Brian Shawe-Taylor
Nation: | United Kingdom | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | Great Britain Grand Prix 1950 | ||||||||
Last start: | 1951 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1950 Joe Fry 1951 ERA | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | no World Cup placement | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | - | ||||||||
Podiums : | - | ||||||||
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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1950 | ||||||||
10 | ||||||||
1951 | ||||||||
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. | Aston Martin DB2 | George Abecassis | 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 |