| Tony Trimmer | |
| Nationality: |  British |
| Birth Date: | 24 January 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK |
| Years: | – |
| Team(S): | Maki Surtees (privateer) McLaren (privateer) |
| Races: | 6 (0 starts) |
| Championships: | 0 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 0 |
| Points: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Fastest Laps: | 0 |
| First Race: | 1975 German Grand Prix |
| Last Race: | 1978 British Grand Prix |
| Bf1 Years: | 1978, 1980, 1982 |
| Bf1 Races: | 17 |
| Bf1 Championships: | 1 |
| Bf1 Wins: | 6 |
| Bf1 Podiums: | 10 |
| Bf1 Points: | 165 |
| Bf1 Poles: | 5 |
| Bf1 Fastest Laps: | 2 |
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 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 5000specification) 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.__TOC__
(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 | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Maki Engineering | Maki F101C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | NED | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | ITA | 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 | NC | 0 | ||
| 1977 | Melchester Racing | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | ESP | MON | BEL | SWE | FRA | GBR | 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 | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | NC | 0 | ||
(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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 72C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ARG | ROC | QUE | RIN | ||||||
| Lotus 49C | SPR | INT | ||||||||||
| Frank Williams Racing Cars | March 701 | OUL | VIC | |||||||||
| Frank Williams Racing Cars | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ROC | INT | |||||||||
| 1975 | Safir Engineering | Safir RJ02 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ROC | INT | |||||||
| Maki Engineering | Maki F101C | SUI | ||||||||||
| Melchester Racing | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | ROC | ||||||||||
| Melchester Racing | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | INT |
(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 | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Kaye Griffiths | Surtees TS5A | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | MAL | SNE | BRH | MON | SIL | CAS | MAL | MNZ | MAL | THR | SIL | OUL | SNE | HOC | 16th | 4 | ||||
| R Plumridge | Lola T190 | OUL | BRH | BRH | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1973 | ShellSPORT Luxembourg | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | BRH | MAL | SIL | SNE | 24th | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Tony Trimmer | McLaren M18 | BRH | OUL | MAL | MIS | MAL | MON | SIL | BRH | OUL | JYL | ZAN | SNE | ||||||||||
| Portobello Inn Racing | Connew PC1 | BRH | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Tony Kitchiner | McLaren M19A | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | BRH | MAL | SIL | OUL | BRH | ZOL | THR | ZAN | MUG | MNZ | MAL | MON | 30th | 1 | ||||||
| ShellSPORT Luxembourg | Lola T330 | THR | BRH | OUL | SNE | MAL | BRH |
(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 | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Melchester Racing | Lola T460 | Ford BDA Swindon 1.6 L4 | MAL | SNE | OUL | BRH | THR | BRH | MAL | SNE | BRH | THR | OUL | BRH | BRH | NC | 0 | ||
| 1977 | Melchester Racing | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | MAL | SNE | OUL | BRH | MAL | THR | BRH | OUL | MAL | DON | BRH | THR | SNE | BRH | 1st | 181 |
(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 | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Melchester Racing | McLaren M23 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | OUL | BRH | SNE | MAL | ZAN | DON | THR | OUL | MAL | BRH | THR | SNE | 1st | 149 | |
| 1980 | Jordan BRM | BRM P207 | BRM P202 3.0 V12 | OUL | BRH | SIL | MAL | THR | MNZ | MAL | SNE | BRH | THR | OUL | SIL | NC | 0 | |
| 1982 | Team Sanada | Fittipaldi F8 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | OUL | BRH | THR | DON | BRH | 2nd | 16 |
(key)
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
(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 | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Ian Bracey | S +2.0 | Ibec P6 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | DAY | BRH | MUG | MNZ | SIL | NÜR | LMS | GLN | MOS | VAL | DIJ | [3] | ||||||
| 1981 | Ian Bracey | S +2.0 | Ibec-Hesketh 308LM | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | DAY | SEB | MUG | MNZ | RSD | SIL | NÜR | LMS | PER | DAY | GLN | SPA | MOS | ROA | BRH | NC | 0 | |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)