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Louis Chiron

  • 1950–1958
  • CHI
  • Born 3 August 1899 in Monte Carlo
  • Died 22 June 1979
  • Louis Alexandre Chiron

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Career numbers

  • Avg grid position15.2
  • Avg finish8
  • Retirement rate53%
  • Pole-to-win conversion–
  • Positions gained+64
  • Points scored4
  • Longest winning streak–
  • Longest podium streak1
  • Longest points-scoring streak1
  • TeamsMaserati (1950–1951, 1956, 1958) · Talbot-Lago (1951) · O.S.C.A. (1953) · Lancia (1955)

Pole position means the fastest time in qualifying. That is not the same as a start from P1 – grid penalties move a driver down the grid. Up to the 2000s the two numbers coincide.

The career at a glance

7 1950: 5 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P9 1951: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1950195619587 1950: 5 starts, 1 podiums, 0 wins , championship P9 1951: 7 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1953: 2 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1955: 1 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1956: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1958: 0 starts, 0 podiums, 0 wins 1950195319561958
WinsOther podiumsOther startsTitleBar height is the number of starts in that season.

Season by season

SeasonTeamRacesWinsPodiumsPointsChampionship
1950Maserati514P9
1951Maserati, Talbot-Lago70–
1953O.S.C.A.20–
1955Lancia10–
1956Maserati00–
1958Maserati00–

Every race

19 entries, 15 of them started. DNQ: did not qualify; DNS: did not start; DNF: retired.

All 19 races, season by season
YearRaceTeamGridResultPoints
1950British Grand PrixMaserati11DNF
Monaco Grand PrixMaserati8P34
Swiss Grand PrixMaserati16P9
French Grand PrixMaserati14DNF
Italian Grand PrixMaserati19DNF
1951Swiss Grand PrixMaserati19P7
Belgian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago9DNF
French Grand PrixTalbot-Lago8P6
British Grand PrixTalbot-Lago13DNF
German Grand PrixTalbot-Lago13DNF
Italian Grand PrixTalbot-Lago17DNF
Spanish Grand PrixTalbot-Lago12DNF
1953French Grand PrixO.S.C.A.25P15
British Grand PrixO.S.C.A.–DNS
Swiss Grand PrixO.S.C.A.–DNS
Italian Grand PrixO.S.C.A.25P10
1955Monaco Grand PrixLancia19P6
1956Monaco Grand PrixMaserati–DNS
1958Monaco Grand PrixMaserati–DNQ

Against team-mates

Same car, same races. In the race only those where both reached the finish count – a retirement says nothing about the head-to-head.

Team-mateYearsRacesQualifyingQuali gapPoints
Louis Rosier19510:03:3−0.10%0 : 3Compare
Yves Giraud-Cabantous19511:02:3+1.13%0 : 2Compare
Johnny Claes19510:06:0−3.57%0 : 0Compare
Birabongse Bhanudej19501:11:3+2.97%4 : 5Compare
Emmanuel de Graffenried19500:11:3+1.39%4 : 0Compare
Philippe Étancelin19510:04:0−0.83%0 : 0Compare
Pierre Levegh19510:03:0−5.05%0 : 0Compare
Felice Bonetto19500:10:2+2.87%0 : 2Compare
Franco Rol19500:01:2+5.52%4 : 0Compare
David Hampshire19500:02:0–0 : 0Compare
José Froilán González19500:00:2–4 : 0Compare
Eugène Chaboud19511:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Guy Mairesse19511:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Élie Bayol19530:00:2–0 : 0Compare
Duncan Hamilton19510:01:1–0 : 0Compare
Jacques Swaters19510:02:0–0 : 0Compare
David Murray19500:02:0–0 : 0Compare
Eugenio Castellotti19550:10:1–0 : 6Compare
Luigi Villoresi19550:10:1–0 : 2Compare
Nello Pagani19500:10:1–0 : 0Compare
Toni Branca19501:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Harry Schell19511:00:1–0 : 0Compare
André Pilette19510:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Reg Parnell19500:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Joe Fry19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Franco Comotti19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Paul Pietsch19500:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Alberto Ascari19550:00:1–0 : 0Compare
Georges Grignard19510:01:0–0 : 0Compare
Brian Shawe-Taylor19500:00:0–0 : 0Compare

Green: Louis Chiron came out ahead in that duel. Quali gap: the median difference in the last session both set a time in, as a share of the lap – minus is faster. At least three sessions; a dash where there were fewer.

Strongest circuits

Circuits with at least two starts, most wins first.

CircuitStartsWinsPodiumsAvg finish
Reims-Gueux310.5
Monza310
Silverstone2–
Monaco214.5
Bremgarten28