The 1955 European motor racing season was rife with excitement mixed with tragedy. Stirling Moss won the Mille Miglia for Mercedes in June, but the following weekend Mercedes failed to win its only ...

The Monaco Grand Prix is one of the gems on the F1 calendar as the world's most glamorous motorsport heads to one of the world's richest areas for a weekend of sunshine, partying and adrenaline-filled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MAY 26, 1955: Italy’s last Formula One champion Alberto Ascari was killed after being thrown onto the track while testing a friend ...

ALBERTO ASCARI, like his father, died at the wheel of a racing car. Both were thirty-six years old and both died on the 26th of the month twice the 13 that Alberto feared. It was a fate that his ...

As the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship prepares for Monaco, we look back on our favourite moments from the toughest of street races At the 1955 race former world champion Alberto Ascari crashes into ...

This narrow course laid down in the streets of Monaco, with several variations in elevation and many tight corners, makes it one of the most demanding tracks in Formula 1 and is a threat to any ...