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On 9/12/2020 11:38 AM, Brian Lawrence wrote:

Crofty alluded to it during today's commentary, but although
tomorrow should be the Scuderia's 1,000th GP start, it's actually
their 1,001st Championship start.

In 1952 between the Swiss & Belgian GPs they entered a 'Ferrari
special' in round 2 of the WDC, the Indy 500.

Car #12 was entered by Enzo Ferrari and driven by Albert Ascari. It was
a 375 with a 4.5L V12. It qualified 19th/row 7, but lost a wheel after
40 laps, classified 31st.

<https://www.reddit.com/r/F1Porn/comments/17bv98/alberto_ascari_ferrari_375_special_1952/>

<https://web.archive.org/web/20091201112405/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1952/609/>

-a-a <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Indianapolis_500>

Some believed it was going to be an easy pick up of
a bunch of American prize money.
Turns out they underestimated the amount of torque
needed at Indy back in those days.

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