#OnThisDay in ’47 Louis Chiron won the #FrenchGP at Lyon-Parilly in a Talbot-Lago (pic); Alberto Ascari DNF’d in a Maserati. #AnorakFact: on the same day 7026 miles (11,307km) away, Oscar Gálvez won the #MarDelPlataGP in an Alfa; Juan Manuel Fangio was 5th in a Volpi-Chevy. (1/2)