Louis Chiron

Louis Chiron
Chiron in 1931
Born	Louis Alexandre Chiron (1899-08-03)3 August 1899 Monte Carlo, Monaco
Died	22 June 1979(1979-06-22) (aged 79) Monte Carlo, Monaco
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	Monégasque
Active years	1950–1951, 1953, 1955–1956, 1958
Teams	Maserati (works and non-works), Talbot-Lago, O.S.C.A., Lancia
Entries	19 (15 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	4
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1950 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1958 Monaco Grand Prix
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
First race	1929 Indianapolis 500 (Indianapolis)
Wins Podiums Poles 0 0 0
24 Hours of Le Mans career
Years	1928–1929, 1931–1933, 1937–1938, 1951, 1953
Teams	Chrysler, Weymann, Bugatti, Bouriat, privateer, Chinetti, Ecurie Bleue, Lancia
Best finish	DNF (1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1953)
Class wins	0

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.