“I never want my children to become too fond of me because one day I might not come back and they will suffer less if I don”
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Alberto Ascari
Alberto Ascari was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1955. Ascari won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1952 and 1953 with Ferrari, and won 13 Grands Prix across six seasons. In endurance racing, Ascari won the Mille Miglia in 1954 with Lancia.
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sports · Italian racing driver (1918–1955) · Formula One driver · motorcycle racer · also Alberto Ascari, Ascari
Born 13 July 1918 · Died 26 May 1955 · Q2086
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2026· 1 entry
2021· 1 entry
Planet F1: Alberto Ascari monument unveiled in Milan
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2020· 1 entry
Carteret Analytics used quantitative analysis methods to rank Formula One drivers
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2016· 1 entry
Unknown thieves stole the bronze busts, which were placed on the sides of the shrine, of Ascari and his father
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2015· 1 entry
Ascari was included in the Walk of Fame of Italian sport
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2014· 1 entry
The racing driver Ernesto Brambilla declared that he had seen the accident, confirming that the car spun around and overturned, excluding the hypothesis that the accident was caused by a spectator who crossed the track
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2012· 1 entry
The BBC listed Ascari as the 9th-greatest Formula One driver
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2009· 1 entry
An Autosport survey taken by 217 Formula One drivers saw Ascari voted as the 16th-greatest Formula One driver of all time
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2004· 1 entry
Then broken by Vettel (9) in 2013, and broken again (10) by Max Verstappen in 2023
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2001· 2 entries
The Swiss newspaper Rinascita published the story of Angelo Consonni, who was seven years old at the time of Ascari's death and was with his grandfather near the Curva del Vialone
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The only other to do so, that a Ferrari driver won back-to-back titles
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1992· 1 entry
Was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame
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1972· 1 entry
One of the chicanes at the Monza Circuit was named in his honour Variante Ascari
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1960· 1 entry
As the average age of a Formula One driver significantly decreased
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1955· 3 entries
Died 1955-05-26.
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Just three days after his funeral (although the company was also in considerable financial trouble, needing a government subsidy to survive), handing his team, drivers, cars, and spare parts over to Enzo Ferrari
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“Inglés: «I don't want them to become too fond of me. One of these days, I may not come back, and they will suffer less if I keep them a bit at arm's length.”
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1953· 1 entry
Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Deceased Motorsport (1953).
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1952· 3 entries
Won the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with _Deceased Motorsport (1952).
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And 1953 for Scuderia Ferrari, becoming the first Ferrari-powered World Champion and breaking several records across both seasons
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And 1953 with Ferrari, and won 13 Grands Prix across six seasons
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1949· 1 entry
Won three more races, all with Ferrari
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1946· 1 entry
With the aim of eventually replacing the pre-war Grand Prix structure
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1940· 2 entries
Ascari married a local girl
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After he entered the prestigious Mille Miglia in an Auto Avio Costruzioni 815 supplied by his father's close friend Enzo Ferrari, Ascari eventually started racing on four wheels regularly
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1918· 1 entry
Born 1918-07-13.
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