1953 MotoGP

8 Grands Prix. Geoff Duke heads the published standings with 38 points on a Gilera.

Open 1953 in the atlas →← 1952 1954 →

Races8

Winners5different race winners

Riders classified164in the published standings

Makers13

Calendar every race, in order

Date	Race	Circuit	Winner	Maker	Pole	Fastest lap
1953-06-12	Isle of Man TT · Grand Prix	Snaefell Mountain	Ray Amm	Norton	Ray Amm	· Ray Amm
1953-06-27	Dutch TT · Grand Prix	Assen	Geoff Duke	Gilera	—	· Ray Amm
1953-07-05	Belgian Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Alfredo Milani	Gilera	—	· Geoff Duke
1953-08-02	French Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Rouen-Les-Essarts	Geoff Duke	Gilera	Geoff Duke	· Reg Armstrong
1953-08-15	Ulster Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Dundrod	Ken Kavanagh	Norton	—	· Ken Kavanagh
1953-08-23	Swiss Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Geoff Duke	Gilera	—	—
1953-09-06	Nations Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Monza	Geoff Duke	Gilera	—	· Dickie Dale
1953-10-04	Spanish Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Montjuïc	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	—	· Fergus Anderson

Riders’ standings published

Pos	Rider	Maker	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	38
2	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	24
3	Alfredo Milani	Gilera	18
4	Ken Kavanagh	Norton	18
5	Ray Amm	Norton	14
6	Jack Brett	Norton	13
7	Dickie Dale	Gilera	11
8	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	11
9	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	8
10	Rod Coleman	AJS	7
11	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	6
12	Libero Liberati	Gilera	4
13	Bill Doran	AJS	3
14	Derek Farrant	Matchless	3
15	Nello Pagani	Gilera	2
16	Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	2
17	Ken Mudford	Norton	1
18	Tommy Wood	Norton	1
19	Hermann Paul Müller		1
20	Peter Davey	Norton	1
21	Walter Zeller	BMW	0
22	Javier de Ortueta	Norton	0
22	Ted Frend	Norton	0
24	Robin Sherry	AJS	0
25	Piet Bakker	Norton	0
25	Louis Carter	Norton	0
25	Antonio Creus	Norton	0
25	Bruno Francisi	MV Agusta	0
29	Auguste Goffin	Norton	0
29	Harry Pearce	Matchless	0
31	Pierre Monneret	AJS	0
32	Charlie Salt	BSA	0
33	Pierre Cherrier	Norton	0
33	Leon Martin	Gilera	0
35	John Storr	Norton	0
36	Hans Baltisberger	BMW	0
36	John Grace	Norton	0
38	Robin Fitton	Norton	0
38	Alfredo Flores	Norton	0
38	Geoff Read	Norton	0
41	Keith Bryen	Norton	0
42	Laurie Boulter	Norton	0
42	Leslie Dear	Norton	0
42	Enrico Galante	Norton	0
42	Sidney Mason	Norton	0
42	Heer Meyer	BMW	0
42	Heinz Thorn-Prikker	Moto Guzzi	0
48	Leo Simpson	Matchless	0
49	Jost Albisser	Norton	0
50	Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi	0
50	Ken Harwood	AJS	0
50	Frank Norris	Norton	0
50	Priem Rozenberg	Matchless	0
50	Siegfried Wünsche	DKW	0
55	Arthur Wheeler	Matchless	0
56	Jack Bailey	Norton	0
57	Joe Glazebrook	Norton	0
58	Lodweijk Simons	Matchless	0
59	B. Botta	Norton	0
59	Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera	0
59	Eric Houseley	Norton	0
62	Ray Laurent	Norton	0
63	Malcolm Templeton	Matchless	0
63	Leonard Williams	Norton	0
65	Florian Camathias	BMW	0
66	Keith Campbell	Norton	0
66	Arthur Feen	Norton	0
66	Antonio Ronchei	Gilera	0
69	Charlie Gray	AJS	0
70	Roger Laurent	Norton	0
70	Henri Vidonne	Norton	0
71	Sparky Campbell	Norton	0
72	Charles Bruguiere	Norton	0
73	Eric Pantlin	Norton	0
73	Karl Rührschneck	Norton	0
75	Nick Nicholson	Norton	0
75	Ernie Oliver	Norton	0
77	Bill Beevers	Norton	0
77	Reg MacDonald	AJS	0
77	Andrè Wuyts	Norton	0
80	Jimmy Hayes	AJS	0
81	Ken Swallow	AJS	0
82	Les Dear	Norton	0
83	Rally Dean	Norton	0
84	George Scott	AJS	0
85	Robert Browne	AJS	0
86	Zachary Dean	Norton	0
87	Peter Carter	Matchless	0
88	Ray Travers	Norton	0
88	Stanley Williamson	Norton	0
90	Fred Pusey	Norton	0
90	Roy Walker	Norton	0
92	Jackie Joseph Wood	Norton	0
93	Eric Hardy	AJS	0
94	Kel Prince	AJS	0
95	Sid Franklen	AJS	0
96	Luis Gilbert	AJS	0
97	Llewelyn Ranson	AJS	0
98	John Fisher	AJS	0
99	Bob McDonald	AJS	0
100	Jack Harding	Norton	0
None	Tony McAlpine	Norton	0
None	Harold Clark	Matchless	0
None	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi	0
None	Peter Murphy	Matchless	0
None	Ernie Ring	Matchless	0
None	Friedel Schön	Horex	0
None	Barry Stormont	Norton	0
None	Fritz Kläger	Horex	0
None	Georges Monneret	Gilera	0
None	Humphrey Ranson	Norton	0
None	Barde	Norton	0
None	Syd Barnett	Norton	0
None	Ernie Barrett	Phoenix-JAP	0
None	Francis Basso	Norton	0
None	Carletto Bellotti	Norton	0
None	George Brown	Norton	0
None	Georges Burgaff	Norton	0
None	John Clark	AJS	0
None	John Cooper	Matchless	0
None	Archie Fenn	Norton	0
None	Giulio Galbiati	Moto Guzzi	0
None	Martino Giani	MV Agusta	0
None	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta	0
None	Francesco Guglielminetti	Norton	0
None	William Hall	Norton	0
None	Phil Heath	Matchless	0
None	Robert Herbert	Triumph	0
None	August Hobl	DKW	0
None	Karl Hofmann	DKW	0
None	Kuno Johansson	Triumph	0
None	Cyril Julian	Norton	0
None	Rudolf Knees	Norton	0
None	Dick Knox	Norton	0
None	Gordon Laing	Norton	0
None	George Leigh	Norton	0
None	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	0
None	Bob Matthews	Norton	0
None	Alexander Mayer	Norton	0
None	Tommy McEwan	Matchless	0
None	Bob McIntyre	Matchless	0
None	John McKay	Triumph	0
None	George Morgan	Norton	0
None	Mike O'Rourke	Matchless	0
None	Fred Passmore	Norton	0
None	Jacques Raffeld	Norton	0
None	Bob Rowbottom	AJS	0
None	Ron Rudge	Norton	0
None	Simon Sandys-Winsch	Norton	0
None	Roland Schnell	Horex	0
None	Emilio Soprani	Gilera	0
None	Sven Sørensen	Norton	0
None	Leo Starr	Norton	0
None	Henk Steman	Matchless	0
None	Edouard Texidor	Norton	0
None	Harry Turner	Norton	0
None	Geoff Walker	Norton	0
None	Sid Willis	Norton	0
None	Vic Willoughby	Norton	0
None	Tito Forconi	MV Agusta	0
None	Juan Leal	Norton	0
None	Albert Moule	Norton	0
None	Leonard Parry	DKW	0
None	Bill Petch	Norton	0

Manufacturers

No manufacturers’ table in the archive for this season.