num_pages: 208
description: This lavishly illustrated volume vividly chronicles Alberto Ascari's legendary racing career. Award-winning author Karl Ludvigsen describes Ascari's foray into racing on Bianchi motorcycles, Ascari's 1940 Mille Miglia race; his win at the 1948 San Remo GP in a Maserati; his spectacular success in back-to-back world titles with Ferrari in 1952 and 1953; his frustrating move to Lancia in 1954; up through and including Ascari's devastating and fatal crash at Monza.
language: English
title: Alberto Ascari: Ferrari's First Double Champion
titlecomplete: Alberto Ascari: Ferrari's First Double Champion
ratings_count: 9
publisher: Haynes Pubns