The 1953 Avusrennen was a non-championship race, held on the AVUS circuit in West Berlin on July 12. The event used the smaller, 8.3 km circuit, and was won by Jacques Swaters in a Ferrari, ahead of Hans Klenk and Theo Helfrich, both driving Veritas cars.
Background[]
Practice[]
Qualifying Results[]
Grid[]
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Race[]
Results[]
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 |  Jacques Swaters
|
 Ferrari
|
25 | 1:05:03.3 | 1 |
| 2 | 30 |  Hans Klenk
|
Veritas
|
25 | + 2:42.5 | |
| 3 | 24 | Theo Helfrich
|
Veritas-BMW
|
25 | + 2:55.9 | |
| 4 | 21 | Hans Herrmann
|
Veritas-BMW
|
24 | + 1 Lap | |
| 5 | 16 |  Rodney Nuckey
|
Cooper-Bristol
|
24 | + 1 Lap | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | Johnny Claes
|
Connaught-Lea-Francis
|
24 | + 1 Lap | |
| 7 | 31 |  Ernst Klodwig
|
BMW
|
24 | + 1 Lap | |
| 8 | 29 | Ernst Lautenschlager
|
BMW
|
21 | + 4 Laps | |
| 9 | 15 |  Maurice Monnier
|
Monnier-BMW
|
21 | + 4 Laps | |
| DNF | 34 | Kurt Adolff
|
Ferrari
|
20 | Accident | |
| DNF | 26 | Oswald Karch
|
Veritas-BMW
|
18 | ||
| DNF | 17 |  Prince Bira
|
Maserati
|
15 | Engine | |
| DNF | 23 | Willi Heeks
|
Veritas
|
10 | ||
| DNF | 32 | Karl-Günther Bechem
|
AFM-BMW
|
8 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Giovanni di Riu
|
Maserati-Platé
|
5 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Alan Brown
|
Cooper-Bristol
|
2 | Accident | 2 |
| DNF | 22 | Wolfgang Seidel
|
Veritas-BMW
|
2 | ||
| DNF | 35 | Edgar Barth
|
Template:EMW-BMW
|
1 | Clutch | |
| DNF | 37 | Kurt Straubel
|
BMW
|
0 | ||
| DNF | 38 | Heinz Melkus
|
Veritas-Alfa Romeo
|
0 | ||
| DNF | 40 | Arthur Rosenhammer
|
Template:EMW-BMW
|
0 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Paul Delebarre
|
Simca-BMW
|
0 | ||
| DNF | 33 | Adolf Lang
|
Veritas-BMW
|
0 | ||
| DNF | 36 | Rudolf Krause
|
Greifzu-BMW
|
0 |
Milestones[]
External references[]
http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F253_29.htm
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