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.
† 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. [1]
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 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Fergus Anderson | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 34 | 3 | |
2 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 26 | 2 | |
3 | Ray Amm | Southern Rhodesia | Norton | 18 | 1 | |
4 | Ken Kavanagh | Australia | Norton | 18 | 0 | |
5 | Jack Brett | United Kingdom | Norton | 12 | 0 | |
6 | Rod Coleman | New Zealand | AJS | 9 | 0 | |
7 | Ken Mudford | New Zealand | Norton | 8 | 1 | |
8 | Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | AJS | 6 | 0 | |
= | Pierre Monneret | France | AJS | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Duilio Agostini | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
11 | August Hobl | Germany | DKW | 3 | 0 | |
= | Josef Albisser | Switzerland | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
= | Harry Pearce | United Kingdom | Velocette | 3 | 0 | |
14 | Bill Doran | United Kingdom | AJS | 3 | 0 | |
= | Derek Farrant | United Kingdom | AJS | 3 | 0 | |
16 | Tommy Wood | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
= | Ernie Ring | Austria | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
= | Leo Simpson | New Zealand | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
= | Malcolm Templeton | United Kingdom | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
20 | Karl Hoffman | Germany | DKW | 1 | 0 | |
= | Ray Laurent | New Zealand | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Ken Harwood | United Kingdom | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
= | Tony McAlpine | Australia | Norton | 1 | 0 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Werner Haas | Germany | NSU | 28 | 2 | |
2 | Reg Armstrong | United Kingdom | NSU | 23 | 2 | |
3 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 22 | 2 | |
4 | Fergus Anderson | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 22 | 1 | |
5 | Alano Montanari | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 19 | 0 | |
6 | Ken Kavanagh | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
7 | Siegfried Wünsche | Germany | DKW | 6 | 0 | |
8 | August Hobl | Germany | DKW | 6 | 0 | |
9 | Otto Daiker | Germany | NSU | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
11 | Walter Reichert | Germany | NSU | 3 | 0 | |
12 | Tommy Wood | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Wolfgang Brandt | Germany | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
= | Sid Willis | Australia | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
15 | Umberto Masetti | Italy | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Rupert Hollaus | Austria | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Werner Haas | Germany | NSU | 30 | 3 | |
2 | Cecil Sandford | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 20 | 0 | |
3 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 18 | 1 | |
4 | Angelo Copeta | Italy | MV Agusta | 17 | 1 | |
5 | Leslie Graham | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 8 | 1 | |
6 | Otto Daiker | Germany | NSU | 7 | 0 | |
7 | Emilio Mendogni | Italy | Morini | 6 | 0 | |
8 | Wolfgang Brandt | Germany | NSU | 5 | 0 | |
9 | Reg Armstrong | United Kingdom | NSU | 4 | 0 | |
= | Rupert Hollaus | Austria | NSU | 4 | 0 | |
11 | Luigi Zinzani | Italy | Morini | 3 | 0 | |
12 | Marcelo Cama | Spain | Montesa | 2 | 0 | |
= | Tito Forconi | Italy | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
= | Arnold Jones | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
= | Walter Reichert | Germany | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
= | Drikus Veer | Netherlands | Morini | 2 | 0 | |
17 | Georg Braun | Germany | Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Paolo Campanelli | Italy | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 | |
= | Karl Lottes | Germany | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 | |
= | Fron Purslow | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 | |
= | Lo Simons | Netherlands | Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Bill Webster | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 |
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