Toni Branca

Former F1 driver
Name = Toni Branca
Nationality = flagicon|Switzerland Swiss
Years = F1|1950 - F1|1953
Team(s) = non-works Maserati
Races = 3
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1950 Swiss Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
Last race = 1951 German Grand Prix

Antonio Branca (born September 15 1916 in Sion - died May 10 1985 in Sierre) was a Formula One driver from Switzerland who mainly raced a Maserati 4CLT. According to legend, his motor racing career was financed by an admiring Belgian countess.

Branca made his Formula 1 debut at the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix. That year he also raced in Formula 2 and briefly led the non-championship F1 race in Circuit des Nations - Geneva. He scored a number of top-six placings in other minor F1 races, his best finish being fourth at Aix les Bains Circuit du Lac. After the 1951 season, Branca competed at a lower level until the mid-1950s, generally in hillclimbing.

He participated unluckily twice to the 24 Heures du Mans race, with a Moretti 750cc, as on the first instance, in 1955 the car was not ready and could not be brought to the starting line at the time of the start, and in 1956 the car broke down before his turn behind the steering wheel.

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