Brian Shawe-Taylor
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 United Kingdom
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Great Britain Grand Prix 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1951 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1950 Joe Fry 1951 ERA | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Brian Shawe-Taylor (born January 28, 1915 in Dublin , † May 1, 1999 ) was a British racing car driver .
Career
Shawe-Taylor, a Gloucestershire workshop owner, was a car racing driver before World War II . In 1939 he won the Nuffield Trophy and soon after the war he resumed racing. When his entry for the first world championship race in Formula 1 history was rejected in 1950 in Silverstone on the grounds that his ERA was too old, he quickly shared a Maserati with Joe Fry in order to be able to take part in the British Grand Prix . The two crossed the finish line in tenth place, six laps behind.
Shawe-Taylor had a reputation as a fast driver and this reputation earned him several guest appearances on well-known teams. He competed in the 1951 British Grand Prix on a works ERA and was best privateer in eighth place. At Le Mans he shared a works Aston Martin with George Abecassis and came in fifth overall.
His career ended after a collision with Antonio Branca at the Daily Graphic Trophy in 1951. Shawe-Taylor was able to fully recover from his serious injuries, but he did not drive any more car races.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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| 1950 | Joe Fry | Maserati 4CL | Maserati 1.5 L4s | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| 1951 | Brian Shawe-Taylor | ERA B-Type | ERA 1.5 L6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
| total | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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| DNS | 8th |
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
Le Mans results
| year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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| 1951 |
Aston Martin Ltd.
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Aston Martin DB2 |
George Abecassis
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Rank 5 |
literature
- Steve Small: Grand Prix Who's Who . Travel Publishing, London 1999, ISBN 1-902007-46-8
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shawe-Taylor, Brian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1999 |