1953 Modena Grand Prix

The 4th Gran Premio di Modena was a Formula Two motor race held on 20 September 1953 at the Aerautodromo di Modena, Italy. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Argentinian driver Juan Manuel Fangio in a Maserati A6GCM. Fangio also qualified on pole and set fastest lap. His teammates Onofre Marimón and Emmanuel de Graffenried finished second and third.

1953 Modena Grand Prix
Race details
Date	20 September 1953
Official name	IV Gran Premio di Modena
Location	Aerautodromo di Modena, Modena, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.361 km (1.467 mi)
Distance	100 laps, 236.13 km (146.72 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time	1:06.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Time	1:05.4
Podium
First	Juan Manuel Fangio	Maserati
Second	Onofre Marimón	Maserati
Third	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati

The race meeting was marred by the death of Charles de Tornaco who rolled his Ferrari 500 during pre-race practice.^[1][2]

Classification

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	24	Juan Manuel Fangio	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	1:52:08.9, 123.32 km/h	1
2	26	Onofre Marimón	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	+39.1s	2
3	28	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	+2 laps	3
4	20	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+4 laps	6
NC	32	Louis Chiron	Louis Chiron	O.S.C.A. Tipo 20	+12 laps	10
NC	18	Harry Schell	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+13 laps, engine	11
NC	30	Felice Bonetto	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	+23 laps, differential	4
NC	34	Emilio Giletti	Emilio Giletti	Maserati A6GCM	+32 laps, valve	8
NC	2	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+34 laps	13
NC	6	Kenneth McAlpine	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+37 laps	9
Ret.	4	John Coombs Roy Salvadori	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	35 laps	7
Ret.	8	Roy Salvadori	Connaught Engineering	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	10 laps, engine	5
Ret.	22	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	1 lap, piston	12
DNS	16	Charles de Tornaco	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500	Fatal accident in practice	-
DNA	10		Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Withdrawn, boycotted race	-
DNA	12		Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Withdrawn, boycotted race	-
DNA	14		Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	Withdrawn, boycotted race	-