The other two on the podium that day were future champions Juan Manuel Fangio, winner for Alfa Romeo, and Ferrari's Alberto Ascari. Chiron, who died in 1979, also drove a Bugatti to victory in 1931 in only the third Monaco Grand Prix to be held. "My first memory of the Grand Prix, I was probably about four, something like this," Leclerc reminded reporters this week. As a boy, Leclerc travelled to school on those same streets where he now stares out from posters advertising the race. Even more so would be to stand on the podium, like Chiron all those years ago, on the 90th anniversary of the most glamorous race of all.

Source: The Star May 24, 2019 15:45 UTC