John Taylor (racing driver)
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | 1964 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
| Last start: | 1966 German Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| 1964 Bob Gerard Racing 1966 David Bridges | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | WM-20. ( 1966 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 1 | ||||||||
| Podiums : | - | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
John Malcolm Taylor (born March 23, 1933 in Leicester , East Midlands , † September 8, 1966 in Koblenz ) was an English Formula 1 racing driver.
Career
Taylor drove a total of five races in the automobile world championship . He contested his first race on July 11, 1964 at the Grand Prix of Great Britain for the team FR Gerard Cars with a Cooper . In the other four races, all in the 1966 season , he started for the David Bridges Team with a Brabham BT11 ; at the French Grand Prix he scored a world championship point for David Bridges.
John Taylor started on August 7, 1966 at the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring . In the first lap he collided with the Matra of Belgian Jacky Ickx in the “Flugplatz” section . Taylor's vehicle took off, skidded down an embankment, and caught fire. Ickx, who freed Taylor, was able to continue the race. Taylor was first taken to the hospital in Adenau and shortly afterwards transferred to the Evangelisches Stift St. Martin hospital in Koblenz. Four and a half weeks after the accident, when he appeared to be recovering, Taylor died of a burn infection.
Taylor was married and had a son.
statistics
Statistics in the automobile world championship
These statistics include all of the driver's participations in the World Automobile Championship, which is now known as the Formula 1 World Championship .
general overview
| season | team | chassis | engine | run | Victories | Second | Third | Poles | nice Race laps |
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| 1964 | Bob Gerard Racing | Cooper T73 | Ford-Cosworth 1.5 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1966 | David Bridges | Brabham BT11 | BRM 2.0 V8 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20th |
| total | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
Single results
| season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
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| 6th | 8th | 8th | DNF |
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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 | |
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 |
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| 1966 | Red Rose Motors | Ford GT40 |
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See also
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| SURNAME | Taylor, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, John Malcolm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Formula 1 racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 23, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leicester , East Midlands , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1966 |
| Place of death | Koblenz |