Tony Trimmer

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 Series 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 (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.^[1]

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.^[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 F-8 and the one-off Safir RJ-02 (aka Token RJ-02), accessing from the old times "tubby" Lotus 49 up to a real wing-car Fitti F-8.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	WDC	Points
1975	Maki Engineering	Maki F101C	Cosworth 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	Cosworth 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	Cosworth 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	Cosworth V8	ARG	BRA	RSA	USW	MON	BEL	ESP	SWE	FRA	GBR DNQ	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	USA	CAN		NC	0

References

1. "F3 Review" (PDF). Motor Sport magazine, Nov 1970. Retrieved 2009-01-05.
2. "The story of the Connew GP car". MotorSport Magazine. Retrieved 29 November 2014.