1953 Circuit de Cadours

1953 Circuit de Cadours
Race details
Date	30 August 1953
Official name	V Circuit de Cadours
Location	Cadours, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
Course	Temporary Road Circuit
Course length	4.104 km (2.550 mi)
Distance	30 (final) laps, 123.124 km (76.506 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Harry Schell	Gordini
Grid positions set by heat results
Fastest lap
Driver	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
Time	1:56
Podium
First	Maurice Trintignant	Gordini
Second	Harry Schell	Gordini
Third	Jean Behra	Gordini

Motor car race

The 5th Circuit de Cadours was a Formula Two motor race held on 30 August 1953 at the Circuit de Cadours, in Cadours, Tarn-et-Garonne, France. The race, consisting of 2x10 lap heats, a 10 lap repechage and a 30 lap final, was won by Maurice Trintignant in a Gordini Type 16. Trintignant's teammates Harry Schell and Jean Behra finished second and third, with Schell setting fastest lap.^[1]^[2]

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	36	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	1:00:52; 121.37 kph	4
2	34	Harry Schell	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+4s	1
3	40	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+5s	5
4	2	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 500	+53s	2
5	14	Charles de Tornaco	Ecurie Francorchamps	Ferrari 500	+1:27	9
6	24	Ken Wharton	Ken Wharton	Cooper T23-Bristol	+2:07	6
7	12	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HW Motors Ltd.	HWM-Alta	+1 lap, puncture/crash	7
Ret.	8	John Heath	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	20 laps	10
Ret.	10	Lance Macklin	HW Motors Ltd	HWM-Alta	18 laps	8
Ret.	4	Élie Bayol	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A. Tipo 20	1 lap, transmission	3

References

^ "1953 Non-World Championship Grands Prix". Retrieved 2022-07-29.
^ "V Grand Prix de Cadours 1953". Retrieved 2022-07-29.

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