Motor Racing Personalities, pic: 27th May 1955, The coffin of Italian motor racing ace Alberto Ascari in Milan, Alberto Ascari, 1918-1955, won the world championship in 1952 and 1953 driving a Ferrari, (in 1952 he won 6 out of the 7 races), Shortly after switching to Lancia Ascari drove his car into the sea at the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix but was rescued, but some days later though he was killed at Monza testing a Ferrari (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)
