Geoff Richardson (racing driver)

Although he never took part a World Championship Formula One event, he took part in the 1948 British Grand Prix,^[1] 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,^[2] and sports cars based on Aston Martins.^[3] 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.^[4]

Richardson did put in an entry for the 1958 British Grand Prix in an ex-works Connaught Type B which he had bought from Brian Naylor, having had a good run in the 1958 International Trophy, but the British Racing Drivers Club turned his entry down in favour of two Connaughts from Bernie Ecclestone, much to Richardson's vocal displeasure.^[5]

Non-championship Formula One results

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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	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35
1950	Geoff Richardson	RRA	ERA S6	PAU	RIC	SRM	PAR	EMP	BAR	JER	ALB	NED	NAT	NOT 3	ULS	PES	STT	INT 13	GOO 10	PEN
1951	Geoff Richardson	RRA	ERA S6	SYR	PAU	RIC	SRM	BOR	INT 13	PAR	ULS DNS	SCO	NED	ALB	PES	BAR	GOO
1952	Geoff Richardson	RRA	Riley S6	SYR	VAL	RIC	LAV	PAU	IBS	MAR	AST	INT Ret	ELA	NAP	EIF	PAR	ALB	FRO
			ERA S6																ULS Ret	MZA	LAC	ESS	MAR	SAB	CAE	DMT	COM	NAT	BAU	MOD	SKA	CAD	MAD	AVU	FRY	NEW
1953	Geoff Richardson	RRA	Riley S6	SYR	PAU	LAV	AST	BOR	INT Ret	ELA	NAP	ULS 10	WIN	FRO	CLP	SNE	EIF	ALB	PRN	ESS	MID	ROU	CLP	AVU	UST	LAC	BRI	CHE	SAB	NEW	CAD	RED	SKA	LON	MOD	MAD	FRY	CUR
1954	Geoff Richardson	RRA	Riley S6	SYR	PAU	LAV	BOR	INT Ret	BAR	CUR	ROM	FRO	BRC	COR	CLP	ROU	CAE
			Alta S4															AUG Ret	COR	OUL	RED	PES	FRY	CAD	BER	GOO	DTT
1957	Geoff Richardson	RRA	Jaguar S6	AUS	SYR	PAU	GLV	NAP	RMS	CAE	INT Ret	MOD	MOR
1958	Geoff Richardson	Connaught Type B	Alta S4	GLV 10	SYR DNA	AIN 15	INT 12	CAE
1960	Geoff Richardson	Cooper-RRA T43	Alta S4	GLV	INT	SIL 14	LOM Ret	OUL Ret

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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)