"In his early racing days in Huddersfield he raced sports cars, including a Healey Silverstone, Austin-Healey and then an Elva Courier, in which he was quite successful in 1961. Nationally he made his mark in 1963 with an Elva-Ford Mk. VI."[1]
On 16 September 1962, Lanfranchi won the inaugural Harewood hillclimb, setting the Fastest Time of the Day at 51.61s driving an Elva Mk VI.
In 1967, Lanfranchi was due to make his Formula One debut in the BRDCDaily Express Trophy meeting at Silverstone, but the transporter of the J.A. Pearce Racing Organisation burned out in the paddock prior to first practice. Three cars were destroyed and Lanfranchi was sidelined.[2]
In 1980, a biography titled Down the Hatch : the life and fast times of Tony Lanfranchi by Mark Kahn was published.[3]
In 2004, Lanfranchi died after suffering from cancer in his later years.[4]
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External linksedit
Tony Lanfranchi career summary at DriverDB.com
January 01, 1970
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Anthony Lanfranchi 25 June 1935 7 October 2004 was a British racing driver He competed in many various events throughout a long racing career including the 1965 24 Hours of Le Mans for Elva non championship Formula One races in 1968 and the British Formula Three Championship Later in his career he competed in saloon car racing including the British Touring Car Championship Tony LanfranchiBorn 1935 06 25 25 June 1935Bradford West Riding of Yorkshire EnglandDied7 October 2004 2004 10 07 aged 69 London EnglandFormula One World Championship careerNationalityBritishActive years1968 1969TeamsBRM and privateer CooperEntries2 0 starts Championships0Wins0Podiums0Career points0Pole positions0Fastest laps0First entry1968 British Grand PrixLast entry1969 Canadian Grand Prix In his early racing days in Huddersfield he raced sports cars including a Healey Silverstone Austin Healey and then an Elva Courier in which he was quite successful in 1961 Nationally he made his mark in 1963 with an Elva Ford Mk VI 1 On 16 September 1962 Lanfranchi won the inaugural Harewood hillclimb setting the Fastest Time of the Day at 51 61s driving an Elva Mk VI In 1967 Lanfranchi was due to make his Formula One debut in the BRDC Daily Express Trophy meeting at Silverstone but the transporter of the J A Pearce Racing Organisation burned out in the paddock prior to first practice Three cars were destroyed and Lanfranchi was sidelined 2 In 1980 a biography titled Down the Hatch the life and fast times of Tony Lanfranchi by Mark Kahn was published 3 In 2004 Lanfranchi died after suffering from cancer in his later years 4 Contents 1 Racing record 1 1 Complete British Saloon Touring Car Championship results 1 2 Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results 1 3 Complete Formula One World Championship results 1 4 Non Championship Formula One results 1 5 Complete European F5000 Championship results 2 References 3 External linksRacing record editComplete British Saloon Touring Car Championship results edit key Races in bold indicate pole position races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pos Pts Class 1965 Alexander Engineering Co Morris Mini Cooper S B BRH7 OUL7 SNE9 GOO8 SIL8 CRYRet BRHRet OULRet 9th 22 2nd 1966 Alexander Engineering Co Morris Mini Cooper S B SNE GOORet SIL7 CRYRet BRH17 BRHDNS OUL BRH 8 1967 Alan Fraser Racing Team Hillman Imp A BRH SNERet SIL SIL9 MAL SIL SILRet BRH OULRet BRH10 30 1968 Alan Fraser Racing Team Hillman Imp A BRHRet THR SIL CRY MAL BRH7 SIL CRORet OUL BRHRet BRH11 18 1974 Van Der Steen BMW 3 0 CSi C MALRet BRH2 SILDNS OULRet THR SIL3 THR7 SIL7 ING2 BRH9 OUL5 SNE3 BRH8 6th 51 3rd 1975 National Organs Chrysler Hemicuda D MAL6 BRH5 OULRet THR SIL BRH3 THRDNS SILRet MAL SNE SILRet ING BRH OUL BRH 0 NC 0 1979 Tony Lanfranchi Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 C SIL OUL THR SIL DON SIL MAL DON9 BRH THR SNE OUL 0 NC 0 1980 Tony Lanfranchi Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 B MAL OUL THR SIL13 SIL 13th 27 5th Volkswagen Scirocco GTI BRHRet Gti Engineering Akai Audi 80 GLE MAL1 BRH10 THRRet SIL13 1982 TL Racing Volkswagen Scirocco GTI B SIL13 MAL3 OUL3 THR10 THR10 SILRet DON8 BRHRet DONRet BRH6 SIL13 12th 36 3rd 1983 GM Dealer Sport Opel Monza 3 0E A SILRet OUL5 THR6 BRH THR9 SIL6 DON3 SIL7 DON10 BRH6 SIL6 13th 17 1st 1986 Monorep Ltd Vauxhall Opel Main Dealer Vauxhall Nova Sport D SIL THR SIL12 DON BRH24 SNE11 BRH DON SIL 9th 26 1st 1989 Monorep Ltd Vauxhall Opel Main Dealer Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v C OUL SIL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH21 BIR DON20 SIL24 31st 9 7th Events with 2 races staged for the different classes Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results edit Year Team Co Drivers Car Class Laps Pos ClassPos 1965 nbsp Anglian Racing Developments nbsp Richard Wrottesley Elva GT160 BMW P 2 0 29 DNF DNF 1969 nbsp M Konig nbsp Mark Konig Nomad Mk 2 BRM P 2 0 28 DNF DNF 1985 nbsp Spice Engineering nbsp Tim Lee Davey nbsp Neil Crang Tiga GC84 Ford Cosworth C2 226 NC NC Source 5 Complete Formula One World Championship results edit key Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WDC Pts 1968 Owen Racing Organisation BRM P126 BRM P101 3 0 V12 RSA ESP MON BEL NED FRA GBRDNA GER ITA CAN USA MEX NC 0 1969 Falken Racing Cooper T86 Maserati 10 F1 3 0 V12 RSA ESP MON NED FRA GBR GER ITA CANDNA USA MEX NC 0 Source 6 Non Championship Formula One results edit key Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 1967 J A Pearce Engineering Pearce 1 Martin 3 0 V8 ROC SPC INTDNS SYR OUL ESP 1968 P amp M Racing Preparations Brabham BT23B Climax FPF 2 8 L4 ROC7 INTRet Motor Racing Stable BRM P261 BRM P60 2 0 V8 OUL5 1970 Ulf Norinder Lola T190 F5000 Chevrolet 5 0 V8 ROC INT OULDNS 1972 Speed International Racing McLaren M18 F5000 Chevrolet 5 0 V8 ROC BRA INT OUL REP VICDNS Source 7 Complete European F5000 Championship results edit key Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Pts 1969 David Hepworth Hepworth FF 4WD Special Oldsmobile Traco 4 7 V8 OUL BRH BRH6 MAL SIL MON KOK ZAN SNE HOC OUL BRH 35th 125 1970 Ulf Norinder Lola T190 Chevrolet 5 0 V8 OUL BRH ZOL ZAN SIL BRH CAS MAL MON SIL MNZ AND SAL THR7 SIL6 OULDNS SNE HOC OUL BRH 22nd 1 1972 Speed International Racing McLaren M18 Chevrolet 5 0 V8 BRH MAL SNE BRH NIV SIL MON OUL MAL BRH SIL BRH8 OUL BRH NC 0 Source 8 References edit Motor Sport April 1969 Page 516 Motor Sport June 1967 Page 378 http www worldcat org oclc 16491239 bare URL Lawrence Paul Pye Marcus Titchmarsh Ian Lickorish Stephen 5 January 2021 The greatest club racing characters Autosport Retrieved 5 January 2021 All Results of Tony Lanfranchi RacingSportCars Retrieved 13 January 2019 Tony Lanfranchi Involvement statsf1 com Retrieved 13 January 2019 Tony Lanfranchi Involvement Non World Championship StatsF1 Retrieved 13 January 2019 British and European Formula 5000 1969 1977 OldRacingCars Retrieved 15 December 2019 External links editTony Lanfranchi career summary at DriverDB com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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