The 1953 German Grand Prix fielded 31 drivers yet only four finished on the lead lap, won by Turin born Giuseppe Farina.
Nino Farina Juan Manuel Fangio Mike Hawthorn Felice Bonetto Toulo de Graffenried Stirling Moss Jacques Swaters Alberto Ascari
Luigi Villoresi Louis Rosier Rodney Nuckey Theo Helfrich Kenneth McAlpine Wolfgang Seidel Luigi Villoresi
Alberto Ascari Alan Brown Onofre Marimon Johnny Claes Jean Behra Harry Schell Prince Bira Kurt Adolff Gunther Bechem Maurice Trintignant Roy Salvadori [[West_Germany]] Erwin Bauer 
