Tony Trimmer

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1975	Maki Engineering	Maki F101C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	NED	FRA	GBR	GER Template:Small	AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small	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 Template:Small		NC	0
1977	Melchester Racing	Surtees TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	ESP	MON	BEL	SWE	FRA	GBR Template:Small	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 Template:Small	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 Template:Small	QUE			RIN Template:Small
		Lotus 49C					SPR Template:Small	INT
	Frank Williams Racing Cars	March 701								OUL Template:Small	VIC
1973	Frank Williams Racing Cars	Iso-Marlboro FX3	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC Template:Small	INT
1975	Safir Engineering	Safir RJ02	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC Template:Small	INT Template:Small
	Maki Engineering	Maki F101C				SUI Template:Small
1977	Melchester Racing	Surtees TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	ROC Template:Small
1978	Melchester Racing	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	INT Template:Small

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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1971	Kaye Griffiths	Surtees TS5A	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	MAL	SNE	BRH	MON	SIL	CAS	MAL	MNZ	MAL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SIL	OUL	SNE Template:Small	HOC Template:Small					16th	4
	R Plumridge	Lola T190																OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	BRH
1973	ShellSPORT Luxembourg	Lola T330	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH	MAL Template:Small	SIL	SNE															24th	5
	Tony Trimmer	McLaren M18						BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	MAL	MIS Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	MON	SIL	BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	JYL	ZAN	SNE
	Portobello Inn Racing	Connew PC1																		BRH Template:Small
1974	Tony Kitchiner	McLaren M19A	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	BRH	MAL	SIL	OUL	BRH	ZOL	THR	ZAN	MUG Template:Small	MNZ Template:Small	MAL	MON							30th	1
	ShellSPORT Luxembourg	Lola T330														THR Template:Small	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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1976	Melchester Racing	Lola T460	Ford BDA Swindon 1.6 L4	MAL	SNE	OUL	BRH	THR	BRH	MAL	SNE	BRH Template:Small	THR	OUL	BRH	BRH		NC	0
1977	Melchester Racing	Surtees TS19	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	MAL Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	DON Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1978	Melchester Racing	McLaren M23	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	SNE Template:Small	MAL Template:Small	ZAN Template:Small	DON	THR Template:Small	OUL	MAL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR	SNE Template:Small	1st	149
1980	Jordan BRM	BRM P207	BRM P202 3.0 V12	OUL	BRH	SIL	MAL Template:Small	THR Template:Small	MNZ	MAL	SNE Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	OUL	SIL	NC	0
1982	Team Sanada	Fittipaldi F8	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	OUL Template:Small	BRH Template:Small	THR Template:Small	DON	BRH								2nd	16

Complete European Formula Two Championship results

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

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip
1979	Template:Flagicon Dome Co. Ltd.	Template:Flagicon Bob Evans	Dome Zero RL-Ford Cosworth	S+2.0	25	DNF	DNF
1980	Template:Flagicon Ian Bracey	Template:Flagicon Tiff Needell	Ibec P6-Ford Cosworth	S+2.0	-	DNQ	DNQ
1981	Template:Flagicon Ian Bracey	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Tooltip	Pts
1980	Ian Bracey	S +2.0	Ibec P6	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	DAY	BRH	MUG	MNZ	SIL Template:Small	NÜR	LMS Template:Small	GLN	MOS	VAL	DIJ					<ref group="N">No drivers' Championship.</ref>
1981	Ian Bracey	S +2.0	Ibec-Hesketh 308LM	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	DAY	SEB	MUG	MNZ	RSD	SIL	NÜR	LMS Template:Small	PER	DAY	GLN	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH	NC	0

Footnotes

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	Template:Flagicon 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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