Geoff Richardson (26 August 1924 – 20 August 2007) was a British

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. Although he never entered a World Championship

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event, he took part in the

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, 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

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, and sports cars based on

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s. 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

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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

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Other results

Formula One

*1948 Jersey Road Race – 11th (ERA-Riley) *

– Ret (Riley-ERA) *1949 British Empire Trophy – 11th (RRA-ERA) *1949 BRDC International Trophy – 21st (RRA-ERA)

Targa Florio

*1955

– Ret ( Lotus Connaught- Lea Francis)

Intercontinental Formula

*1961 Lavant Cup – 9th (Cooper RRA-Alta) *1961 BRDC International Trophy – Ret (Cooper-

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Geoff 1924 births 2007 deaths British racing drivers British Formula One drivers