Toni Branca
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template other{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters | check | ignoreblank = y | unknown = Template:Main other | preview = Page using Template:Infobox F1 driver with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | embed | child | subbox | name | Name | image | Image | image_size | upright | image_upright | alt | caption | birth_name | birth_date | birth_place | death_date | death_place | relations | relatives | nationality | Nationality | years | Years | teams | Teams | Team(s) | team | Team | engines | Engines | current_team | current team | Current team | 2025 Team | 2026 Team | car_number | car number | Car number | races | Races | championships | Championships | wins | Wins | podiums | Podiums | points | Points | poles | Poles | fastest_laps | fastest laps | Fastest laps | first_race | first race | First race | first_win | first win | First win | last_win | last win | Last win | last_race | last race | Last race | last_position | last position | Last position | last_season | last season | Last season | bf1_years | bf1 years | BF1 Years | bf1_races | bf1 races | BF1 Races | bf1_championships | bf1 championships | BF1 Championships | bf1_wins | bf1 wins | BF1 Wins | bf1_podiums | bf1 podiums | BF1 Podiums | bf1_points | bf1 points | BF1 Points | bf1_poles | bf1 poles | BF1 Poles | bf1_fastest_laps | bf1 fastest laps | BF1 Fastest laps | signature | signature_size | signature alt | signature_alt | website | module | module1 | module2 | module3 | module4 | module5 | record template1 | record template2 | record template3 | record template4 | record template5 | career template1 | career template2 | career template3 | career template4 | career template5 | updated | Updated }} Antonio Branca (15 September 1916, Sion, Switzerland – 10 May 1985, Sierre, Switzerland) was a Formula One racing car driver from Switzerland who competed in three World Championship races. His motor racing career was allegedly financed by an admiring Belgian countess, the Vicomtesse de Walkiers.<ref name=WTB>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=TB>Template:Cite web</ref> Branca mainly competed in privately owned Maserati 4CLT, in Formula One and Two races.
Branca made his Formula One debut at the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix, finishing 11th, and briefly led the non-championship Formula One race in Circuit des Nations at Geneva in a Simca-Gordini.<ref name=AB>Template:Cite web</ref> He scored a number of top-six placings in other minor races, his best finish being fourth at a Formula Two race at the Aix les Bains Circuit du Lac,<ref name=TB /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> before entering the Template:F1 gp and finishing in 10th place. Branca continued to race in 1951, retiring from the Formula One Template:F1 gp and finishing sixth in the non-championship Pescara Grand Prix,<ref name=AB /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but finished competing in Grand Prix racing at the end of the year.<ref name=AB />
Branca competed at a lower level until the mid-1950s, racing in hillclimbs<ref name=WTB /> and competed twice in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.<ref name=TB /> Racing with a Moretti 750cc, in 1955 the car was not ready and did not get to the starting line in time, and in 1956 the car broke down before his turn to drive.
Complete Formula One World Championship results
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Scuderia Achille Varzi | Maserati 4CLT | Maserati Straight-4 | GBR | MON | 500 | SUI Template:Small |
NC | 0 | ||||
| Antonio Branca | BEL Template:Small |
FRA | ITA | ||||||||||
| 1951 | Antonio Branca | Maserati 4CLT/48 | Maserati Straight-4 | SUI | 500 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER Template:Small |
ITA | ESP DNA |
NC | 0 |