Tony Lanfranchi

Tony 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.

"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 24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1965	Anglian Racing Developments	Richard Wrottesley	Elva GT160-BMW	P 2.0	29	DNF	DNF
1985	Spice Engineering	Tim Lee-Davey Neil Crang	Tiga GC84-Ford Cosworth	C2	226	NC	NC

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

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 P142 3.0 V12	RSA	ESP	MON	BEL	NED	FRA	GBR DNA	GER	ITA	CAN	USA	MEX	NC	0
1969	Falken Racing	Cooper T86B	Maserati 10/F1 3.0 V12	RSA	ESP	MON	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	CAN DNA	USA	MEX		NC	0

Non-Championship Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6
1967	J A Pearce Engineering	Pearce 1	Martin V8	ROC	SPC	INT DNS	SYR	OUL	ESP
1968	P & M Racing Preparations	Brabham BT23B	Climax FPF 2.8 L4	ROC 7	INT Ret
	Motor Racing Stable	BRM P261	BRM P60 2.0 V8			OUL 5
1970	Ulf Norinder Racing	Lola T190	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC	INT	OUL DNS
1972	Speed International	McLaren M18	Chevrolet 5.0 V8	ROC	BRA	INT	OUL	REP	VIC DNS