Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Emerson Fittipaldi

Brazilian · 1970–1980
Championship record
2
World titles
2
1
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Emerson Fittipaldi
Championships
2
2
Wins
13
14
Poles
13
6
Podiums
15
35
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
281
Starts
32
146
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Emerson Fittipaldi
Win rate
40.6%
9.6%
Podium rate
46.9%
24%
Pole rate
40.6%
4.1%
Points / start
4.2
1.9
Avg grid
P3.9
P11.9
Avg finish
P8.5
P10.8
Finish rate
59.4%
66.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari Emerson Fittipaldi
Mechanical retirements
10
39
Crash retirements
3
5
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 5
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1970
1951 · aged 33
First win
1970 · aged 23
1951
First pole
1972
1952 · aged 34
First title
1972 · aged 25
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
+1.2
Season points trajectory
1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978
Alberto Ascari Emerson Fittipaldi
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Emerson Fittipaldi
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 2 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P6
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 3 · P2
Team history
Alberto Ascari
FER
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Emerson Fittipaldi
FIT
Team Lotus 1970Lotus-Ford 1971Lotus-Pratt & Whitney 1971Team Lotus 1972–1973McLaren 1974–1975Fittipaldi 1976–1980
19501980
Basis

Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).