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Event: 24 Heures de Spa FrancorchampsDate: 26.7.1953
Track: Circuit National de Francorchamps (Belgium), 14.120 kmsOrganiser: unknown

Spa 24 Hours
Weather:warm, dry; rain later
Start time:25/7 16:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:24 hours
Attendance:unknown
Entered:43
Practiced:41
Qualified:39
Started:39
Finished:19
Classified:13
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports18186
Touring22217
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Winners:
Overall:8Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina BerlinettaFarina / Hawthorn
Fastest Laps:
Overall:8Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina BerlinettaGiuseppe Farina (I)4:44.0000178.9860 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:8Ferrari 375 MM Pinin Farina BerlinettaMike Hawthorn (GB)4:39.0000182.1940 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Panhard (7), Fiat (5), Ferrari (4), Jaguar (3), DB (3), Peugeot (3), Borgward (3)
Top engines by numbers:Panhard (10), Fiat (5), Ferrari (4), Jaguar (3), Peugeot (3), Borgward (3)
Top car types by numbers:Panhard Dyna (7), Fiat 1100 (4), Ferrari 375 MM (3), Jaguar C-type (3), DB HBR (3), Peugeot 203 (3), Borgward Hansa 1800 (3)
Driver nationalities:B (30), F (23), GB (7), I (7), L (3), D (2)
Oldest known drivers:Toni Ulmen (47), Giuseppe Farina (47), Phillip Fotheringham-Parker (46)
Youngest known drivers:James Scott Douglas (23), Mike Hawthorn (24), André Milhoux (25)
Female drivers:Annie Bousquet, Simone des Forest, Elyane Imbert, Joyce Leavens, Gilberte Thirion

Official Race Programme:

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