{"id":71255,"date":"2021-06-03T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/?p=71255"},"modified":"2021-06-09T06:23:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T06:23:16","slug":"tribute-for-alberto-ascari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/tribute-for-alberto-ascari\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute for Alberto Ascari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Alberto Ascari – this name probably doesn’t mean much to younger readers of our magazine. If you are a big Formula 1 fan or followed the news in the 1950s, you might have heard of the Italian before. He was born in Milan on July 13, 1918, the son of racing driver Antonio Ascari. His father died in a racing accident in Montlh\u00e9ry near Paris in 1925. Nevertheless, it was also clear to Alberto that he wanted to become a racing driver. He began racing in 1937 on Bianchi motorcycles. Three years later he made his debut in car racing at the Mille Miglia with the first self-constructed car from Enzo Ferrari. After initially leading his class, he had to retire with to a technical defect. Due to World War 2, he then had to take a break until 1947.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Maserati to Ferrari<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the Egyptian capital Cairo, Ascari caused a sensation in an invitational race. All participants drove identical racing cars from Cisitalia, and he took second place. This brought him to the attention of Maserati, which signed him up for the factory team. Entries with Alfa Romeo and the newly founded Scuderia Ferrari followed. From 1950 he took part in the new World Drivers’ Championship for Grand Prix racing cars, later renamed ‘Formula 1’. In the first year he finished fifth overall and won some races that weren’t part of the World Championship. In 1951 he took victories in the Grand Prix of Germans and of Italy. In the end, Ascari narrowly lost the championship to Juan Manuel Fangio after choosing the wrong tires at the Spanish Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n

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