Twice the winner at Monaco

Maurice Trintignant raced through the first 15 seasons of the championship, won Monaco twice from midfield and took Le Mans in 1954.

Maurice Trintignant was born in Sainte Cécile les Vignes, France, on October 30, 1917. He began racing in 1938 and won the 1939 Grand Prix des Frontières before the war halted his career. In 1948 he survived a very serious accident in a support race at the Swiss Grand Prix, recovered over many months, and was racing and winning again in 1949.

Gordini gave him a works drive when the World Championship began, and he started his first championship race at the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix. He raced in every season from then until 1964, driving for works teams and private entrants alike in a record number of different makes of car, among them Ferrari, Vanwall, Bugatti, Cooper, Maserati, BRM, Aston Martin, Lotus and Lola.

Both of his wins came at Monaco, and both from well down the grid. He won the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix for Ferrari after starting ninth, and the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix in a Cooper after starting fifth. He finished fourth in the championship in 1954 and 1955, his best seasons. In 1954 he also won the 24 Hours of Le Mans with José Froilán González in a Ferrari, and in 1956 he became the last driver to race a Bugatti in a Grand Prix.

His final start was the 1964 Italian Grand Prix. Our record shows 83 starts, 2 wins, 1 fastest lap and 10 podiums across 15 seasons, and for several years he held the record for the most championship starts. He then became a wine grower in the Languedoc, and died in 2005.

0 world titles, 2 wins, 0 pole positions, 83 starts.

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Victories

• Monaco Grand Prix 1958
• Monaco Grand Prix 1955