- Antonio Ascari
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name = Antonio Ascari
birth_date = birth date|1888|9|15
birth_place = Bonferraro,Italy
death_date = Death date and age|1925|7|26|1888|9|15
death_place =Paris ,France
occupation = Racing driver
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children =Alberto Ascari Antonio Ascari (
September 15 ,1888 –July 26 ,1925 ) was an ItalianGrand Prix motor racing champion.Antonio Ascari was born near
Mantua , in theLombardy region ofItaly , as the son of a corn dealer. He began racing cars at the top levels in Italy in 1919, using a modified 1914Fiat . Along withEnzo Ferrari , he raced in the firstTarga Florio held after the end ofWorld War I in 1919 but did not finish after crashing into a deep ravine. His bad luck there continued in 1920 and 1921, but in 1922 he finished a strong fourth. Driving an Alfa Romeo forVittorio Jano in April 1923, he narrowly lost the Targa Florio, finishing second to his Alfa Romeo team-mate,Ugo Sivocci . However, the following month at theCremona Circuit he drove to his first major Grand Prix victory. In 1924, he was again the winner at Cremona in the first race of the P2, then went on to Monza where he won theItalian Grand Prix .1925 promised to be a great year for Antonio Ascari, his car dominating the competition at the
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps when he won the inauguralBelgian Grand Prix . He could even eat and drink slowly during a pit stop.Unfortunately, 36-year-old Ascari was killed while leading the 1925
French Grand Prix in anAlfa Romeo P2 at theAutodrome de Montlhéry south of Paris. He left behind a seven-year-old son, Alberto who would become one of the greats ofFormula 1 racing and who would also die behind the wheel at age 36 and on the 26th of a different month, four days after a remarkable escape.Antonio Ascari is interred in the
Cimitero Monumentale in Milan.External links
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