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Track action scene, right to left: Car Number 6, a Ferrari 500, Giuseppe "Nino" Farina, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Car Number 54, a Maserati A6SSG, Onofre Marimon, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Car Number 8, a Ferrari 500, Mike Hawthorn, driver (helmet, seated), Car Number 30, a Cooper T23, Ken Wharton, driver (goggles, helmet, seated).

Italian Grand Prix

  • Title Italian Grand Prix
  • Source Rodolfo Mailander Photograph Collection  
  • Description Track action scene, right to left: Car Number 6, a Ferrari 500, Giuseppe "Nino" Farina, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Car Number 54, a Maserati A6SSG, Onofre Marimon, driver (goggles, helmet, seated), Car Number 8, a Ferrari 500, Mike Hawthorn, driver (helmet, seated), Car Number 30, a Cooper T23, Ken Wharton, driver (goggles, helmet, seated).
  • Years 1953  
  • Date 1953-09-13
  • Photographer Rodolfo Mailander  
  • City Monza  
  • Country Italy  
  • People Farina, Giuseppe "Nino"   Marimon, Onofre   Hawthorn, Mike   Wharton, Ken  
  • Marque Ferrari   Maserati   Cooper  
  • Model Ferrari 500   Maserati A6SSG   Cooper T23  
  • Engine Type Ferrari L4, Maserati L6, Bristol L6  
  • Group/Class Formula One  
  • Vehicle Markings Car Number 6, Car Number 54, Car Number 8, Car Number 30
  • Event Italian Grand Prix  
  • Venue Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (Monza, Italy)  
  • Entrant Scuderia Ferrari   Officine Alfieri Maserati   Ken Wharton  
  • Race Data Giuseppe "Nino" Farina driving Car Number 6, a Ferrari 500, qualified third and finished second in the 80 laps race. Onofre Marimon driving Car Number 54, a Maserati A6SSG, qualified fourth, but did not finish (DNF) in the 80 laps race. Mike Hawthorn driving Car Number 8, a Ferrari 500, qualified sixth and finished fourth in the 80 laps race. Ken Wharton driving Car Number 30, a Cooper T23, qualified nineteenth and finished, but was not classified (NC) in the 80 laps race.
  • Identifier 2011-023MAIL-1953-b17_65.0_0004
  • Original Format black-and-white negatives  
  • Rights Copyright has been assigned to The Revs Institute. Although copyright was transferred by the donor, copyright in some items in the collection may still be held by their respective creator. The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection.

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