Trevor Taylor (racing driver)

{{#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 }} Trevor Patrick Taylor (26 December 1936 – 27 September 2010) was a British motor racing driver from England.

Early career

Trevor Taylor was born in Sheffield, the son of a garage owner from Rotherham. He began his racing career in Template: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<ref name ="ReferenceA">Template:Cite book</ref> who was already driving regularly for Team Lotus in Formula One. Taylor went on to win the title on his own account in 1961.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> 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.Template:Citation needed

Formula One career

Taylor driving for Lotus at the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix.

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.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> 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.<ref name ="ReferenceA"/> 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,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> 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,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 he 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.<ref>Trevor Taylor dies aged 73 Autosport.com</ref>

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, Trevor 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

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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 Template:Small	GER	POR	ITA	USA		NC	0
1961	Team Lotus	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	MON	NED Template:Small	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA			NC	0
1962	Team Lotus	Lotus 24	Climax V8	NED Template:Small	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small		GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small					10th	6
		Lotus 25					FRA Template:Small			ITA Template:Small	USA Template:Small	RSA Template:Small
1963	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	MON Template:Small	BEL Template:Small	NED Template:Small	FRA Template:Small	GBR Template:Small	GER Template:Small	ITA	USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small	RSA Template:Small	17th	1
1964	British Racing Partnership	BRP 1	BRM V8	MON Template:Small	NED					AUT Template:Small	ITA Template:Small			22nd	1
		BRP 2				BEL Template:Small	FRA Template:Small					USA Template:Small	MEX Template:Small
		Lotus 24						GBR Template:Small	GER
1966	Aiden Jones / Paul Emery	Shannon	Climax V8	MON	BEL	FRA	GBR Template:Small	NED	GER	ITA	USA	MEX		NC	0
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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 Template:Small	INT	OUL	SIL Template:Small
1961	Team Lotus	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	LOM	GLV	PAU Template:Small	BRX Template:Small	VIE	AIN Template:Small	SYR	NAP	LON	SIL Template:Small	SOL Template:Small	KAN	DAN	MOD	FLG	OUL Template:Small	LEW	VAL
		Lotus 21																				RAN Template:Small	NAT Template:Small	RSA Template:Small
1962	Team Lotus	Lotus 21	Climax Straight-4	CAP Template:Small	BRX Template:Small	LOM Template:Small	LAV	GLV
		Lotus 24	Climax V8						PAU Template:Small	AIN Template:Small	INT Template:Small	NAP	MAL	CLP Template:Small	RMS Template:Small	SOL Template:Small	KAN	MED
		Lotus 25																	DAN Template:Small	OUL Template:Small	MEX 1‡	RAN Template:Small	NAT Template:Small
1963	Team Lotus	Lotus 25	Climax V8	LOM DNA	GLV	PAU Template:Small	IMO Template:Small	SYR Template:Small	AIN Template:Small	INT Template:Small	ROM	SOL Template:Small	KAN Template:Small	MED Template:Small	AUT	OUL Template:Small	RAN Template:Small
1964	British Racing Partnership	Lotus 24	BRM V8	DMT Template:Small	NWT Template:Small	SYR
		BRP 1					AIN Template:Small	INT Template:Small	SOL	MED Template:Small	RAN
1968	Ken Shepperd	McLaren M2B	Climax V8	ROC	INT Template:Small	OUL
1969	Team Surtees	Surtees TS5 F5000	Chevrolet V8	ROC	INT	MAD	OUL Template:Small
1970	Team Surtees	Surtees TS5 F5000	Chevrolet V8	ROC	INT Template:Small
	Doug Hardwick	Lola T190 F5000				OUL Template:Small
1971	Malaya Garages	Leda LT25 F5000	Chevrolet V8	ARG	ROC	QUE	SPR	INT Template:Small	RIN	OUL Template:Small	VIC Template:Small
1972	Leda Engineering	Leda LT27 F5000	Chevrolet V8	ROC	BRA	INT Template:Small	OUL	REP	VIC

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

External links

• Trevor Taylor profile at The 500 Owners Association