Antonio Ascari

Antonio Ascari ( born September 15, 1888 in Bonferraro; † July 26, 1925 in Montlhery ) was an Italian racing driver.

Antonio Ascari was the son of a grain merchant from Lombardy. He began 1919 with a Fiat races to go. In the same year he took up also the first Targa Florio after the end of the First World War. He retired after falling into a ravine from an early stage, remained at the accident unharmed. At the most important for the Italian racer racing event of this period, the Targa Florio, he participated on a regular basis from 1920. He remained in 1920 and 1921 without countable success, he managed in 1922 with fourth place finish his first. In April 1923 he drove for Alfa Romeo and lost the race only after a hard fight against his countryman and team-mate Ugo Sivocci.

His first Grand Prix he won a month later. He won the race in Cremona, Italy, again on an Alfa Romeo P2. A year later he was able to repeat this success. Added to this was his first victory on the famous race track of Monza, the Italian Grand Prix in 1924.

The year 1925 seemed to be the best season in the career of Antonio Ascari to be. He dominated the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa- Francorchamps, he once again denied for Alfa Romeo, and won superior. Just one month later, on July 26, 1925, the promising career ended at the French Grand Prix on the circuit of Montlhery, as lying Ascari was killed in the lead. His son, the future Formula 1 world champion Alberto Ascari was then seven years old. For the legends of the two Ascaris contributing factor was that Alberto at the age of 36 years at a 26th of a month (26 May 1955) was killed in a racing car.