| Grand Prix: | 10 Hours of Messina |
| Year: | 1953 |
| Official Name: | 10 Hours of Messina |
| Location: | Messina, Italy |
| Course Length: | 1102,043 km |
| First Driver: | Eugenio Castellotti Giulio Musitelli |
| First Country: | ITA |
| First Team: | Ferrari 212 MM |
| Second Driver: | Franco Cornacchia Giovanni Bracco |
| Second Country: | ITA |
| Third Driver: | Antonio Pucci |
| Third Country: | ITA |
| Third Team: | Lancia Aurelia GT |
| Previous Round: | 1952 10 Hours of Messina |
| Next Round: | 1954 10 Hours of Messina |
The second 10 Hours of Messina was a sports car race, held on 26 July 1953 in the street circuit of Messina, Italy.[1]
| Drivers | Team | Laps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 144 | |||
| 2. | Ferrari 250 MM | 140 | ||
| 3. | Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 | 138 | ||
| 4. | 136 | |||
| 5. | Ferrari 250 MM | 136 | ||
| 6. | Ferrari 250 MM | 134 | ||
| 7. | 134 | |||
| 8. | Ferrari 166 MM Vignale Spider s/n 0278M | 133 | ||
| 9. | Pietro Laureati Amato | Alfa Romeo 1900 TI | 132 | |
| 10. | Fiat 8V | 132 | ||
| 11. | Soldani Angeli | Alfa Romeo 2000 | 127 | |
| 12. | Scaletta Fancelli | Alfa Romeo 1900 TI | 124 | |
| 13. | Salvatore de Cordova F. de Cordova | Alfa Romeo 1900 TI | 121 | |
| 14. | Sannino Giuseppe Ruggero | Alfa Romeo 1900 TI | 116 | |
| 15. | Alfa Romeo 1900 TI | 115 | ||
| 16. | Colocci Mariucci | Lancia Aurelia 2000 | 115 | |
| 17. | Lancia Aurelia 2000 | 113 | ||
| 18. | Danese 750 | 112 | ||
| 19. | Miceli Giamporcaro | Alfa Romeo 1900TI | 108 | |
| 20. | Faranda Savarese | BMW 750 | 98 | |
| 21. | Sebasti Scarlatti | Alfa Romeo 1900 | 94 | |
| not finish | Stanguellini S1100 | DNF | ||
| other starters | Luigi Bordonaro Fondi | Lancia G.T. 2500 |