Timeline Alberto Ascari: Nine Wins in a Row

Alberto Ascari won the 1952 and 1953 world titles for Ferrari, including nine championship races in a row, and was killed testing at Monza in 1955.

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Alberto Ascari: Nine Wins in a Row 9

1925 Alberto Ascari loses his father Antonio Ascari, a leading Grand Prix driver, is killed at the French Grand Prix at Montlhéry. Alberto is seven.
1951 Ascari wins the German Grand Prix At the Nürburgring, Ascari takes his first World Championship win, for Ferrari.
1952 1952: Alberto Ascari Ferrari Ascari dominated the season for Ferrari, winning six consecutive races in a year when all championship rounds used Formula Two regulations.
1952 Ascari races at Indianapolis Ascari enters the Indianapolis 500 with a Ferrari, the only European driver in the race. A wheel failure ends it.
1953 1953: Alberto Ascari Ferrari Ascari won his second consecutive title with Ferrari, taking five victories from nine races.
1953 Ascari wins nine races in a row Victory at Spa completes a run of nine consecutive World Championship wins, a record that stood until 2013.
1954 Ascari joins Lancia Ascari leaves Ferrari for the new Lancia team, whose D50 is not ready until the end of the season.
1955 Ascari crashes into Monaco harbour Leading the Monaco Grand Prix, Ascari misses the chicane and his Lancia plunges into the harbour. He swims out with a broken nose.
1955 Ascari killed at Monza Four days after Monaco, Ascari crashes fatally while trying out a friends Ferrari sports car at Monza.