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Ascari Secures Ferrari’s First Drivers’ World Championship

3 August 1952

Alberto Ascari wins the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring in the Ferrari 500 and secures Ferrari’s first Formula 1 Drivers’ World Championship with two rounds remaining.

Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain

Last photo of racer Alberto Ascari driving a car, before a test in Montecarlo. · Unknown author Unknown author — Wikimedia Commons — Public domain

Automotive significance

The 1952 championship was run to Formula 2 regulations, and Ferrari’s two-litre 500 proved exceptionally effective. Ascari’s Nürburgring win followed victories in Belgium, France and Britain and mathematically secured the title. Ferrari did not win a Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship in 1952 because that award did not yet exist; it was introduced in 1958.

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