Alberto Ascari

Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Jack Brabham

Australian · 1955–1970
Championship record
2
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Jack Brabham
Championships
2
3
Wins
13
14
Poles
13
13
Podiums
15
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
134.14
261
Starts
32
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Jack Brabham
Win rate
40.6%
10.9%
Podium rate
46.9%
24.2%
Pole rate
40.6%
10.2%
Points / start
4.2
2.0
Avg grid
P3.9
P7.4
Avg finish
P8.5
P9.2
Finish rate
59.4%
58.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari Jack Brabham
Mechanical retirements
10
44
Crash retirements
3
8
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 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
1955
1951 · aged 33
First win
1959 · aged 33
1951
First pole
1959
1952 · aged 34
First title
1959 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968
Alberto Ascari Jack Brabham
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Jack Brabham
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit Park Zandvoort 2 · 2 · P1 2 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 2 · P2
Reims-Gueux 0 · 0 · P4 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 2 · P1
Rouen-Les-Essarts 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Team history
Alberto Ascari
FER
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Jack Brabham
COO
BRA
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
19501970
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).