# 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.

## Career

Trimmer was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire. He 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.
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 |
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### 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 | | |
| 1971 | Gold Leaf Team Lotus | Lotus 49C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | | | | SPR NC | INT | | | |
| 1971 | Frank Williams Racing Cars | March 701 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | | |
| 1975 | Maki Engineering | Maki F101C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | | | 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 |
| 1971 | R Plumridge | Lola T190 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | OUL 7 | BRH 9 | BRH | | 16th | 4 |
| 1973 | ShellSPORT Luxembourg | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | BRH | MAL DNS | SIL | SNE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 24th | 5 |
| 1973 | Tony Trimmer | McLaren M18 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | | | | | BRH 11 | OUL 7 | MAL | MIS C | MAL 10 | MON | SIL | BRH NC | OUL DNS | JYL | ZAN | SNE | | | 24th | 5 |
| 1973 | Portobello Inn Racing | Connew PC1 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | BRH Ret | | 24th | 5 |
| 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 |
| 1974 | ShellSPORT Luxembourg | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | THR 10 | BRH | OUL | SNE | MAL | BRH | 30th | 1 |

### 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 |
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### 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 | | | | | | |
| 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

* ↑ No drivers' Championship.

### Complete European Touring Car Championship results

(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 |
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