1953 Grand Prix des Frontières

1953 Frontières Grand Prix
File:Layout of Chimay Street Circuit used in Grand Prix des Frontières (1929-1972).png
Race details
Date	24 May 1953
Official name	XXIII Grand Prix des Frontières
Location	Chimay, Belgium
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	10.827 km (6.728 mi)
Distance	20 laps, 216.537 km (134.550 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
Time	4:11
Fastest lap
Driver	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
Time	4:11
Podium
First	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
Second	Roger Laurent	Ferrari
Third	Fred Wacker	Gordini

The 23nd Grand Prix des Frontières was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 24 May 1953 at the Chimay Street Circuit in Chimay, Belgium. The Grand Prix was won by Maurice Trintignant in a Gordini Type 16. Roger Laurent finished second in a Ferrari 500 and Fred Wacker was third in another Gordini Type 16.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	1:25:59.5, 151.39 kph	1
2	34	Roger Laurent	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500	+1:11.5	4
3	4	Fred Wacker	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+2:27.9	6
4	8	Hans Stuck	Hans Stuck	AFM-Küchen	+1 lap	5
5	26	Georges Berger	Mme de Walckiers	Simca Gordini Type 15	+2 laps	8
6	32	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis	+3 laps, accident	2
7	38	Roger Meunier	Roger Meunier	Jicey-BMW 328	+3 laps
8	12	Paul Delebarre	Paul Delebarre	Delebarre Special-BMW 328	+3 laps
9	22	Arthur Legat	Arthur Legat	Veritas Meteor	+4 laps, mechanical
10	10	Ludwig Fischer	Ludwig Fischer	AFM-BMW 328	+4 laps
Ret	36	Henri Oreiller	Ecurie Belge	Veritas RS-BMW 328	14 laps, accident and fire
Ret	30	Marcel Masuy	Marcel Masuy	Veritas RS-BMW 328	13 laps, mechanical
Ret	16	Serge Nersessian	Serge Nersessian	Balsa Special-BMW 328	9 laps, mechanical
Ret	23	Willi Heeks	Willi Heeks	Veritas Meteor	5 laps, mechanical
Ret	1	B. Bira	Prince Birabongse	Maserati A6GCM	3 laps, crash	3
Ret	24	Kurt Adolff	Ernst Loof	Veritas Meteor	2 laps, mechanical
Ret	28	Camille Chard'Homme	Camille Chard'Homme	BMW Special-BMW 328	2 laps, mechanical
Ret	14	Georges Mulnard	Georges Mulnard	Monnier Speciale-BMW 328	0 laps, gearbox
Ret	6	Jacques Pollet	Equipe AGS	Simca Gordini Type 15	0 laps, crankshaft	7
Ret	18	Rodney Nuckey	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper T23-Bristol	0 laps, mechanical
DNA	20	John Lyons	William Knight	Connaught Type A-Lea Francis
DNA	40	Bill Aston	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth
DNA	42	André Pilette	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16
DNA	44	Jacques Swaters	Ecurie Francorchamps	Cooper T23-Bristol
DNA	24	Ernst Loof	Ernst Loof	Veritas Meteor	car driven by Adolff