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1953 United States Air Force Trophy
1952 Lake Circuit

1953 Lake Circuit

1953 Dresden Road Race
1953 Bristol MC & LCC
 V  Circuit du Lac

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Heat 1 QualificationStarting GridClassification
Heat 2 Starting GridClassification
Aggregate ClassificationFastest Laps

Details
DateSunday 26 July 1953
Event Lake Circuit
Circuit Aix-les-Bains
Event FormatTwo heats each of 50 laps; timings aggregated
ChampionshipNon-championship
Race number#21 of 34 in 1953
#188 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps100
Circuit Perimeter2409 m
Race Distance2409 × 100 + 36 = 240.936 km
Grid Format3-2-3-2
Pole PositionRight
First CornerUnknown
Participants
Entries11
Qualifiers0
Finishers5
Debutants
John Fitch (Driver),    Maserati A6G (Car Model)
MilestonesCar 12 – 1st Win (Car Number)
Car 4 – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Number)
Gordini – 1st Fastest Lap (Engine Manufacturer)
OSCA – 1st Win (Engine Manufacturer)
 Élie Bayol – 1st Win (Driver)
 Gordini – 1st Fastest Lap (Car Manufacturer)
 Jean Behra – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
 OSCA – 1st Win (Car Manufacturer)

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 12 Car 4
Entrant--
Driver Élie Bayol Jean Behra
Car OSCA 20 Gordini T16
EngineOSCAGordini
Time2:22'45.41'20.0
Speed101.264 km/h108.405 km/h