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This is a vintage & original photo, taken by an unknown photographer, of Alberto Ascari in his Ferrari 500 being push-started from the pits during the 1952 Formula 2 Grand Prix at Monza.

Although Alberto won the first heat, the camshafts of his Ferrari 500 failed in the second heat which effectively put him out of the race.

The photo measures some 9.5 x 7 inches (24 x 18 cm) and is black & white.

This is a vintage print, i.e. printed shortly after the original image was captured on film.

Only 1 (ONE) available.

This is a vintage & original June 5 1955 issue of Italian magazine "Domenica del Corriere" which pays attention to the untimely death of Italian racing ace Alberto Ascari.

On May 26, 1955 Alberto tried out the Ferrari 750 Monza (S/N 0562M) which he was to share with Eugenio Castellotti at the Autodromo di Monza. In the third lap, the car started to skid unexplicably, summersaulted and Alberto was slung from the car onto the track where he died a couple of minutes later.

The (fast!) corner where this accident happened, the "Curva di Vialone", was later renamed "Variante Ascari" in his honour.

Since there is no photographic account of the accident itself or the aftermath, the magazine had to make do with a more than excellent and very dramatic artist's impression which shows Alberto being slung from the car. That image is used on a full page which makes it excellently suited for framing.

Furthermore, there is a full page account of the accident including drawings of the path of the car and it pays attention to earlier, similar accidents and the crash of Alberto's father, Antonio Ascari at Montlhery in 1925.

Excellent condition for its age!

Only 1 (ONE) available.