Alberto Ascari vs Nino Farina, 1953

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In the 1953 season, Alberto Ascari and Nino Farina raced together for Ferrari, competing in 8 races. Ascari outqualified Farina in all 8 instances and finished ahead of him 4 times, while Farina finished ahead just once. Ascari secured 5 race wins and 46.5 championship points, compared to Farina's 1 win and 32 points, with both drivers achieving 5 podium finishes.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
80Qualifyingof 8 compared
41Race finishesof 5 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1953 season
8
Races together
8
46.5
Points
32
5
Wins
1
5
Podiums
5
P1
Best finish
P1
1.3
Average grid
3.9
2.4
Average finish
2.5
1
Did not finish
2
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