Motor racing: Leclerc ready to follow in the footsteps of Chiron


Formula One F1 - Monaco Grand Prix - Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco - May 23, 2019 Ferrari's Charles Leclerc arrives for practice REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

MONACO (Reuters) - Charles Leclerc must have passed the harbourside bust of Louis Chiron countless times as a boy with barely a sideways glance, but Monaco's grand prix ace of yesteryear is a point of reference now.

On Sunday the Ferrari driver could become the first Monegasque to stand on the podium at his home race since Chiron finished third in the inaugural 1950 world championship for Maserati.

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