- Tony Trimmer
Former F1 driver
Name = Tony Trimmer
Nationality = flagicon|UK British
Years = F1|1975-F1|1978
Team(s) = Maki, non-worksSurtees &McLaren
Races = 6 (0 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1975 German Grand Prix
First win =
Last win =
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 = 2Tony Trimmer (born
24 January ,1943 inMaidenhead ,Berkshire ) is a British former racing driver fromEngland , who won the ShellBritish Formula Three Championship in1970 .He entered 6
Formula One World Championship Grands Prix with uncompetitive teams, firstly Maki for 4 races in 1975 and 1976, resulting in 4 failures to qualify. He then entered the1977 British Grand Prix (failed to pre-qualify) and the1978 British Grand Prix (failed to qualify), with the Melchester Racing Team, driving aSurtees TS19 and aMcLaren M23 respectively. However, also driving the Melchester McLaren, he finished a superb 3rd in the rain-soaked 1978BRDC 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.Complete Formula One World Championship results
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