Introduction
Geoff Richardson (26 August 1924 – 20 August 2007) was a British racing driver. Although he never entered a World Championship Formula One event, he took part in the 1948 British Grand Prix, participated in many non-championship Formula One and Formula Libre events from the 1940s to the 1960s, and enjoyed a varied motorsport career over several decades. He often raced self-built cars, many under the name of Richardson Racing Automobiles (RRA), among them a modified pre-war Riley, and sports cars based on Aston Martins. In 1953 he agreed to run a prototype Zethrin Rennsport in European events with the Belgian Jacques Swaters, but this project never got past a road-going prototype.
Richardson also took part in the Targa Florio in 1955, and the Intercontinental Formula that was devised as a rival to the new official 1.5-litre Formula One series in 1961.
Results
Non-Championship Formula One results
(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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
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| 1950 | Geoff Richardson | RRA | ERA S6 | PAU | RIC | SRM | PAR | EMP | BAR | JER | ALB | NED | NAT | NOT |
ULS | PES | STT | INT |
GOO |
PEN | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951 | Geoff Richardson | RRA | ERA S6 | SYR | PAU | RIC | SRM | BOR | INT |
PAR | ULS |
SCO | NED | ALB | PES | BAR | GOO | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | Geoff Richardson | RRA | Riley S6 | SYR | VAL | RIC | LAV | PAU | IBS | MAR | AST | BER | INT |
ELA | DES | NAP | EIF | PAR | SNE | ALB | FRO | |||||||||||||||||||
| ERA S6 | ULS |
MZA | LAC | ESS | MAR | SAB | CAE | DMT | COM | SCO | BAU | GRE | MOD | SKA | CAD | MAD | AVU | FRY | NEW | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1953 | Geoff Richardson | RRA | Riley S6 | SYR | PAU | LAV | AST | BOR | INT |
ELA | NAP | ULS |
WIN | FRO | CLP | SNE | EIF | ALB | PRN | ESS | MID | ROU | CLP | AVU | UST | LAC | BRI | CHE | SAB | NEW | CAD | RED | SKA | LON | MOD | MAD | BER | FRY | CUR | |
| 1954 | Geoff Richardson | RRA | Riley S6 | SYR | PAU | LAV | BOR | INT |
BAR | CUR | ROM | FRO | BRC | COR | CLP | ROU | CAE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alta S4 | AUG |
COR | OUL | RED | PES | FRY | CAD | BER | GOO | DTT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | Geoff Richardson | RRA | Jaguar S6 | AUS | SYR | PAU | GLV | NAP | RMS | CAE | INT |
MOD | MOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Geoff Richardson | Connaught Type B | Alta S4 | GLV |
SYR |
AIN |
INT |
CAE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | Geoff Richardson | Cooper-RRA T43 | Alta S4 | GLV | INT | SIL |
LOM |
OUL |
Other results
Formula One
- 1948 Jersey Road Race – 11th (ERA-Riley)
- 1948 British Grand Prix – Ret (Riley-ERA)
- 1949 British Empire Trophy – 11th (RRA-ERA)
- 1949 BRDC International Trophy – 21st (RRA-ERA)
Targa Florio
- 1955 Targa Florio – Ret (Lotus Connaught-Lea Francis)
Intercontinental Formula
- 1961 Lavant Cup – 9th (Cooper RRA-Alta)
- 1961 BRDC International Trophy – Ret (Cooper-Climax)