Claim: The Italian driver and Formula One World Champion Alberto Ascari did not qualify for the 1953 Argentine Grand Prix.
Evidence: Gran Premio de la Republica Argentina 1st 
Ferrari lined up with the familiar trio of reigning World Champion Alberto Ascari, Nino Farina and Luigi Villoresi, as well as their new signing Mike Hawthorn, who had driven a privateer Cooper the previous year. Italy Alberto Ascari