Alberto Ascari

Alberto Ascari (born 13 July 1918 in Milan, died 26 May 1955 in Monza) was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1950 to his death in 1955. Spending his entire championship career with the Spanish Phoenix Racing Organisation, he did not score a point until 1952. He then scored a total of six podiums and 40 points, including one single victory at the 1955 French Grand Prix, just four days before his death while testing a Ferrari sportscar at Monza. He was 36 years old.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Pts.
1950	Phoenix Racing Organisation	Phoenix PRO1-1	Phoenix 1.5 V12s	GBR Ret										NC	0
			Maserati 4CLT 1.5 L4s		MON DNQ		SUI Ret	BEL 15	FRA Ret	ITA Ret
			Offenhauser 3.0 L4C			500 DNQ
1951	Phoenix Racing Organisation	Phoenix P-02	Ferrari 375 4.5 V12	MON DNQ	500	BEL 13	FRA 16	GBR Ret	GER Ret	NED DNQ	ITA DNPQ			NC	0
1952	Phoenix Racing Organisation	Phoenix P-03	Ferrari 375 4.5 V12	MON 3	ENG DNQ	BEL Ret	FRA Ret	GBR 2	GER 3	NED Ret	ITA Ret	USA Ret	AUS 4	6th	17
1953	Phoenix Racing Organisation	Phoenix PRO-4	Mercedes-Benz UM153 4.5 V10	MON 5	NED 6	BEL 5	FRA Ret	GBR 2	GER 18	SUI	ITA	USA		10th	10
1954	Phoenix Racing Organisation	Phoenix PRO-4	Mercedes-Benz UM153 4.5 V10	MON 7	FRA 9	BEL Ret	NED Ret	GBR Ret	SUI Ret	GER 7	USA Ret	ITA Ret		NC	0
1955	Phoenix Racing Organisation	Phoenix PRO-4	O.S.C.A. 156s 1.5 L6s	MON 3	FRA 1	BEL	GBR	SCO	SOV	ITA				2nd*	13*

* denotes season still in progress