1953 Drivers' Championship Standings
[edit] Points System
1st - 8 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 4 points
4th - 3 points
5th - 2 points
Bold type denotes bonus point for setting the fastest lap.
Points for shared drives are shared if both drivers are deemed to have drove a significant distance in the race (Points from shared drives indicated with italics)
Best four scores from eight races count.
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| 1 | 
| Alberto Ascari | Ferrari | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 8.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 34.5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |
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| Juan Manuel Fangio | Maserati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
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| Giuseppe Farina | Ferrari | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
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| Mike Hawthorn | Ferrari | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
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| Luigi Villoresi | Ferrari | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
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| Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Maserati | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3.5 | 13.5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
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| Bill Vukovich | Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Toulo de Graffenried | Maserati | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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| Felice Bonetto | Maserati | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
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| Art Cross | Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Onofre Marimon | Maserati | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Maurice Trintignant | Gordini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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| Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Oscar Alfredo Galvez | Maserati | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Hermann Lang | Maserati | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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| Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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| Duane Carter | Lesovsky- Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
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| Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
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| Paul Russo | Kurtis Kraft- Offenhauser | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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