Tony Trimmer

Tony 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	24 January 1943 Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	British
Active years	1975–1978
Teams	Maki Surtees (privateer) McLaren (privateer)
Entries	6 (0 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1975 German Grand Prix
Last entry	1978 British Grand Prix
British Formula One Championship career
Active years	1978, 1980, 1982
Races	17
Championships	1
Wins	6
Podium finishes	10
Career points	165
Pole positions	5
Fastest laps	2

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

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

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

(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.

References

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.