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Antonio Ascari (15 September 1888 – 26 July 1925) was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion. He won four Grands Prix before his premature death at the 1925 French Grand Prix. He was the father of two-time World Champion Alberto Ascari.
Sep 7, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Antonio Ascari, one of the first stars of motor racing in the Roaring Twenties, who won the Italian Grand Prix with Alfa Romeo. Discover how his son Alberto followed in his footsteps and became a champion himself, despite the tragic fate of both.
Learn about the life and achievements of Antonio Ascari, one of the great names of 1920s motor racing. He was a star for Alfa Romeo and won the inaugural Belgian GP before dying in a tragic accident at Montlhéry.
Death of Hero. During lap 23 of the 1925 French Grand Prix at the Montlhéry Autodrome near Paris, a voice on the loudspeaker informed spectators that the leading Alfa Romeo, driven by Italy’s Antonio Ascari, had crashed. Later in the race, the same voice announced that Ascari had died on his way to hospital.
Antonio Ascari (September 15, 1888 - July 26, 1925) was an Italian racing driver, the father of 1952 and 1953 World Champion Alberto Ascari. He was one of the motor racing champions of pre-war times.
Jul 7, 2014 · Antonio Ascari, father of future double F1 champion Alberto, gives a personal account of how he won the 1925 Grand Prix d'Europe — just a month before his death at the same year's French GP. Antonio Ascari: father of a double F1 world champion to be and a brilliant driver in his own right.
Antonio, his father (below), was one of the very greatest drivers of the 1920s, the flamboyant star of the Alfa Romeo team run by Scuderia Ferrari. But when Alberto was...
