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| Born | (1936-12-26)26 December 1936 Gleadless, Sheffield, England |
|---|---|
| Died | 27 September 2010(2010-09-27) (aged 73) Wickersley, Rotherham, England |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality |  British |
| Active years | 1959,1961–1964,1966 |
| Teams | Lotus (incl. non-works),BRP,Shannon, non-worksCooper |
| Entries | 29 (27 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 1 |
| Careerpoints | 8 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 1959 British Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 1966 British Grand Prix |
Trevor Patrick Taylor (26 December 1936 – 27 September 2010) was a Britishmotor racing driver from England.
Trevor Taylor was born inSheffield, the son of a garage owner from Rotherham. He began his racing career in 500 cc (30.5 cu in)Formula Three racing, initially in a Staride and later aCooper-Norton. Ten victories in 1958 earned him the British Formula Three Championship. After a frustrating year in 1959 spent with his ownFormula Two Cooper, he received an invitation to run hisLotus 18 as a second works car for 1960. He finished equal first in theFormula Junior championship withJim Clark, although he competed in two more races that counted towards the championship than Clark[1] who was already driving regularly forTeam Lotus inFormula 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.[citation needed]
Taylor participated in 29 World ChampionshipFormula One Grands Prix, qualifying for 27 of them.[1] He made his debut on 18 July 1959, in theBritish Grand Prix held that year atAintree, driving a privately entered 1.5-litreCooper T51 but did not qualify.[1] In 1961, he was thirteenth at that year'sDutch Grand Prix, his only World Championship drive that year. He was second in the1962 Formula One season openingDutch Grand Prix,[1] his only World Championship podium finish. He led early in theBelgian Grand Prix atSpa and after his team leader Clark passed he engaged in a duel withWilly 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-championshipMexican 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 atMonaco, and thereafter he was rarely competitive, although on the fastReims circuit, in theFrench 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 andEnna-Pergusa. Team ownerColin 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 theBritish 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.[6]
After 1964 Taylor enjoyed lesser forms of racing, and tested aCosworth 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 theGuards Championship, winning F5000 rounds in a Surtees TS5 in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Ireland and finished runner up toPeter Gethin in the 1969F5000 series.
Taylor died at the age of 73 after contracting cancer.
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| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Ace Garage (Rotherham) | CooperT51 | ClimaxStraight-4 | MON | 500 | NED | FRA | GBR DNQ | GER | POR | ITA | USA | NC | 0 | |
| 1961 | Team Lotus | Lotus18 | ClimaxStraight-4 | MON | NED 13 | BEL | FRA | GBR | GER | ITA | USA | NC | 0 | ||
| 1962 | Team Lotus | Lotus24 | ClimaxV8 | NED 2 | MON Ret | BEL Ret | GBR 8 | GER Ret | 10th | 6 | |||||
| Lotus25 | FRA 8 | ITA Ret | USA 12 | RSA Ret | |||||||||||
| 1963 | Team Lotus | Lotus25 | ClimaxV8 | MON 6 | BEL Ret | NED 10 | FRA 13 | GBR Ret | GER 8 | ITA | USA Ret | MEX Ret | RSA 8 | 17th | 1 |
| 1964 | British Racing Partnership | BRP1 | BRMV8 | MON Ret | NED | AUT Ret | ITA DNQ | 22nd | 1 | ||||||
| BRP2 | BEL 7 | FRA Ret | USA 6 | MEX Ret | |||||||||||
| Lotus24 | GBR Ret | GER | |||||||||||||
| 1966 | Aiden Jones /Paul Emery | Shannon | ClimaxV8 | MON | BEL | FRA | GBR Ret | NED | GER | ITA | USA | MEX | NC | 0 | |
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(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position)(Races initalics 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) | CooperT51 F2 | ClimaxStraight-4 | GLV | AIN NC | INT | OUL | SIL 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | Team Lotus | Lotus18 | ClimaxStraight-4 | LOM | GLV | PAU Ret | BRX Ret | VIE | AIN 19 | SYR | NAP | LON | SIL 9 | SOL 9 | KAN | DAN | MOD | FLG | OUL Ret | LEW | VAL | |||
| Lotus21 | RAN 2 | NAT Ret | RSA Ret | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Team Lotus | Lotus21 | ClimaxStraight-4 | CAP 1 | BRX 10 | LOM Ret | LAV | GLV | ||||||||||||||||
| Lotus24 | ClimaxV8 | PAU 11 | AIN 5 | INT 10 | NAP | MAL | CLP Ret | RMS Ret | SOL 3 | KAN | MED | |||||||||||||
| Lotus25 | DAN 6 | OUL Ret | MEX 1‡ | RAN 2 | NAT 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Team Lotus | Lotus25 | ClimaxV8 | LOM DNA | GLV | PAU 2 | IMO 9 | SYR WD | AIN 3 | INT 3 | ROM | SOL Ret | KAN 2 | MED Ret | AUT | OUL Ret | RAN 10 | |||||||
| 1964 | British Racing Partnership | Lotus24 | BRMV8 | DMT Ret | NWT 3 | SYR | ||||||||||||||||||
| BRP1 | AIN Ret | INT Ret | SOL | MED Ret | RAN | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Ken Shepperd | McLarenM2B | ClimaxV8 | ROC | INT WD | OUL | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Team Surtees | SurteesTS5 F5000 | ChevroletV8 | ROC | INT | MAD | OUL 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Team Surtees | SurteesTS5 F5000 | ChevroletV8 | ROC | INT 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Doug Hardwick | LolaT190 F5000 | OUL 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Malaya Garages | Leda LT25 F5000 | ChevroletV8 | ARG | ROC | QUE | SPR | INT Ret | RIN | OUL Ret | VIC Ret | |||||||||||||
| 1972 | Leda Engineering | Leda LT27 F5000 | ChevroletV8 | ROC | BRA | INT Ret | OUL | REP | VIC |
‡ Win shared withJim Clark, who took over the car after being disqualified for a push start.
