Alberto Ascari
Italian · 1950–1955
VS

Nico Rosberg
German · 2006–2016
Championship record
2
World titles
1
1
Runner-up
2
3
Top-3 finishes
3
P1
Best championship
P1
Career totals
Alberto Ascari Nico Rosberg
Championships
2
1
Wins
13
23
Poles
13
30
Podiums
15
57
Fastest laps
0
20
Career points
134.14
1,594.5
Starts
32
206
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alberto Ascari Nico Rosberg
Win rate
40.6%
11.2%
Podium rate
46.9%
27.7%
Pole rate
40.6%
14.6%
Points / start
4.2
7.7
Avg grid
P3.9
P6.9
Avg finish
P8.5
P8.3
Finish rate
59.4%
85.9%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
On-track overtaking
Alberto Ascari Nico Rosberg
Overtakes
0
1,583
Overtakes / race
0.0
7.9
Places lost
0
1,574
Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Only races with lap data count, so the per-race figure is the fair comparison across eras.
Why they retired
Alberto Ascari Nico Rosberg
Mechanical retirements
10
15
Crash retirements
3
14
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1950
Debut season
2006
1951 · aged 33
First win
2012 · aged 26
1951
First pole
2012
1952 · aged 34
First title
2016 · aged 31
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-1.3
Season points trajectory
1950 1959 1968 1977 1986 1995 2004 2013
Alberto Ascari Nico Rosberg
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Alberto Ascari Nico Rosberg
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Silverstone Circuit 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 4 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2 · 3 · P1 1 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 0 · 1 · P2 3 · 4 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 2 · 2 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Nürburgring 2 · 2 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Indianapolis Motor Speedway 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Alberto Ascari
Ferrari 1950–1954Maserati 1954Lancia 1954–1955
Nico Rosberg
Williams 2006–2009Mercedes 2010–2016
19502016
Alberto Ascari → Nico Rosberg → Compare others
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).