Ascari Monaco 1955

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Uploaded by on Nov 27, 2006

Ascari makes a mistake at the harbour chicane and ends up in the water during the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix

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  • Ascari was very superstitious indeed. Normally he would never go out in any helmet other than his "lucky" blue one. In the Monaco accident the strap was broken and he had sent it for repair. At Monza three or four days later, to the utter astonishment of the other drivers, he asked to borrow Castellotti's helmet before testing the Ferrari sports car. Ascari crashed fatally on only his third lap.

    Today his blue helmet is on display at the Donington Racing Car Collection in England.

  • Alberto Ascari died on May 26, 1955, at the age of 36. Antonio Ascari was also 36 when he died, on July 26, 1925 (Alberto was only 4 days older). Both father and son had won 13 championship Grand Prix and drove car number 26. Both were killed four days after surviving serious accidents and on the 26th day of the month. Both had crashed fatally at the exit of fast but easy left-hand corners and both left behind a wife and two children.

    very eerie info from wiki

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  • D=

  • Why is Bill Oddie commentating? :P

  • the consequences for overshooting a chicane! today the cars would just run out onto some huge run off area...

  • Father and son (Antonio and Alberto Ascari) died 4 days after surviving a dramatic crash,both left behind two children and one wife both had crashed fatally at the exit of fast but easy left-hand corners and both father and son had won 13 championship GP.

  • was his car left at the bottom?

  • it is less swiming in formula 1 today

  • what's up with number 4 it's creepy...Ascari dies for days after this accident...his father dies four days after a seperate accident, this Paul Hawkins guy dies 4 years after his crash at Monaco and you +4 votes on this comment.

  • his father also died 4 days after surviving an accident in another accident

  • i'm sure i heard someone was killed during a race crashing into the sea around about when it first began.

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