Henry Taylor (racing driver)

Henry Taylor (racing driver)

Nation:	United Kingdom
Automobile world championship
First start:	1959 British Grand Prix
Last start:	1961 Italian Grand Prix
Constructors
1959 Reg Parnell Racing  1960 Yeoman Credit Racing Team  1961 UDT-Laystall Racing Team
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-22. ( 1960 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 8th - - -
World Cup points :	3
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Henry Charles Taylor (born December 16, 1932 in Shefford , Bedfordshire , † October 24, 2013 in Vallauris , France ) was a British racing driver and businessman.

Career

Taylor was one of the many British farmers and garage owners who sought happiness and variety in motorsport in the 1950s .

His automotive world championship - debut he gave at the Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1959 in Aintree on a Cooper T51 's achievements RHH Parnell . Starting from 21st place, it was enough for 11th place in the end. He was not discouraged by this, although the end of the era of pure private drivers was already emerging by the end of the 1950s. Different vehicles were offered, but they were rarely competitive and private drivers could hardly bear the costs.

But Taylor did not "only" start as a guest starter at his home Grand Prix (this time at Silverstone ) like many of his compatriots , but also did so during the 1960 Formula 1 season at the Circuit Park Zandvoort , Reims , Porto and try Riverside for the Yeoman Credit Racing Team . He started again with a Cooper T51 and, after finishing seventh in Zandvoort, even achieved fourth place in Reims, which was quite remarkable, but it remained his best place in the automobile world championship.

Although he drove another season on a Lotus 18/21 of the UDT-Laystall Racing Team , after five races he had to realize that he could not compete with the top drivers, especially since he did not have the most reliable material available.

In the mid-1960s he drove a Ford Cortina in the European Touring Car Championship for several seasons and finally retired from racing in 1966.

He later worked as a manager for Ford . After leaving there, he moved to the south of France , where he ran a business selling boats.

He died in October 2013 in a hospital in southern France.

statistics

Statistics in the automobile world championship

general overview

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
1959	RHH Parnell	Cooper T51	Climax 1.5 L4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
1960	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	4th	-	-	-	-	-	3	22nd
1961	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Climax 1.5 L4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	NC
total				8th	-	-	-	-	-	3

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10
1959
					11
1960
				7th		4th	8th	DNS		14th
1961
	DNQ		DNP	10	DNF		11

Legend
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
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	AG Whitehead	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Graham Whitehead	failure	Engine failure

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1957	Murkett Brothers	Jaguar D-Type	BUA	SEB	MIM	ONLY	LEM	KRI	CAR
						DNF
1958	JV Green	Lotus Eleven	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
								11
1959	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DBR1	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
							DNF
1960	Graham Whitehead	Aston Martin DBR1 Ferrari 250 GT	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
						DNF	DNF
1963	Alan Andrews	Ford Cortina	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
																								8th
1964	ford	Ford Cortina	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
																			DNF

Web links

Commons : Henry Taylor  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• Henry Taylor on gpracing.net192.com ( October 26, 2007 memento in the Internet Archive )
• Henry Taylor at 500race.org ( October 1, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henry Taylor