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  • Swiss Grand Prix 1953
  • Ascari disobeys team order to take final victory

  • August 23, 1953: Alberto Ascari had secured his second championship three weeks earlier at the Nurburgring, and he underlined his two-season dominance with victory in the Swiss Grand Prix

  • German Grand Prix 1953
  • Ascari's title but Farina turns back the clock

  • August 2, 1953: Alberto Ascari duly secured his second successive world championship, although he did so while out of the places for only the second time in two seasons

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