- Starts32
- Wins1341% of starts
- Podiums1753% of starts
- Pole positions1414× started from P1
- Fastest laps13
- Grand Slams5pole, win, fastest lap, every lap led
- Titles21952, 1953
Career numbers
- Avg grid position3.8
- Avg finish3.4
- Retirement rate28%
- Pole-to-win conversion64%
- Positions gained-9
- Points scored140.1
- Longest winning streak9
- Longest podium streak9
- Longest points-scoring streak13
- TeamsFerrari (1950–1954) · Maserati (1954) · Lancia (1954–1955)
Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.
The career at a glance
Season by season
Every race
36 entries, 32 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.
- First entryMonaco Grand Prix 1950P2 · Ferrari
- First winGerman Grand Prix 1951P1 · Ferrari
- Last winSwiss Grand Prix 1953P1 · Ferrari
- Last startMonaco Grand Prix 1955DNF · Lancia
All 36 races, season by season
Against team-mates
Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.
| Team-mate | Years | Races | Qualifying | Quali gap | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi Villoresi | 1950–1955 | 10:0 | 18:5 | −1.84% | 99 : 47 | Compare |
| Nino Farina | 1952–1953 | 10:0 | 12:1 | −1.05% | 100 : 59 | Compare |
| Piero Taruffi | 1951–1952 | 6:1 | 9:1 | −2.64% | 69.5 : 23 | Compare |
| Mike Hawthorn | 1953–1954 | 5:1 | 8:0 | −2.09% | 46.5 : 33 | Compare |
| Louis Rosier | 1952–1953 | 5:0 | 9:0 | −8.20% | 64 : 0 | Compare |
| Rudi Fischer | 1951–1952 | 5:0 | 6:0 | −5.25% | 43.5 : 4 | Compare |
| José Froilán González | 1951–1954 | 2:1 | 5:1 | −0.68% | 19 : 30 | Compare |
| Peter Whitehead | 1950–1952 | 1:0 | 6:0 | −9.44% | 17 : 0 | Compare |
| Charles de Tornaco | 1952 | 1:0 | 2:0 | −11.50% | 18 : 0 | Compare |
| Piero Carini | 1952–1953 | 0:0 | 3:0 | – | 18 : 0 | Compare |
| Peter Hirt | 1952–1953 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 27 : 0 | Compare |
| Roy Salvadori | 1952–1954 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Raymond Sommer | 1950 | 1:0 | 2:0 | – | 6 : 3 | Compare |
| Eugenio Castellotti | 1955 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 6 | Compare |
| Franco Comotti | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Roger Laurent | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| André Simon | 1952 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 8.5 : 0 | Compare |
| Umberto Maglioli | 1953–1954 | 0:0 | 2:0 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Max de Terra | 1953 | 1:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Reg Parnell | 1951 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Onofre Marimón | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 4.1 | Compare |
| Roberto Mieres | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Ken Wharton | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Harry Schell | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Birabongse Bhanudej | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Rudolf Schoeller | 1952 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 9 : 0 | Compare |
| Jacques Swaters | 1953 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 10 : 0 | Compare |
| Clemente Biondetti | 1950 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Dorino Serafini | 1950 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 3 | Compare |
| Chico Landi | 1951 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 8 : 0 | Compare |
| Robert Manzon | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Maurice Trintignant | 1954 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 2 | Compare |
| Louis Chiron | 1955 | 0:0 | 1:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
| Kurt Adolff | 1953 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 1 : 0 | Compare |
| Stirling Moss | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0.1 | Compare |
| Ron Flockhart | 1954 | 0:0 | 0:0 | – | 0 : 0 | Compare |
Green: Alberto Ascari came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.
Strongest circuits
Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.
| Circuit | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monza | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Spa-Francorchamps | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Silverstone | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Nürburgring | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3.3 |
| Zandvoort | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Bremgarten | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Reims-Gueux | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Monaco | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pedralbes | 2 | 4 |