Louis Alexandre Chiron (French pronunciation:[lwiʃi.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. As of 2024, he is the only Monegasque driver to have won the Monaco Grand Prix.
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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 is named after the Monégasque driver LouisChiron. The car shares the name with the 1999 Bugatti 18/3 Chiron concept car. The main carry over component...
with Ferrari in January 2024. Charles Leclerc 2024 season position: 3rd LouisChiron was Monaco's first Formula One driver. He is better known for his pre-war...
successor to the Veyron would be called the Chiron. The name is dedicated to the Monegasque racing driver LouisChiron, who began his racing career on a Bugatti...
become the second Monégasque driver to score points in Formula One after LouisChiron, who finished third at the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix. At his first home...
obtained the official sanction of Prince Louis II and the support of Monégasque Grand Prix driver LouisChiron. Chiron thought Monaco's topography was well-suited...
at the back before retiring, de Graffenried had done so on lap 34, while Chiron was demoted to the role of the viewer 10 laps earlier. Nino Farina led for...
Type–A car for a race at AVUS in Germany. Although the Monégasque driver LouisChiron won in an Alfa, the Silver Arrows dominated the race. The high-tech German...
starting from pole position. Alberto Ascari finished second for Ferrari and LouisChiron finished third for Maserati. It was also the first race for Ferrari in...
race's fastest lap, a whole lap ahead of Ascari, with the third-placed LouisChiron a further lap back in the works Maserati. A first-lap accident caused...
Bugatti Type 51 race car that was driven by legendary racer LouisChiron, and then modified by Louis Dubos to be a luxury road coupe. It is one of the most...
35 C Italian Grand Prix LouisChiron Type 37 A San Sebastián Grand Prix LouisChiron Type 35 C Spanish Grand Prix LouisChiron Targa Florio Albert Divo...
1929. LouisChiron held the most podiums in Bugatti cars, and the modern marque revival Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. named the 1999 Bugatti 18/3 Chiron concept...
Campari, Baconin Borzacchini 1933: LouisChiron, Luigi Fagioli, Giuseppe Campari 1934: Achille Varzi, LouisChiron, Guy Moll, Brian E. Lewis, Carlo Felice...
1927 Next 1929 The 1928 Grand Prix season saw the Monegasque driver LouisChiron, and his Bugatti, take seven Grand Prix victories. For 1928, the AIACR...
established the privateer team Scuderia C.C. with his fellow driver LouisChiron, but a crash in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix left him with multiple...
tennis player Olivier Beretta (born 1969), Formula One racing driver LouisChiron (1899–1979), Formula One racing driver Charles Leclerc (born 1997), Formula...
had been modified, bypassing the Malmedy chicane. The race was won by LouisChiron, and in 1931, the Grand Prix had become something of an endurance race...
regulations typically govern basics such as safety equipment. In 1932, LouisChiron won the Nice Grand Prix aboard a Bugatti T51, closely followed just 3...
handed over to LouisChiron, staying in third. Twice, Williams had to pit to change tyres, worn by his speed. On the eleventh lap, Louis Charavel crashed...
offering and subsequent spin-off from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and then by Louis Camilleri as CEO and John Elkann as chairman. Beginning in 2021, Camilleri...
and 58-year-old LouisChiron in his final appearance at a Grand Prix. The Monaco local had won the Grand Prix 27 years earlier but Chiron and his Maserati...
Driver Age Place Race 1 LouisChiron 58 years, 277 days DNQ 1958 Monaco Grand Prix 2 Luigi Platé 56 years, 0 days DNQ 1950 Italian Grand Prix 3 Philippe...
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