Sunday 7th June 1953
Alberto Ascari drove a Ferrari 500 to victory in the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. His teammate Luigi Villoresi finished second and Maserati drivers José Froilán González and Felice Bonetto came in third. It was race 3 of 9 in the 1953 World Championship of Drivers, which was run to Formula Two rules in 1952 and 1953, rather than the Formula One regulations normally used.