Alberto Ascari Net Worth

Background and career

Alberto Ascari (13 July 1918 – 26 May 1955) was an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1955. Ascari won two Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles, which he won in 1952 and 1953 with Ferrari, and won 13 Grands Prix across six seasons. In endurance racing, Ascari won the Mille Miglia in 1954 with Lancia.

Noted for careful precision and finely-judged accuracy, Ascari was a multitalented racer who competed in motorcycle racing before switching to cars. He won consecutive Formula One world titles in 1952 and 1953 for Scuderia Ferrari, becoming the first Ferrari-powered World Champion and breaking several records across both seasons. This was sandwiched by an appearance in the 1952 Indianapolis 500, and winning the 1954 Mille Miglia.

Ascari was the first World Champion to defend his title. As of 2026, Ascari and Michael Schumacher are Ferrari's only back-to-back World Champions, and Ascari remains Ferrari's sole Italian champion. He was also the last Italian to become a Formula 1 world champion, until Kimi Antonelli did so in 2026. As the first driver to win a second World Championship in 1953, he became one of only four drivers ever to set a new record for most World Championship titles. He was surpassed by Juan Manuel Fangio's third title in 1955.

When Ascari was a young child, his father Antonio Ascari, also a famous racing driver, died in an accident at the 1925 French Grand Prix. Ascari himself was later killed during a test session for Ferrari at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in 1955.