Ascari was driving the number 26 car, the same number that had been on the P2 Alfa Romeo his father, Antonio Ascari, had been driving when killed in the July 26, 1925 French Grand Prix.
Ascari pilotaba o coche número 26, o mesmo número que levaba no Alfa Romeo P2 o seu pai, Antonio Ascari, cando morreu no 26 de xullo 1925 no Gran Premio de Francia.