Alberto Ascari was a double Italian Formula One World Champion who won the Drivers’ Title in 1952 and 1953. Along with Nino Farina, he is the only Italian racing driver to have won the Formula One World Championship but uniquely the only one to have won it more than once and with back-to-back titles. During his career he won 13 F1 races and claimed 14 pole positions. He was a double winner of the German Grand Prix, the Italian Grand Prix, the Belgian Grand Prix, the British Grand Prix and the Dutch Grand Prix. During the 1952 season, which Juan-Manuel Fangio missed due to injury, Ascari was virtually unbeatable in the Ferrari, winning every race he took part in, apart from the 1952 Indianapolis 500. Having miraculously survived a spectacular watery accident during the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix which saw his Lancia plunge into the harbour, Ascari was killed less than a week later on 26 May in a testing accident at Monza, aged 36. By strange coincidence, his father and pre-war racing legend Antonio Ascari was also killed at the age of 36, on the same day of the month.
| Win Number | Grand Prix | Circuit | Date | Round | No. | Team | Chassis | Tyre | Grid | Winning Margin | Race Time | Speed | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1951 German Grand Prix | Nürburgring | 29 July 1951 | 6/8 | 71 | Ferrari | 375 | Pirelli | 1 | 30.500 | 3:23:03.300 | 134.800 | 456.200 | |
| 2 | 1951 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 16 September 1951 | 7/8 | 2 | Ferrari | 375 | Pirelli | 3 | 44.600 | 2:42:39.300 | 185.914 | 504.000 | |
| 3 | 1952 Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 22 June 1952 | 3/8 | 4 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 1:55.200 | 3:03:46.300 | 166.000 | 508.320 | |
| 4 | 1952 French Grand Prix | Rouen les Essarts | 6 July 1952 | 4/8 | 8 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 45.300 | 3:00:00.000 | 128.958 | 387.600 | |
| 5 | 1952 British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit | 19 July 1952 | 5/8 | 15 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 2 | 1 lap | 2:44:11.000 | 146.321 | 400.397 | |
| 6 | 1952 German Grand Prix | Nürburgring | 3 August 1952 | 6/8 | 101 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 14.100 | 3:06:13.300 | 132.300 | 410.580 | |
| 7 | 1952 Dutch Grand Prix | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 17 August 1952 | 7/8 | 2 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 40.100 | 2:53:28.500 | 130.500 | 377.370 | |
| 8 | 1952 Italian Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 7 September 1952 | 8/8 | 12 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 1:01.800 | 2:50:45.600 | 177.100 | 504.000 | |
| 9 | 1953 Argentine Grand Prix | Autódromo 17 de Octubre | 18 January 1953 | 1/9 | 10 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 1 lap | 3:01:04.600 | 125.748 | 379.499 | |
| 10 | 1953 Dutch Grand Prix | Circuit Park Zandvoort | 7 June 1953 | 3/9 | 2 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 10.400 | 2:53:35.800 | 130.429 | 377.370 | |
| 11 | 1953 Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 21 June 1953 | 4/9 | 10 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 2 | 2:48.200 | 2:48:30.300 | 180.998 | 508.320 | |
| 12 | 1953 British Grand Prix | Silverstone Circuit | 18 July 1953 | 6/9 | 5 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 1 | 1:00.000 | 2:50:00.000 | 150.000 | 423.949 | |
| 13 | 1953 Swiss Grand Prix | Bremgarten | 23 August 1953 | 8/9 | 46 | Ferrari | 500 | Pirelli | 2 | 1:12.930 | 3:01:34.400 | 156.366 | 473.200 |