Alberto Ascari vs Piero Taruffi, 1952

Teammates at Ferrari — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1952 season, Alberto Ascari and Piero Taruffi competed as teammates at Ferrari across 5 races. Ascari outqualified Taruffi in all 5 instances and finished ahead of him in 4 out of 4 classified races. Ascari secured 6 race wins and 53.5 championship points, while Taruffi achieved 1 win and 22 points.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
50Qualifyingof 5 compared
40Race finishesof 4 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.

1952 season
5
Races together
5
53.5
Points
22
6
Wins
1
6
Podiums
3
P1
Best finish
P1
3.7
Average grid
3.7
1.0
Average finish
3.4
1
Did not finish
1
Other seasons together:1955195419511950