Louis Chiron

Louis Chiron
Chiron in 1931
BornLouis Alexandre Chiron
(1899-08-03)3 August 1899
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Died22 June 1979(1979-06-22) (aged 79)
Monte Carlo, Monaco
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityMonaco Monégasque
Active years19501951, 1953, 19551956, 1958
TeamsMaserati (works and non-works), Talbot-Lago, O.S.C.A., Lancia
Entries19 (15 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums1
Career points4
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1950 British Grand Prix
Last entry1958 Monaco Grand Prix
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
First race1929 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles
0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years19281929, 19311933,
19371938, 1951, 1953
TeamsChrysler, Weymann, Bugatti, Bouriat, privateer, Chinetti,
Ecurie Bleue, Lancia
Best finishDNF (1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1953)
Class wins0

Louis Alexandre Chiron (French pronunciation: [lwi ʃi.ʁɔ̃]; 3 August 1899 – 22 June 1979) was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports car races, and Grands Prix.

Among the greatest drivers between the two World Wars, his career embraced over thirty years, starting in 1923,[1] and ending at the end of the 1950s. He is still the oldest driver ever to have started a race in the Formula One World Championship, having taken 6th place in the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix when he was 55.[2] Three years later he became the oldest driver to enter a Formula One race, at 58.[3] The Bugatti Chiron takes its name from him. Until 2024, when Charles Leclerc matched his achievement, he was the only Monegasque driver to have won the Monaco Grand Prix.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Louis Chiron | The 'forgotten' drivers of F1". F1forgottendrivers.com. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Louis Chiron – Monaco". ESPN. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2018.