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Antonio Ascari

Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (died 1925)

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Born
September 15, 1888
Died
July 26, 1925
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1888

About Antonio Ascari

Antonio Ascari 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. In 1924, Ascari was again the winner at Cremona, in the first race of the new P2, designed by Vittorio Jano. When Fiat withdrew from the Parma–Poggio di Berceto hillclimb that year, he bought one of their cars, a Fiat Grand Prix 4500, entered the competition (which was also the debut race for Enzo Ferrari), and won.

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Antonio Ascari timeline

  1. In 1924, Ascari was again the winner at Cremona, in the first race of the new P2, designed by Vittorio Jano.
  2. He won four Grands Prix before his premature death at the 1925 French Grand Prix.

The world when Antonio Ascari was born

Antonio Ascari was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Antonio Ascari's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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