1953 Syracuse Grand Prix

1952 Syracuse Grand Prix
Race details
Date	16 March 1952
Official name	III Gran Premio di Siracusa
Location	Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily
Course	Temporary road circuit
Course length	5.400 km (3.355 miles)
Distance	80 laps, 431.979 km (269.440 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Fastest lap
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	2:05.0
Podium
First	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Maserati
Second	Louis Chiron	O.S.C.A.
Third	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper T23-Bristol

The 3rd Syracuse Grand Prix was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held in Syracuse, Sicily on 22 March 1953. The race was won by Emmanuel de Graffenried in a Maserati A6GCM. Louis Chiron was second in an O.S.C.A. Tipo 20 and Rodney Nuckey third in a Cooper T23-Bristol. Alberto Ascari started from pole and set fastest lap but retired with mechanical failure, as did every other works Ferrari, in contrast to last year's 1-2-3 walkover.

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	8	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati A6GCM	2:57:31, 148.10kph	4
2	4	Louis Chiron	Louis Chiron	O.S.C.A. Tipo 20	+3 laps	7
3	16	Rodney Nuckey	Rodney Nuckey	Cooper T23-Bristol	+6 laps	10
4	14	Eric Brandon	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T20-Bristol	+6 laps	9
5	6	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Cooper T24-Alta	+6 laps	8
NC	30	Charles de Tornaco	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500		14
NC	18	Giovanni de Riu	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48		12
NC	22	Mario Raffaeli	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166		13
Ret	2	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	61 laps, mechanical	2
Ret	26	Mike Hawthorn Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	57 laps, valves	5
Ret	24	Alberto Ascari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	37 laps, valves	1
Ret	28	Sergio Mantovani	Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	36 laps, accident	11
Ret	10	Tom Cole	Atlantic Stable	Cooper T23-Bristol	36 laps, accident	6
Ret	12	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	3 laps, valves	3
DNA	20		Officine Alfieri Maserati	Maserati A6GCM	entry withdrawn	-