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This is a vintage & original issue of the Illustrazione del Popolo of August 9, 1925 with on the cover an artist impression of the untimely death of Italian racing ace Antonio Ascari during the Grand Prix of France at Montlhery race track.

Antonio won the inaugural race of the Vittorio Jano designed Alfa Romeo P2 at Cremona, followed by the Italian Grand Prix at Monza in 1924 and in 1925 he won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.

Antonio was leading the French Grand Prix in his Alfa P2 when he crashed and died on his way to hospital.

His son, Alberto, who was a mere 7 years old at that moment, would later go on to become a racing ace in his own right by becoming Formula One's first double World Champion (1952 & 1953).

Indirectly, the Antonio Ascari crash push-started the birth of Scuderia Ferrari as the Alfa Romeo P2's were laid up after the accident and Enzo Ferrari managed to buy one of the P2's and hired young racing driver Tazio Nuvolari to drive it... the rest is history...

The magazine is in decent condition but of course very fragile (it is over 80 years old!).

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This is a vintage & original photo, taken by an unknown photographer, of the Ferrari 500's of Alberto Ascari (# 20) and presumably the # 24 of Nino Farina in 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 and Nino would go on to win 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.

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This is an original photo of Giuseppe "Nino" Farina on Ferrari 500, Alberto Ascari on Ferrari 500, Juan Manuel Fangio on Maserati A6GCM-53 and most probably Onofre Marimon also on Maserati A6GCM-53 during the final stages (maybe even the last lap!) of the 1953 Gran Premio d'Italia at the Autodromo di Monza.

Fangio would win the race ahead of Farina, Villoresi and Hawthorn, all on Ferrari.

The difference between Farina and Fangio was a mere 1.4 seconds while Villoresi and Hawthorn were 1 lap behind.

In the words of the Grand Master himself:
Ascari, who stood between me and the victory I needed so badly, took the final curve very sharply and his Ferrari did a half spin. He was hit by Marimon. Farina, whom I had only just overtaken and was breathing down my neck, had to swerve to avoid hitting them. In that split second of danger I was through, winning literally in the 312th mile of a 312-mile race. There was such confusion when we crossed the line that the man didn't put down the chequered flag, so I did another lap with Farina behind me, but all the time I thought they had make a mistake. They say I was almost hysterical that day, and I'm not surprised, although as a rule I'm usually rather calm.

It measures some 9.5 x 7 inches (24 x 17.5 cm) and is black & white.

This appears to be a somewhat more recent print.

Only 1 (ONE) available.