Alberto Ascari (1918 - 1955) - mummunan makoma na zakaran F1 sau biyu.

An kafa kamfanin Ascari na Biritaniya ne a ranar cika shekaru arba'in da mutuwar hazikin direban tsere Alberto Ascari, wanda ya yi karo da Ferrari abokinsa a shekarar 1955. Wanene wannan jarumin ɗan Italiya wanda ya sami nasarori da yawa duk da ɗan gajeren aikinsa?

Don fara da, yana da daraja gabatar da mahaifinsa, Antonio Ascari, wani gogaggen racer wanda abokinsa Enzo Ferrari. Ascari da Ferrari ne suka shiga tare a tseren Targa Florio (Palermo) na farko bayan yakin duniya na farko a 1919. An haifi Alberto Ascari shekara guda da ta gabata, amma bai samu lokacin da zai amfana da kwarewar mahaifinsa ba, yayin da ya mutu a gasar Grand Prix ta Faransa a shekara ta 1925 a zagayen Montlhéry. A lokacin, Alberto ɗan shekara bakwai ya rasa mahaifinsa (wanda ake zargin cewa ya yi daidai), amma wannan wasa mai haɗari bai sa shi sanyin gwiwa ba. Ko a lokacin ƙuruciyarsa, ya sayi babur ya fara motsawa, kuma a cikin 1940 ya sami damar shiga tseren motoci na farko.

Askari da ba shi da kwarewa ya ci Ferrari kuma ya fara a cikin sanannen Mille Miglia, amma bayan da Italiya ta shiga yakin duniya na biyu, an samu hutu a harkar tsere. Askari bai koma gasa ba sai 1947, nan da nan ya samu nasara, wanda Enzo Ferrari da kansa ya lura da shi, wanda ya gayyace shi zuwa Formula 1 a matsayin direban masana'anta.

Wasan tseren Formula na farko na Alberto Ascari ya kasance a Monte Carlo a lokacin Grand Prix na 1 lokacin da ya kare na biyu kuma ya yi rashin nasara a hannun Juan Manuel Fangio. Lois Chiron, wanda ya zo na uku a kan mumbari, ya riga ya kasance ta biyu a bayan wanda ya yi nasara. Kakar farko ta Giuseppe Farina ce kuma Ascari ya kare a matsayi na biyar. Koyaya, manyan ukun suna tuƙi mai kyau Alf Romeo, kuma samfuran Ferrari a lokacin ba su da sauri.

Kakar ta gaba ta kawo gasar ga Juan Manuel Fangio, amma a cikin 1952 Albero Ascari bai yi nasara ba. Hawan Ferrari koyaushe, ya lashe tsere shida cikin takwas, inda ya ci maki 36 (9 fiye da na biyu Giuseppe Farina). Alfa Romeo ya daina tsere kuma yawancin direbobi sun canza zuwa motoci daga Maranello. A shekara mai zuwa, Alberto Ascari bai sake jin kunya ba: ya lashe tsere biyar kuma ya lashe duel, incl. tare da Fangio ya lashe sau ɗaya kawai a cikin 1953.

Duk abin da ya kasance a kan hanya mai kyau, amma Askari ya yanke shawarar barin Ferrari kuma ya tafi zuwa sabuwar halitta Lancia barga, wanda bai riga ya sami mota don kakar 1954. Zakaran duniya, duk da haka, bai yi jinkiri ba, ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar kuma yayi matukar takaici. Lancia bai shirya don tseren farko a watan Janairu a Buenos Aires ba. Halin ya maimaita kansa a cikin Grand Prix mai zuwa: Indianapolis da Spa-Francorchamps. A lokacin tseren Yuli a Reims ne kawai za a iya ganin Alberto Ascari akan waƙar. Abin takaici, ba a Lancia ba, amma a Maserati, kuma motar ta lalace ba da daɗewa ba. A tsere na gaba, a Birtaniya Silverstone, Askari kuma ya tuka Maserati, amma ba tare da nasara ba. A gasar tseren da aka yi a Nürburgring da Bremgarten a Switzerland, Askari bai fara ba sai a karshen kakar wasa ta bana. A Monza, shi ma ya yi rashin sa'a - motarsa ​​ta lalace.

Alberto Ascari samu da dogon jiran Lancia mota kawai a karshe tseren na kakar, gudanar a Spanish Pedralbes kewaye, da kuma nan da nan ya lashe iyakacin duniya matsayi, rikodi mafi kyau lokaci, amma sake da dabara kasa da kuma gasar zuwa matukin jirgi na Mercedes. Fangio. . A shekarar 1954 watakila shi ne mafi m kakar a cikin aikinsa: ya kasa kare gasar saboda da farko ba shi da mota, sa'an nan ya sami maye gurbin motoci, amma sun yi karo.

Lancia ya yi alkawarin cewa motarsu za ta zama juyin juya hali, kuma da gaske - Lancia DS50 yana da injin V2,5 mai nauyin lita 8, kodayake yawancin masu fafatawa sun yi amfani da injunan layi hudu ko shida. Mercedes ne kawai ya zaɓi naúrar silinda takwas a cikin sabuwar W196. Babban fa'idar da D50 ya samu shi ne kyakkyawan aikin tukinsa, wanda ya bi bashi, a tsakanin sauran abubuwa, yin amfani da tankunan mai guda biyu maimakon babba daya a bayan motar, kamar masu fafatawa. Ba abin mamaki ba ne, lokacin da Lancia ya janye daga F1 bayan mutuwar Ascari, Ferrari ya karbi motar (wanda aka sani da Lancia-Ferrari D50 ko Ferrari D50) wanda Juan Manuel Fangio ya lashe gasar cin kofin duniya a 1956.

An fara kakar wasa ta gaba kamar yadda aka yi, tare da yin karo biyu a gasar biyun farko, amma Askari ya yi kyau sai dai karyewar hanci. A gasar Monte Carlo Grand Prix a shekarar 1955, Askari ma ya tuka tuki, amma ya rasa yadda zai tafiyar da wannan katangar, ya fada cikin teku, daga nan aka dauke shi da sauri aka kai shi asibiti.

Amma mutuwa tana jiransa - kwanaki hudu bayan hadarin a Monaco, Afrilu 26, 1955, Ascari ya tafi Monza, inda ya sadu da abokinsa Eugenio Castellotti, wanda ke gwada Ferrari 750 Monza. Askari ya so ya yi ƙoƙari ya hau kansa, ko da yake ba shi da kayan aikin da suka dace: ya saka Castellotti castes kuma ya tafi tafiya. A cinya ta uku a daya daga cikin kusurwowin, Ferrari ya yi kasa a gwiwa, gaban motar ya tashi, sannan motar ta yi birgima sau biyu, sakamakon haka direban ya mutu bayan ‘yan mintoci, bayan da ya samu munanan raunuka. A yau ana kiransa chicane da Askari ya rasu.

Tarihin farkon wannan sanannen Italiyanci ya juya ya zama cike da wahala: na farko, mutuwar mahaifinsa, wanda bai jefa shi daga wasanni masu haɗari ba, sannan yakin duniya na biyu, wanda ya sa ba zai yiwu a bunkasa aikinsa ba. Yakin farko a cikin Formula 1 ya nuna fasahar Askari, amma shawarar komawa Lancia ya sake dakatar da aikinsa, kuma wani mummunan hatsari a Monza ya kawo ƙarshen komai. Idan ba don wannan ba, gwarzonmu zai iya lashe gasar F1 fiye da ɗaya. Enzo Ferrari ya ambaci cewa lokacin da Askari ya jagoranci, babu wanda ya isa ya riske shi, wanda alkaluma suka tabbatar da cewa: tarihinsa ya kai 304 na jagora (a cikin tsere biyu a 1952 hade). Ascari ya kasance a kan gaba a lokacin da ya zama dole ya karya matsayi, ya fi jin tsoro da kuma tuki mai tsanani, musamman ma a kusurwoyi, wanda ba ya tafiya a hankali.

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