Countdown to
000d 00h 00m 00s1953 German Grand Prix
| Overview | Grid | Race Entries |
| Race | Qualifying |
| Race Name: | XVI Großer Preis von Deutschland |
| Track: | Nüburgring |
| Round: | 7 of 9 |
| Race date: | Sunday, August 2nd, 1953 |
| Race time: | 14.00 |
The Podium
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
| Driver | Nino Farina | Juan Manuel Fangio | Mike Hawthorn |
| Constructor | Ferrari | Maserati | Ferrari |
| Car | Ferrari 500 | Maserati A6GCM | Ferrari 500 |
| Engine | Ferrari Type 500 | Maserati A6G | Ferrari Type 500 |
| Tyre | Pirelli | Pirelli | Pirelli |
| Time | 3:02:25.0 | 3:03:29.0 | 3:04:08.6 |
| Gap | 1m 4.0 secs | 1m 43.6 secs |
Fastest weekend laptimes
| P | No. | Driver | Qual | Race | Total | |
| 1 | 4 | Alberto Ascari Ferrari | 9:56.0 5 | 9:56.0 5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Alberto Ascari Ferrari | 9:59.8 0 | No Time 9 | 9:59.8 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati | 10:03.7 0 | No Time 18 | 10:03.7 18 | |
| 4 | 2 | Nino Farina Ferrari | 10:04.1 0 | No Time 18 | 10:04.1 18 | |
| 5 | 3 | Mike Hawthorn Ferrari | 10:12.6 0 | No Time 18 | 10:12.6 18 | |
| 6 | 10 | Maurice Trintignant Gordini | 10:21.7 0 | No Time 1 | 10:21.7 1 | |
| 7 | 4 | Luigi Villoresi Ferrari | 10:22.8 0 | No Time 10 | 10:22.8 10 | |
| 8 | 7 | Felice Bonetto Maserati | 10:40.8 0 | No Time 18 | 10:40.8 18 | |
| 9 | 8 | Onofre Marimón Maserati | 10:41.0 0 | No Time 13 | 10:41.0 13 | |
| 10 | 9 | Jean Behra Gordini | 10:45.5 0 | No Time 7 | 10:45.5 7 | |
| 11 | 11 | Harry Schell Gordini | 10:46.6 0 | No Time 6 | 10:46.6 6 | |
| 12 | 17 | Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati | 10:46.6 0 | No Time 17 | 10:46.6 17 | |
| 13 | 19 | Stirling Moss Cooper-Alta | 10:48.3 0 | No Time 17 | 10:48.3 17 | |
| 14 | 15 | Roy Salvadori Connaught-Lea Francis | 10:57.5 0 | No Time 1 | 10:57.5 1 | |
| 15 | 31 | Hans Herrmann Veritas | 10:59.8 0 | No Time 17 | 10:59.8 17 | |
| 16 | 14 | Prince Bira Connaught-Lea Francis | 11:02.1 0 | No Time 6 | 11:02.1 6 | |
| 17 | 16 | Ken McAlpine Connaught-Lea Francis | 11:07.3 0 | No Time 16 | 11:07.3 16 | |
| 18 | 38 | Alan Brown Cooper-Bristol | 11:08.7 0 | No Time 15 | 11:08.7 15 | |
| 19 | 23 | Willi Heeks Veritas | 11:18.0 0 | No Time 8 | 11:18.0 8 | |
| 20 | 18 | Jacques Swaters Ferrari | 11:18.9 0 | No Time 17 | 11:18.9 17 | |
| 21 | 40 | Rodney Nuckey Cooper-Bristol | 11:22.1 0 | No Time 16 | 11:22.1 16 | |
| 22 | 28 | Theo Fitzau AFM-BMW | 11:24.3 0 | No Time 3 | 11:24.3 3 | |
| 23 | 20 | Louis Rosier Ferrari | 11:27.4 0 | No Time 17 | 11:27.4 17 | |
| 24 | 21 | Hans Stuck AFM-Bristol | 11:37.2 0 | No Time 0 | 11:37.2 0 | |
| 25 | 35 | Edgar Barth EMW | 11:40.8 0 | No Time 12 | 11:40.8 12 | |
| 26 | 12 | Johnny Claes Connaught-Lea Francis | 11:45.5 0 | No Time 12 | 11:45.5 12 | |
| 27 | 36 | Rudolf Krause BMW | 11:49.5 0 | No Time 16 | 11:49.5 16 | |
| 28 | 34 | Kurt Adolff Ferrari | 11:53.1 0 | No Time 3 | 11:53.1 3 | |
| 29 | 24 | Theo Helfrich Veritas | 11:56.3 0 | No Time 16 | 11:56.3 16 | |
| 30 | 22 | Wolfgang Seidel Veritas | 11:59.3 0 | No Time 14 | 11:59.3 14 | |
| 31 | 41 | Bernard Nacke AFM-BMW | 12:13.3 0 | No Time 2 | 12:13.3 2 | |
| 32 | 30 | Ernst Loof Veritas | 12:16.8 0 | No Time 0 | 12:16.8 0 | |
| 33 | 37 | Ernst Klodwig BMW | 12:24.6 0 | No Time 15 | 12:24.6 15 | |
| 34 | 25 | Hans Blees AFM-BMW | No Time 0 | |||
| 35 | 6 | José Froilán González Maserati | No Time 0 | No Time 0 | ||
| 36 | 29 | Hans Klenk Veritas | No Time 0 | |||
| 37 | 39 | Helmut Glöckler Cooper-Bristol | No Time 0 | No Time 0 | ||
| 38 | 26 | Oswald Karch Veritas | No Time 0 | No Time 10 | No Time 10 | |
| 39 | 13 | Mauritz von Strachwitz MSM-Lancia | No Time 0 | |||
| 40 | 1 | Luigi Villoresi Ferrari | No Time 8 | No Time 8 | ||
| 41 | 27 | Adolf Lang Veritas | No Time 0 | |||
| 42 | 32 | Erwin Bauer Veritas | No Time 0 | No Time 1 | No Time 1 | |
| 43 | 33 | Adolf Lang AFM-BMW | No Time 0 |