driver Ciro Basadonna, Chiron won the 1954 Monte Carlo Rally, and achieved podium finishes in the fifteen Formula One races he entered that year. His last race was in 1955, when he took a Lancia D50 to sixth place in the Monaco Grand Prix a few weeks before his 56th birthday, becoming the oldest driver to compete in a Formula One race. He is also the oldest driver ever to have entered for a Formula One race, taking part in practice for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix when he was 58. Racing record Major career victories Belgian Grand Prix – 1930 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix – 1931, 1932, 1933 French Grand Prix – 1931, 1934, 1937, 1947, 1949 (Reims) German Grand Prix – 1929 Italian Grand Prix – 1928 Spanish Grand Prix – 1928, 1929, 1933 Monaco Grand Prix – 1931 Moroccan Grand Prix– 1934 Grand Prix du Comminges – 1947 Grand Prix de Marseilles – 1933 Grand Prix de Nice – 1932 Spa 24 hours – 1933 Rome Grand Prix – 1928 Marne Grand Prix – 1928 Monte Carlo Rally – 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans results Complete European Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Post-WWII Grandes Épreuves results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) Complete Formula One World Championship results (key) Legacy Chiron retired after 35 years in racing but maintained an executive role with the organizers of the Monaco Grand Prix, who honoured him with a statue on the Grand Prix course and renamed the Swimming Pool corner after him. As he had achieved the greatest number of podium finishes in Bugattis, the 1999 Bugatti 18/3 Chiron concept car and the 2016 Bugatti Chiron are named in his honour. Louis Chiron was so popular in Czechoslovakia, whose Grand Prix he won three consecutive times, that even after 75 years his name still lives in a popular saying "He drives like Chiron", used mainly when referring to speeding motorists or generally to people who drive very quickly. Chiron was the only Monegasque driver to score points in a Formula One race until Charles Leclerc in the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix and the only Monegasque to score a podium until Leclerc in the 2019 Bahrain Grand Prix. See also Formula One drivers from Monaco References External links Grand Prix History, Louis Chiron Louis