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Tony Trimmer

Anthony Hugh Leigh Trimmer (born 24 January 1943) is a British former racing driver from England, who won the Shell British Formula Three Championship and E.R. Hall Trophy in 1970.[1] He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

Tony Trimmer
Trimmer at the 1975 Race of Champions
Born (1943-01-24) 24 January 1943 (age 81)
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Formula One World Championship career
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Active years1975–1978
TeamsMaki
Surtees (privateer)
McLaren (privateer)
Entries6 (0 starts)
Championships0
Wins0
Podiums0
Career points0
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
First entry1975 German Grand Prix
Last entry1978 British Grand Prix
British Formula One Championship career
Active years1978, 1980, 1982
Races17
Championships1
Wins6
Podium finishes10
Career points165
Pole positions5
Fastest laps2

Tony Trimmer also won the prestigious Monaco F3 Race in 1970 driving a Brabham BT-28 and finished runner-up to Patrick Depailler in the 1972 edition.

Trimmer entered six Formula One World Championship Grands Prix with uncompetitive teams, firstly Maki for four races in 1975 and 1976, resulting in four failures to qualify. He then entered the 1977 British Grand Prix (failed to pre-qualify) and the 1978 British Grand Prix (failed to qualify), with the Melchester Racing Team, driving a Surtees TS19 and a McLaren M23 respectively. However, also driving the Melchester McLaren, he finished a superb third in the rain-soaked 1978 BRDC International Trophy non-Championship race at Silverstone, coming home ahead of many of the greats of Formula One. That year he won the British Aurora F1 Championship.

Trimmer was also one of the few people to drive the Connew Formula One car, in its last race (in later Formula 5000 specification) in 1973. However the car collided with a barrier at Brands Hatch after a rear damper gave way.[2]

Other than World Championship races, Trimmer raced in many non-championship F1 races and is perhaps one of the drivers who drove the greatest variety of Formula One cars ever. The list includes the great Lotus 72 at the 1971 Race of Champions, the March 701, a Lotus 49, Fittipaldi F8 and the one-off Safir RJ-02 (a.k.a. Token RJ-02), accessing from the old times "tubby" Lotus 49 up to a real wing-car Fittipaldi F8.

Racing record edit

Complete Formula One World Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Pts
1975 Maki Engineering Maki F101C Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA ESP MON BEL SWE NED FRA GBR GER
DNQ 		AUT
DNQ 		ITA
DNQ 		USA NC 0
1976 Maki Engineering Maki F102A Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 BRA RSA USW ESP BEL MON SWE FRA GBR GER AUT NED ITA CAN USA JPN
DNQ 		NC 0
1977 Melchester Racing Surtees TS19 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA USW ESP MON BEL SWE FRA GBR
DNPQ 		GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN JPN NC 0
1978 Melchester Racing McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG BRA RSA USW MON BEL ESP SWE FRA GBR
DNQ 		GER AUT NED ITA USA CAN NC 0
Source:[3]

Non-Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1971 Gold Leaf Team Lotus Lotus 72C Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ARG ROC
Ret 		QUE RIN
DNS
Lotus 49C SPR
NC 		INT
Frank Williams Racing Cars March 701 OUL
Ret 		VIC
1973 Frank Williams Racing Cars Iso-Marlboro FX3 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
4 		INT
1975 Safir Engineering Safir RJ02 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
NC 		INT
14
Maki Engineering Maki F101C SUI
13
1977 Melchester Racing Surtees TS19 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 ROC
9
1978 Melchester Racing McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 INT
3

Complete European F5000 Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Pts
1971 Kaye Griffiths Surtees TS5A Chevrolet 5.0 V8 MAL SNE BRH MON SIL CAS MAL MNZ MAL
9 		THR
8 		SIL OUL SNE
4 		HOC
7 		16th 4
R Plumridge Lola T190 OUL
7 		BRH
9 		BRH
1973 ShellSPORT Luxembourg Lola T330 Chevrolet 5.0 V8 BRH MAL
DNS 		SIL SNE 24th 5
Tony Trimmer McLaren M18 BRH
11 		OUL
7 		MAL MIS
C 		MAL
10 		MON SIL BRH
NC 		OUL
DNS 		JYL ZAN SNE
Portobello Inn Racing Connew PC1 BRH
Ret
1974 Tony Kitchiner McLaren M19A Chevrolet 5.0 V8 BRH MAL SIL OUL BRH ZOL THR ZAN MUG
Ret 		MNZ
NC 		MAL MON 30th 1
ShellSPORT Luxembourg Lola T330 THR
10 		BRH OUL SNE MAL BRH

Complete Shellsport International Series results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
1976 Melchester Racing Lola T460 Ford BDA Swindon 1.6 L4 MAL SNE OUL BRH THR BRH MAL SNE BRH
20 		THR OUL BRH BRH NC 0
1977 Melchester Racing Surtees TS19 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 MAL
3 		SNE
5 		OUL
Ret 		BRH
Ret 		MAL
1 		THR
Ret 		BRH
1 		OUL
1 		MAL
2 		DON
1 		BRH
2 		THR
Ret 		SNE
1 		BRH
2 		1st 181

Complete British Formula One Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1978 Melchester Racing McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL
1 		BRH
1 		SNE
1 		MAL
2 		ZAN
DNS 		DON THR
1 		OUL MAL
2 		BRH
1 		THR SNE
2 		1st 149
1980 Jordan BRM BRM P207 BRM P202 3.0 V12 OUL BRH SIL MAL
Ret 		THR
DNS 		MNZ MAL SNE
Ret 		BRH
Ret 		THR
Ret 		OUL SIL NC 0
1982 Team Sanada Fittipaldi F8 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 OUL
1 		BRH
2 		THR
Ret 		DON BRH 2nd 16

Complete European Formula Two Championship results edit

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
1978 Boxer Cars Boxer PR276 Hart THR HOC NÜR PAU MUG VAL ROU DON
DNQ 		NOG PER MIS HOC NC 0

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1979   Dome Co. Ltd.   Bob Evans Dome Zero RL-Ford Cosworth S+2.0 25 DNF DNF
1980   Ian Bracey   Tiff Needell Ibec P6-Ford Cosworth S+2.0 - DNQ DNQ
1981   Ian Bracey   Tiff Needell Ibec-Hesketh 308LM-Ford Cosworth S+2.0 95 DNF DNF
Source:[4]

Complete World Endurance Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos. Pts
1980 Ian Bracey S
+2.0 		Ibec P6 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 DAY BRH MUG MNZ SIL
DNS 		NÜR LMS
DNQ 		GLN MOS VAL DIJ [N 1]
1981 Ian Bracey S
+2.0 		Ibec-Hesketh 308LM Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 DAY SEB MUG MNZ RSD SIL NÜR LMS
Ret 		PER DAY GLN SPA MOS ROA BRH NC 0
Footnotes
  1. ^ No drivers' Championship.

Complete European Touring Car Championship results edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
1985   Andy Rouse Engineering Ford Sierra XR4Ti MNZ VAL DON AND BRN ZEL SAL NUR SPA SIL
Ret 		NOG ZOL EST JAR NC 0
Source:[5]

References edit

  1. ^ M.G.D. (November 1970). "F3 Review". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 30. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. ^ Lawrence, Mike (August 1986). "The story of the Connew GP car". Motor Sport magazine archive. p. 26. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
  3. ^ Small, Steve (1994). The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who. Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 415. ISBN 0851127029.
  4. ^ "All Results of Tony Trimmer". RacingSportsCars.com. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  5. ^ de Jong, Frank. "The European Touring Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Emerson Fittipaldi
(Combined championship)
 British Formula 3 Championship
BRSCC Motorsport/Shell Series Champion
1970 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Shellsport International Series
Champion
1977 		Succeeded by
None
(Series ended)
Preceded by
Inaugural
 British Formula One Champion
1978 		Succeeded by
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