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'''Alberto Ascari''' ([[July 13]], [[1918]] – [[May 26]], [[1955]]) was one of [[Formula One]]'s first stars and the first great [[Ferrari]] driver.
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'''Alberto Ascari''' ([[July 13]], [[1918]] – [[May 26]], [[1955]]) was one of [[Formula One]]'s first stars, the first great [[Ferrari]] driver and one of only two [[Italy|Italian]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Champions]] in the history of the sport.
  
 
== Early life ==
 
== Early life ==
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Born in [[Milan, Italy]], Ascari had racing in his blood, as his father [[Antonio Ascari]] was a talented [[Grand Prix motor racing]] star in the [[1920s]], racing [[Alfa Romeo]]s.  Antonio was killed while leading the [[French Grand Prix]] in [[1925]] but the younger Ascari had an interest in racing in spite of it.  He raced [[motorcycle]]s in his earlier years; it was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.
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Born in [[Milan, Italy]], Ascari was the son of [[Antonio Ascari]], a talented [[Grand Prix motor racing]] star in the 1920s, racing [[Alfa Romeo]]s.  Antonio was killed while leading the [[French Grand Prix]] in 1925 but the younger Ascari had an interest in racing in spite of it.  He raced [[motorcycle]]s in his earlier years; it was after he entered the prestigious [[Mille Miglia]] in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.
  
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His racing career was interrupted by [[World War II]], after which he began racing in Grand Prix with [[Maserati]].  His team-mate was [[Luigi Villoresi]], who would become a [[mentor]] and friend of Alberto's.  He won his first Grand Prix race in [[San Remo, Italy]] in [[1948]] and won another race with the team the following year. His biggest success came after he joined Villoresi on the Ferrari team; he won three more races that year with them.
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His racing career was interrupted by World War II, after which he began racing in Grand Prix with [[Maserati]].  His team-mate was [[Luigi Villoresi]], who would become a [[mentor]] and friend of Ascari.  He won his first Grand Prix race in [[Sanremo, Italy]] in 1948 and won another race with the team the following year. His biggest success came after he joined Villoresi on the Ferrari team; he won three more races that year with them.
  
 
== Formula One career ==
 
== Formula One career ==
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{{Former F1 driver|
 
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  Name = Alberto Ascari |
 
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  Nationality = Italian |
 
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  Years = 1950 - 1955 |
 
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  Team(s) = [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], [[Maserati]], [[Lancia]] |
 
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  Races = 32 |
 
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  Championships = 2 |
 
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  Wins = 13 |
 
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  Podiums = 15 |
 
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  Poles = 14 |
 
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  Fastest laps = 12 |
 
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  First race = [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |
 
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  First win = [[1951 German Grand Prix|1951]] [[German Grand Prix]] |
 
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  Last win = [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|1953]] [[Swiss Grand Prix]] |
 
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  Last race = [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|1955]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]] |
 
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The first official [[Formula One]] season took place in [[1950]], and the Ferrari team made its debut at [[Monte Carlo]] with Ascari, Villoresi, and the  popular French driver [[Raymond Sommer]] on the team.  Ascari finished 2nd in the race and later in the year shared a 2nd place at F1's first race in [[Monza]].  He was only 5th in the championship standings however.  He won his first F1 race the following season on the [[Nurburgring]] circuit and added a win at [[Monza]], finishing runner up to [[Juan Manuel Fangio]].
 
  
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With success in Europe, [[Enzo Ferrari]] supplied a car for Alberto in the [[Indianapolis 500]], at the time an F1 event, in [[1952]].  Ascari was the only European driver to race at Indy in its 11 years on the F1 schedule, but his day ended after 40 laps.  That was the only time he didn't win an F1 race that season.  Ascari's Ferrari dominated 1952, winning all six races in Europe that season and recording the fastest lap in each race.  He nearly scored the maximum amount of points a driver could earn, but drivers were given points for fastest laps at the time, and he had to share a half point with another driver in one race.
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[[Image:ALBERTO ASCARI Ferrari Switzerland 1953.jpg|left|300px|thumb]]
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The first official [[Formula One]] season took place in 1950, and the Ferrari team made its debut at [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|Monte Carlo]] with Ascari, Villoresi, and the popular French driver [[Raymond Sommer]] on the team.  Ascari finished 2nd in the race and later in the year shared a 2nd place at F1's first race in [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]].  He was only 5th in the championship standings however.  He won his first F1 race the following season on the [[Nürburgring]] circuit and added a win at Monza, finishing runner up in the championship to [[Juan Manuel Fangio]].
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With success in Europe, [[Enzo Ferrari]] supplied a car for Ascari in the [[Indianapolis 500]], at the time an F1 event, in 1952.  He was the only European driver to race at Indy in its 11 years on the F1 schedule, but his day ended after 40 laps.  That was the only time he didn't win an F1 race that season.  Ascari's [[Ferrari Tipo 500]] dominated 1952, winning all six races in Europe that season and recording the fastest lap in each race.  He nearly scored the maximum amount of points a driver could earn, but drivers were given points for fastest laps at the time, and he had to share a half point with another driver in one race.
  
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He won three more consecutive races to start the [[1953]] season, giving him nine straight wins (not couting Indy) before his streak ended when he finished 4th in [[France]], although it was a close 4th as the race was highly competitive.  He earned two more wins later in the year to give himself a second consecutive World Championship.  Ascari did not continue his dominance in [[1954]] as he failed to finish a race in his four attempts at F1, although he made up for it by winning the [[Mille Miglia]].
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He won three more consecutive races to start the 1953 season, giving him nine straight wins (not counting Indy) before his streak ended when he finished 4th in [[1953 French Grand Prix|France]], although it was a close 4th as the race was highly competitive.  He earned two more wins later in the year to give himself a second consecutive World Championship.  Ascari did not continue his dominance in 1954 as he failed to finish a race in his four attempts at F1, although he made up for it by winning the [[Mille Miglia]].
  
 
== Death ==
 
== Death ==
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His 1955 season started similarly, retiring twice more, the latter of which was a spectacular incident in [[Monaco]] where he crashed into a harbour after missing a [[chicane]].  A week later, on [[May 26]], he went to Monza to test a Ferrari sports car and crashed on one of the track's tight corners.  He was killed in the accident, a death which is still somewhat mysterious.  The corner where the accident happened now bears his name, the ''Variante Ascari''.
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His 1955 season started similarly, retiring twice more, the latter of which was a spectacular incident in [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco]] where he crashed into a harbour after missing a [[chicane]].  A week later, on [[May 26]], he went to Monza to test a Ferrari sports car and crashed on one of the track's challenging high-speed corners.  He was killed in the accident.  The corner where the accident happened, renamed in his honor,  no longer exists, having been replaced with a chicane, the ''Variante Ascari''.
  
 
== Legacy ==
 
== Legacy ==
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Alberto Ascari is interred next to his father in the [[Cimitero Monumentale]] in Milan.
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Alberto Ascari is interred next to his father in the [[Cimitero Monumentale]] in Milan. The [[Great Britain|British]] [[Ascari]] car manufacturer, manufacturer of the [[Ascari KZ1]] [[supercar]] is named in his honour.
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In 1992, he was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]].
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==Complete Formula One World Championship Results==
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(Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position)
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| [[1950 Formula One season|1950]]
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| [[1950 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
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|| [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>2</small>
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| [[1950 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small>
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|| [[1950 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|| [[1950 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>5</small>
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|| [[1950 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>DNS</small>
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|| [[1950 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>2</small>
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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|| [[1951 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]<br /><small>6</small>
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| [[1951 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small>
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|| [[1951 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>2</small>
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|| [[1951 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>2</small>
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|| [[1951 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|| '''[[1951 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br /><small>1</small>
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|| [[1951 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>1</small>
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| [[1952 Formula One season|1952]]
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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| [[1952 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]<br /><small></small>
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|| [[1952 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|| '''[[1952 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]'''<br><small>1</small>
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|| '''[[1952 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>1</small>
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|| [[1952 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>1</small>
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|| '''[[1952 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br /><small>1</small>
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|| '''[[1952 Dutch Grand Prix|DUT]]'''<br><small>1</small>
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|| '''[[1952 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>1</small>
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| [[1953 Formula One season|1953]]
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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|| '''[[1953 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]'''<br /><small>1</small>
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| [[1953 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small>
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|| '''[[1953 Dutch Grand Prix|DUT]]'''<br><small>1</small>
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|| [[1953 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small>1</small>
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|| '''[[1953 French Grand Prix|FRA]]'''<br><small>4</small>
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|| '''[[1953 British Grand Prix|GBR]]'''<br><small>1</small>
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|| '''[[1953 German Grand Prix|GER]]'''<br /><small>8</small>
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|| [[1953 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]<br /><small>1</small>
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|| '''[[1953 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]'''<br /><small>Ret</small>
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! [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
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| [[1954 Formula One season|1954]]
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! [[Maserati]]
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| [[1954 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[1954 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1954 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small></small>
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|| [[1954 French Grand Prix|FRA]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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|| [[1954 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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| [[1954 German Grand Prix|GER]]<br /><small></small>
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| [[1954 Swiss Grand Prix|SWI]]<br /><small></small>
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|| [[1954 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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! [[Lancia]]
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! 1.14
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| [[1955 Formula One season|1955]]
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! [[Lancia]]
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|| [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix|ARG]]<br /><small>Ret</small>
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|| [[1955 Monaco Grand Prix|MON]]<br><small>Ret</small>
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| [[1955 Indianapolis 500|INDY]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1955 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1955 Dutch Grand Prix|DUT]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1955 British Grand Prix|GBR]]<br><small></small>
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| [[1955 Italian Grand Prix|ITA]]<br /><small></small>
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== Formula One Records ==
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*During the 1952 season, Ascari set 6 fastest laps in series, an achievement that was never matched and only [[Michael Schumacher]] got close in the 2004 season with 5 fastest laps in series.
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==References==
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|Title:||Most Fastest Laps in Series in One Season
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|Work:||Formula 1 Review
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|url:||http://www.formula1review.com/content/view/341/30/
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|Accessyear:||2006
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In [[1992]], he was inducted into the [[International Motorsports Hall of Fame]].
 
  
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== External link ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/ascari_bio.htm Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame], Alberto Ascari  
 
*[http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/ascari_bio.htm Grand Prix History - Hall of Fame], Alberto Ascari  
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*[http://www.4mula1.ro/history/driver/Alberto_Ascari Alberto Ascari statistics]
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8710343 Alberto Ascari] on [[Find-A-Grave]]
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|Title:||[[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Formula One World Champion]]
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|Before:||[[Juan Manuel Fangio]]
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|After:||[[Juan Manuel Fangio]]
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{{Formula One World Drivers' Champions}}
  
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[[Category:1918 births|Ascari, Alberto]]
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[[Category:1955 deaths|Ascari, Alberto]]
 
 
[[Category:Italian Formula One drivers|Ascari, Alberto]]
 
[[Category:Italian Formula One drivers|Ascari, Alberto]]
 
[[Category:Ferrari racers|Ascari, Alberto]]
 
[[Category:Ferrari racers|Ascari, Alberto]]
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[[Category:Indy 500 drivers|Ascari, Alberto]]
 
[[Category:International Motorsports Hall of Fame|Ascari, Alberto]]
 
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[[Category:Fatally crashed racecar drivers|Ascari, Alberto]]
 

Revision as of 09:56, 16 June 2007

Alberto Ascari
Nationality: Italian
Years: 1950 - 1955
Team(s): Ferrari, Maserati, Lancia
Races: 33
Championships: 2
Wins: 13
Podiums: 15
Poles: 14
Fastest laps: 12
First race: 1950 Monaco Grand Prix
First win: 1951 German Grand Prix
Last win: 1953 Swiss Grand Prix
Last race: 1955 Monaco Grand Prix

Alberto Ascari (July 13, 1918 – May 26, 1955) was one of Formula One's first stars, the first great Ferrari driver and one of only two Italian World Champions in the history of the sport.

Early life

Born in Milan, Italy, Ascari was the son of Antonio Ascari, a talented Grand Prix motor racing star in the 1920s, racing Alfa Romeos. Antonio was killed while leading the French Grand Prix in 1925 but the younger Ascari had an interest in racing in spite of it. He raced motorcycles in his earlier years; it was after he entered the prestigious Mille Miglia in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.

His racing career was interrupted by World War II, after which he began racing in Grand Prix with Maserati. His team-mate was Luigi Villoresi, who would become a mentor and friend of Ascari. He won his first Grand Prix race in Sanremo, Italy in 1948 and won another race with the team the following year. His biggest success came after he joined Villoresi on the Ferrari team; he won three more races that year with them.

Formula One career

File:ALBERTO ASCARI Ferrari Switzerland 1953.jpg
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The first official Formula One season took place in 1950, and the Ferrari team made its debut at Monte Carlo with Ascari, Villoresi, and the popular French driver Raymond Sommer on the team. Ascari finished 2nd in the race and later in the year shared a 2nd place at F1's first race in Monza. He was only 5th in the championship standings however. He won his first F1 race the following season on the Nürburgring circuit and added a win at Monza, finishing runner up in the championship to Juan Manuel Fangio.

With success in Europe, Enzo Ferrari supplied a car for Ascari in the Indianapolis 500, at the time an F1 event, in 1952. He was the only European driver to race at Indy in its 11 years on the F1 schedule, but his day ended after 40 laps. That was the only time he didn't win an F1 race that season. Ascari's Ferrari Tipo 500 dominated 1952, winning all six races in Europe that season and recording the fastest lap in each race. He nearly scored the maximum amount of points a driver could earn, but drivers were given points for fastest laps at the time, and he had to share a half point with another driver in one race.

He won three more consecutive races to start the 1953 season, giving him nine straight wins (not counting Indy) before his streak ended when he finished 4th in France, although it was a close 4th as the race was highly competitive. He earned two more wins later in the year to give himself a second consecutive World Championship. Ascari did not continue his dominance in 1954 as he failed to finish a race in his four attempts at F1, although he made up for it by winning the Mille Miglia.

Death

His 1955 season started similarly, retiring twice more, the latter of which was a spectacular incident in Monaco where he crashed into a harbour after missing a chicane. A week later, on May 26, he went to Monza to test a Ferrari sports car and crashed on one of the track's challenging high-speed corners. He was killed in the accident. The corner where the accident happened, renamed in his honor, no longer exists, having been replaced with a chicane, the Variante Ascari.

Legacy

Alberto Ascari is interred next to his father in the Cimitero Monumentale in Milan. The British Ascari car manufacturer, manufacturer of the Ascari KZ1 supercar is named in his honour.

In 1992, he was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

Complete Formula One World Championship Results

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Team WDC Points
1950 Ferrari GBR
 MON
2 		INDY
 SWI
Ret 		BEL
5 		FRA
DNS 		ITA
2 		Ferrari 5th 11
1951 Ferrari SWI
6 		INDY
 BEL
2 		FRA
2 		GBR
Ret 		GER
1 		ITA
1 		ESP
4 		Ferrari 2nd 25
1952 Ferrari SWI
 INDY
Ret 		BEL
1 		FRA
1 		GBR
1 		GER
1 		DUT
1 		ITA
1 		Ferrari 1st 36
1953 Ferrari ARG
1 		INDY
 DUT
1 		BEL
1 		FRA
4 		GBR
1 		GER
8 		SWI
1 		ITA
Ret 		Ferrari 1st 34.5
1954 Maserati ARG
 INDY
 BEL
 FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
 SWI
 ITA
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		Lancia 25th 1.14
1955 Lancia ARG
Ret 		MON
Ret 		INDY
 BEL
 DUT
 GBR
 ITA
 Lancia - 0


Formula One Records

  • During the 1952 season, Ascari set 6 fastest laps in series, an achievement that was never matched and only Michael Schumacher got close in the 2004 season with 5 fastest laps in series.


References

Title: Most Fastest Laps in Series in One Season
Work: Formula 1 Review
url: http://www.formula1review.com/content/view/341/30/
Accessdate: October 10
Accessyear: 2006







External links


Title: Formula One World Champion
Before: Juan Manuel Fangio
After: Juan Manuel Fangio
Years: 1952-1953


Formula One World Drivers' Champions
(1950) Nino Farina ·(1951) Juan Manuel Fangio ·(1952–53) Alberto Ascari ·(1954,55,56,57) Juan Manuel Fangio ·(1958) Mike Hawthorn · (1959–60) Jack Brabham · (1961) Phil Hill ·

(1962) Graham Hill · (1963) Jim Clark · (1964) John Surtees · (1965) Jim Clark · (1966) Jack Brabham · (1967) Denny Hulme · (1968) Graham Hill · (1969) Jackie Stewart · (1970) Jochen Rindt · (1971) Jackie Stewart · (1972) Emerson Fittipaldi · (1973) Jackie Stewart · (1974) Emerson Fittipaldi · (1975) Niki Lauda · (1976) James Hunt · (1977) Niki Lauda · (1978) Mario Andretti · (1979) Jody Scheckter · (1980) Alan Jones · (1981) Nelson Piquet · (1982) Keke Rosberg · (1983) Nelson Piquet · (1984) Niki Lauda · (1985–86) Alain Prost · (1987) Nelson Piquet · (1988) Ayrton Senna · (1989) Alain Prost · (1990–91) Ayrton Senna · (1992) Nigel Mansell · (1993) Alain Prost · (1994–95) Michael Schumacher · (1996) Damon Hill · (1997) Jacques Villeneuve · (1998–99) Mika Häkkinen · (2000,01,02,03,04) Michael Schumacher · (2005–06) Fernando Alonso

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