
4	34	Kurt Adolff	Ecurie Espadon	Ferrari 500	+53.5s
5	35	Edgar Barth	Rennkollektiv EMW	EMW-BMW 328	+4:16.5
6	8	Stirling Moss	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T24-Alta	+4:31.9
7	24	Theo Helfrich	Theo Helfrich	Veritas RS	+5:20.8
8	22	Wolfgang Seidel	Wolfgang Seidel	Veritas RS	+6:15.8
9	9	Fred Wacker	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+7:58.2
10	33	Hans Blees	Hans Blees	AFM-BMW 328	+8:45.0
11	19	B. Bira	Prince Birabongse	Maserati A6GCM	+14:23.9
12	32	Adolf Lang	Adolf Lang	Veritas RS	+1 lap
13	25	Clemens Sandgathe	Clemens Sandgathe	BMW Eigenbau-BMW 328
Ret.	14	Rodney Nuckey	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper T23-Bristol	5 laps, magneto
Ret	30	Hans Klenk	Hans Klenk	Veritas Meteor	5 laps, engine/back axle
Ret	10	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	5 laps, ignition
Ret.	21	Hans Stuck	Hans Stuck	AFM-Küchen	3 laps, ignition
Ret.	23	Willi Heeks	Hans Stuck	Veritas Meteor	1 lap, accident
Ret.	16	Melvin Stickney	Melvin Stickney	Veritas RS	1 lap, engine
Ret.	20	Paul Pietsch	Scuderia Milan	Maserati A6GCM
Ret.	31	Hans Herrmann	Hans Klenk	Veritas RS-BMW 328
Ret.	29	Ernst Lautenschlager	Ernst Lautenschlager	Veritas RS-BMW 328
Ret.	18	Francisco Landi	Francisco Landi	Maserati A6GCM

^ "Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
^ "XVII Internationales ADAC-Eifelrennen 1953". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-07-21.

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