RACING DRIVER

Alberto Ascari

1918 - 1955

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Alberto Ascari (13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955) 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. Noted for careful precision and finely-judged accuracy, Ascari was a multitalented racer who competed in motorcycle racing before switching to cars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Ascari is the 10th most popular racing driver (down from 9th in 2019), the 564th most popular biography from Italy (down from 521st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Racing Driver.

Alberto Ascari was an Italian motor racing driver and twice Formula One world champion. He was a racing driver for the Lancia and Ferrari teams, as well as a works Maserati driver. He was killed in an accident while testing a Ferrari at Monza in 1955.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Alberto Ascari ranks 10 out of 1,080. Before him are Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio, James Hunt, Nelson Piquet, and Emerson Fittipaldi. After him are Giuseppe Farina, Gilles Villeneuve, Keke Rosberg, Nigel Mansell, Ken Miles, and Jackie Stewart.

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Among people born in 1918, Alberto Ascari ranks 16. Before him are Leonard Bernstein, Rita Hayworth, Gertrude B. Elion, Robert Wadlow, Helmut Schmidt, and Frederick Sanger. After him are Ernst Otto Fischer, Kai Siegbahn, Katherine Johnson, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Takashi Kasahara, and Jens Christian Skou. Among people deceased in 1955, Alberto Ascari ranks 10. Before him are James Dean, Dale Carnegie, José Ortega y Gasset, Arthur Honegger, Sadako Sasaki, and James B. Sumner. After him are Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Helmuth Weidling, António Egas Moniz, Jim Corbett, and Charlie Parker.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alberto Ascari ranks 564 out of 5,161. Before him are Elena Ferrante (1943), Antonello da Messina (1430), Giosuè Carducci (1835), Carlo Ponti (1912), Giuseppe Peano (1858), and Ornella Muti (1955). After him are Petronius Maximus (396), Marcello Lippi (1948), Carlo Gesualdo (1566), Pope Benedict V (930), Giuseppe Farina (1906), and Pope Stephen II (715).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Alberto Ascari ranks 2. Before him are Enzo Ferrari (1898). After him are Giuseppe Farina (1906), Giacomo Agostini (1942), Alfredo Ferrari (1932), Riccardo Patrese (1954), Lella Lombardi (1941), Valentino Rossi (1979), Michele Alboreto (1956), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Elio de Angelis (1958), and Arturo Merzario (1943).

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