Tony Lanfranchi
Tony Lanfranchi 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.
"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."
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 totally destroyed and Lanfranchi was sidelined.
In 1980, a biography titled Down the Hatch : the life and fast times of Tony Lanfranchi by Mark Kahn was published.
In 2004, Lanfranchi died after suffering from cancer in his later years.
Racing record
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Pts | Class | |
| 1965 | Alexander Engineering Co. | Morris Mini Cooper S | BRH 7 | OUL 7 | SNE 9 | GOO 8 | SIL 8 | CRY Ret† | BRH Ret | OUL Ret | 9th | 22 | 2nd | ||||||||
| 1966 | Alexander Engineering Co. | Morris Mini Cooper S | SNE ? | GOO Ret | SIL 7 | CRY Ret† | BRH 17 | BRH DNS | OUL ?† | BRH | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1967 | Alan Fraser Racing Team | Hillman Imp | BRH ? | SNE Ret | SIL ? | SIL 9 | MAL ?† | SIL ? | SIL Ret | BRH | OUL Ret† | BRH 10 | 30 | ||||||||
| 1968 | Alan Fraser Racing Team | Hillman Imp | BRH Ret | THR | SIL | CRY ?† | MAL | BRH 7 | SIL | CRO Ret | OUL | BRH Ret | BRH 11 | 18 | |||||||
| 1974 | Van Der Steen | BMW 3.0 CSi | MAL Ret† | BRH 2 | SIL DNS | OUL Ret | THR | SIL 3 | THR 7 | SIL 7 | ING 2† | BRH 9† | OUL 5 | SNE 3† | BRH 8 | 6th | 51 | 3rd | |||
| 1975 | National Organs | Chrysler Hemicuda | MAL 6† | BRH 5 | OUL Ret† | THR ? | SIL ? | BRH 3† | THR DNS | SIL Ret† | MAL | SNE | SIL Ret | ING | BRH | OUL | BRH | 0 | NC | 0 | |
| 1979 | Tony Lanfranchi | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 | SIL | OUL | THR | SIL | DON | SIL | MAL | DON 9 | BRH | THR | SNE | OUL | 0 | NC | 0 | ||||
| 1980 | Tony Lanfranchi | Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 | MAL | OUL | THR | SIL 13 | SIL | 13th | 27 | 5th | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Tony Lanfranchi | Volkswagen Scirocco GTI | BRH Ret | 13th | 27 | 5th | |||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Gti Engineering / Akai | Audi 80 GLE | MAL 1† | BRH 10 | THR Ret | SIL 13 | 13th | 27 | 5th | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | TL Racing | Volkswagen Scirocco GTI | SIL 13 | MAL 3† | OUL 3† | THR 10 | THR 10 | SIL Ret | DON 8 | BRH Ret | DON Ret | BRH 6 | SIL 13 | 12th | 36 | 3rd | |||||
| 1983 | GM Dealer Sport | Opel Monza 3.0E | SIL Ret | OUL 5 | THR 6 | BRH | THR 9 | SIL 6 | DON 3 | SIL 7 | DON 10 | BRH 6 | SIL 6 | 13th | 17 | 4th | |||||
| 1986 | Monorep Ltd. Vauxhall Opel Main Dealer | Vauxhall Nova Sport | SIL | THR | SIL 12 | DON | BRH 24 | SNE 11 | BRH | DON | SIL | 9th | 26 | 1st | |||||||
| 1989 | Monorep Ltd. Vauxhall Opel Main Dealer | Vauxhall Astra GTE 16v | OUL | SIL | THR | DON | THR | SIL | SIL | BRH | SNE | BRH 21 | BIR | DON 20 | SIL 24 | 31st | 9 | 7th |
† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.