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Tony Trimmer
Racecar driver

Tony Trimmer

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Racecar driver
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Maidenhead
Age
81 years
Tony Trimmer
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Biography

Tony Trimmer (born in Maidenhead, Berkshire on 24 January 1943) is a British former racing driver from England, who won the Shell British Formula 3 Championship and E.R. Hall Trophy in 1970.
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 ever race (in later Formula 5000 specification) in 1973. However the car collided with a barrier at Brands Hatch after a rear damper gave way.
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 F-8 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

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314151617WDCPts.
1975Maki EngineeringMaki F101CFord Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARGBRARSAESPMONBELSWENEDFRAGBRGER
DNQ
AUT
DNQ
ITA
DNQ
USANC0
1976Maki EngineeringMaki F102AFord Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8BRARSAUSWESPBELMONSWEFRAGBRGERAUTNEDITACANUSAJPN
DNQ
NC0
1977Melchester RacingSurtees TS19Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARGBRARSAUSWESPMONBELSWEFRAGBR
DNPQ
GERAUTNEDITAUSACANJPNNC0
1978Melchester RacingMcLaren M23Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARGBRARSAUSWMONBELESPSWEFRAGBR
DNQ
GERAUTNEDITAUSACANNC0
Source:

Non-Championship results

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

YearEntrantChassisEngine12345678
1971Team Lotus LtdLotus 72Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ARG
ROC
Ret
QUE
SPR
6
INT
RIN
DNS
Frank Williams Racing CarsMarch 701OUL
Ret
VIC
1973Frank Williams Racing CarsIso-Marlboro FX3Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ROC
4
INT
1975Safir EngineeringSafir RJ02Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ROC
DSQ
INT
14
Maki EngineeringMaki F101CSUI
13
1977Melchester RacingSurtees TS19Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8ROC
9
1978Melchester RacingMcLaren M23Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8INT
3

Complete Shellsport International Series results

(key) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine1234567891011121314Pos.Pts
1976Melchester RacingLola T460Ford BDA SwindonMALSNEOULBRHTHRBRHMALSNEBRH
20
THROULBRHBRHNC0
1977Melchester RacingSurtees TS19Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8MAL
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
1st181

Complete British Formula One Championship results

(key) (note: results shown in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantChassisEngine123456789101112Pos.Pts
1978Melchester RacingMcLaren M23Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8OUL
1
BRH
1
SNE
1
MAL
2
ZANDONTHR
1
OULMAL
2
BRH
1
THRSNE
2
1st149
1980Jordan BRMBRM P207BRM P202 3.0 V12OULBRHSILMAL
Ret
THR
DNS
MNZMALSNE
Ret
BRH
Ret
THR
Ret
OULSILNC0
1982Team SanadaFittipaldi F8Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8OUL
1
BRH
2
THR
Ret
DONBRH2nd16

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-DriversCarClassLapsPos.Class
Pos.
1979Japan Dome Co. Ltd.United Kingdom Bob EvansDome Zero RL-Ford CosworthS+2.025DNFDNF
1981United Kingdom Ian BraceyUnited Kingdom Tiff NeedellIbec-Hesketh 308LM-Ford CosworthS+2.095DNFDNF

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