The 23nd Grand Prix des Frontières was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 24 May 1953 at the Chimay Street Circuit in Chimay, Belgium. The Grand Prix was won by Maurice Trintignant in a Gordini Type 16. Roger Laurent finished second in a Ferrari 500 and Fred Wacker was third in another Gordini Type 16.
Classification
Race Pos No Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid 1 2 Maurice Trintignant Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 1:25:59.5, 151.39 kph 1 2 34 Roger Laurent Ecurie Francorchamps Ferrari 500 +1:11.5 4 3 4 Fred Wacker Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 +2:27.9 6 4 8 Hans Stuck Hans Stuck AFM-Küchen +1 lap 5 5 26 Georges Berger Mme de Walckiers Simca Gordini Type 15 +2 laps 8 6 32 Johnny Claes Ecurie Belge Connaught Type A-Lea Francis +3 laps, accident 2 7 38 Roger Meunier Roger Meunier Jicey-BMW 328 +3 laps 8 12 Paul Delebarre Paul Delebarre Delebarre Special-BMW 328 +3 laps 9 22 Arthur Legat Arthur Legat Veritas Meteor +4 laps, mechanical 10 10 Ludwig Fischer Ludwig Fischer AFM-BMW 328 +4 laps Ret 36 Henri Oreiller Ecurie Belge Veritas RS-BMW 328 14 laps, accident and fire Ret 30 Marcel Masuy Marcel Masuy Veritas RS-BMW 328 13 laps, mechanical Ret 16 Serge Nersessian Serge Nersessian Balsa Special-BMW 328 9 laps, mechanical Ret 23 Willi Heeks Willi Heeks Veritas Meteor 5 laps, mechanical Ret 1 B. Bira Prince Birabongse Maserati A6GCM 3 laps, crash 3 Ret 24 Kurt Adolff Ernst Loof Veritas Meteor 2 laps, mechanical Ret 28 Camille Chard'Homme Camille Chard'Homme BMW Special-BMW 328 2 laps, mechanical Ret 14 Georges Mulnard Georges Mulnard Monnier Speciale-BMW 328 0 laps, gearbox Ret 6 Jacques Pollet Equipe AGS Simca Gordini Type 15 0 laps, crankshaft 7 Ret 18 Rodney Nuckey Rodney Nuckey Cooper T23-Bristol 0 laps, mechanical DNA 20 John Lyons William Knight Connaught Type A-Lea Francis DNA 40 Bill Aston Bill Aston Aston Butterworth DNA 42 André Pilette Equipe Gordini Gordini Type 16 DNA 44 Jacques Swaters Ecurie Francorchamps Cooper T23-Bristol DNA 24 Ernst Loof Ernst Loof Veritas Meteor car driven by Adolff
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