Trevor Taylor (racing driver)

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Early career

Trevor Taylor was born in Sheffield, the son of a garage owner from Rotherham. He began his racing career in Script error: No such module "convert". Formula Three racing, initially in a Staride and later a Cooper-Norton. Ten victories in 1958 earned him the British Formula Three Championship. After a frustrating year in 1959 spent with his own Formula Two Cooper, he received an invitation to run his Lotus 18 as a second works car for 1960. He finished equal first in the Formula Junior championship with Jim Clark, although he competed in two more races that counted towards the championship than Clark[1] who was already driving regularly for Team Lotus in Formula One. Taylor went on to win the title on his own account in 1961.[1] At the end of 1961, Taylor got a regular Formula One drive with Team Lotus and proved competitive with Clark and Moss in the South African series in December 1961.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Formula One career

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Taylor driving for Lotus at the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix.
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Taylor driving for Lotus at the 1963 Dutch Grand Prix.

Taylor participated in 29 World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, qualifying for 27 of them.[1] He made his debut on 18 July 1959, in the British Grand Prix held that year at Aintree, driving a privately entered 1.5-litre Cooper T51 but did not qualify.[1] In 1961, he was thirteenth at that year's Dutch Grand Prix, his only World Championship drive that year. He was second in the 1962 Formula One season opening Dutch Grand Prix,[1] his only World Championship podium finish. He led early in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa and after his team leader Clark passed he engaged in a duel with Willy Mairesse who was driving before his home crowd. Following in Taylor's slip steam, Mairesse clipped the extension of Taylor's gearbox going uphill from Stavelot,[2] the Ferrari 156 having more power uphill, and while neither suffered serious injury both were lucky to survive the high speed encounter. Taylor said that, while Mairesse generally tried too hard and was over-eager for Championship honours, on this occasion, Mairesse was driving well and with precision and it was not his fault.

At the end of 1962, Taylor shared with Jim Clark the car and victory in the non-championship Mexican Grand Prix had a win and a second place at two non-championship events in South Africa confirming his place with Team Lotus in 1963. However, after a handful of top-three-finishes in non-championship events, his best World Championship result was sixth place in the opening race at Monaco, and thereafter he was rarely competitive, although on the fast Reims circuit, in the French Grand Prix, he was running second when he retired at two-thirds distance. Taylor admitted his confidence was shaken by two serious accidents at Spa and Enna-Pergusa. Team owner Colin Chapman suggested Taylor take a sabbatical after the end of the 1963 season and then return to Lotus.[3][4][5] Taylor differed and attempted to continue as an F1 driver. After an unsuccessful season with the British Racing Partnership in 1964, Taylor withdrew from Formula One competition.

During his career, Taylor achieved one podium finish, and scored a total of eight championship points. He also participated in numerous non-Championship Formula One races during this time and won three, including one shared with Clark, in 1962 and 1963. Taylor is credited with inventing the yellow stripe that ran down the middle of Team Lotus cars during the 1960s.[6]

After 1964, Taylor enjoyed lesser forms of racing, and tested a Cosworth Formula One car in 1969 which was entered for Grands Prix but did not race. In that, the opening year of F5000, Taylor was a strong contestant in the Guards Championship, winning F5000 rounds in a Surtees TS5 in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Ireland and finished runner up to Peter Gethin in the 1969 F5000 series.

Taylor died at the age of 73 after contracting cancer.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 WDC Points
1959 Ace Garage (Rotherham) Cooper T51 Climax Straight-4 MON 500 NED FRA GBR
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER POR ITA USA NC 0
1961 Team Lotus Lotus 18 Climax Straight-4 MON NED
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA NC 0
1962 Team Lotus Lotus 24 Climax V8 NED
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		10th 6
Lotus 25 FRA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1963 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax V8 MON
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BEL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
13Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA USA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSA
8Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		17th 1
1964 British Racing Partnership BRP 1 BRM V8 MON
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED AUT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ITA
DNQScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		22nd 1
BRP 2 BEL
7Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		FRA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		USA
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Lotus 24 GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		GER
1966 Aiden Jones / Paul Emery Shannon Climax V8 MON BEL FRA GBR
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NED GER ITA USA MEX NC 0
Source:[7]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Non-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 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1959 Ace Garage (Rotherham) Cooper T51 F2 Climax Straight-4 GLV AIN
NCScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT OUL SIL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1961 Team Lotus Lotus 18 Climax Straight-4 LOM GLV PAU
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRX
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VIE AIN
19Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SYR NAP LON SIL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SOL
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KAN DAN MOD FLG OUL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LEW VAL
Lotus 21 RAN
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RSA
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1962 Team Lotus Lotus 21 Climax Straight-4 CAP
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		BRX
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LOM
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		LAV GLV
Lotus 24 Climax V8 PAU
11Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AIN
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAP MAL CLP
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RMS
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SOL
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KAN MED
Lotus 25 DAN
6Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MEX
1‡ 		RAN
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NAT
1Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1963 Team Lotus Lotus 25 Climax V8 LOM
DNA 		GLV PAU
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		IMO
9Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SYR
WDScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AIN
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		ROM SOL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		KAN
2Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MED
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		AUT OUL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RAN
10Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1964 British Racing Partnership Lotus 24 BRM V8 DMT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		NWT
3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SYR
BRP 1 AIN
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		INT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		SOL MED
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RAN
1968 Ken Shepperd McLaren M2B Climax V8 ROC INT
WDScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL
1969 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 F5000 Chevrolet V8 ROC INT MAD OUL
4Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1970 Team Surtees Surtees TS5 F5000 Chevrolet V8 ROC INT
12Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Doug Hardwick Lola T190 F5000 OUL
5Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1971 Malaya Garages Leda LT25 F5000 Chevrolet V8 ARG ROC QUE SPR INT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		RIN OUL
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		VIC
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1972 Leda Engineering Leda LT27 F5000 Chevrolet V8 ROC BRA INT
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		OUL REP VIC

‡ Win shared with Jim Clark, who took over the car after being disqualified for a push start.

References

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