Trevor Taylor
Nation: | United Kingdom | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | 1961 Dutch Grand Prix | ||||||||
Last start: | 1966 British Grand Prix | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1961–1963 Team Lotus • 1964 British Racing Partnership • 1966 Paul Emery | |||||||||
statistics | |||||||||
World Cup balance: | World Cup tenth ( 1962 ) | ||||||||
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World Cup points : | 8th | ||||||||
Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
Leadership laps : | 4 over 56 km |
Trevor Taylor (born December 26, 1936 in Gleadless near Sheffield , Yorkshire , † September 27, 2010 ) was a British automobile racing driver .
Life
The owner of a car repair shop made his first start at a Grand Prix of the Automobile World Championship in the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix for Lotus , after having won the British Formula 3 Championship in 1958 and 1961 . His best finish was a runner-up in his second race at the 1962 Dutch Grand Prix .
In total, Taylor started in 27 races of the automobile world championship and achieved 8 championship points. He made 19 starts for Lotus. In the 1964 season he started seven times for the British Racing Partnership team ; He was only able to finish two races (the Belgian Grand Prix and the US Grand Prix ).
After a break in 1965, he drove a Shannon SH-1 for the Shannon team at his last Grand Prix, the 1966 British Grand Prix .
He then continued his motorsport career in the European Formula 5000 Championship . The 1969 season ended Taylor as runner-up. In 1970 he was seventh and in 1971 ninth. In 1972 he ended his active racing career.
Trevor Taylor died on September 27, 2010 after a long and serious illness in the presence of his wife Elizabeth.
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 |
Points | WM-Pos. |
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1961 | Team Lotus | Lotus 18 | Climax 1.5 L4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
1962 | Team Lotus | Lotus 24 | Climax 1.5 V8 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6th | 10. |
Lotus 25 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
1963 | Team Lotus | Lotus 25 | Climax 1.5 V8 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 17th |
1964 | British Racing Partnership | BRP Mk1 | BRM 1.5 V8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 22nd |
BRP Mk2 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Lotus 24 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
1966 | Aiden Jones / Paul Emery | Shannon SH-1 | Climax 3.0 V8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | NC |
total | 27 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 8th |
Single results
season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
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1959 | ||||||||||
DNQ | ||||||||||
1961 | ||||||||||
13 | ||||||||||
1962 | ||||||||||
2 | DNF | DNF | 8th | 8th | DNF | DNF | 12 | DNF | ||
1963 | ||||||||||
6th | DNF | 10 | 13 | DNF | 8th | DNF | DNF | 8th | ||
1964 | ||||||||||
DNF | 7th | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNQ | 6th | DNF | |||
1966 | ||||||||||
DNF |
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 |
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1961 | Lotus engineering | Lotus Elite Mk14 | William Allen | Rank 12 and class win |
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 |
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1961 | lotus | Lotus Elite | SEB | TAR | ONLY | LEM | PES | |||||||||||||||||
12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1962 | Essex Racing Team Team Elite |
Lotus 23 Lotus Elite |
DAY | SEB | SEB | MAY | TAR | BER | ONLY | LEM | TAV | CCA | RTT | ONLY | BRI | BRI | PAR | |||||||
DNF | 9 | DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Team elite | Lotus Elite | DAY | SEB | SEB | TAR | SPA | MAY | ONLY | CON | ROS | LEM | MON | WIS | TAV | FRE | CCE | RTT | OVI | ONLY | MON | MON | TDF | BRI |
9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1964 | Aurora Gears | Elva Mk.7S | DAY | SEB | TAR | MON | SPA | CON | ONLY | ROS | LEM | REI | FRE | CCE | RTT | SIM | ONLY | MON | TDF | BRI | BRI | PAR | ||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967 | Team elite | Lotus 47 | DAY | SEB | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | HOK | MUG | BRH | CCE | ZEL | OVI | ONLY | ||||||||
19th | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1968 | Team elite | Lotus 47 | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | ONLY | SPA | WAT | ZEL | LEM | ||||||||||||
DNF | DNF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1969 | Team elite | Lola T70 | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | WAT | ZEL | ||||||||||||
19th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970 | Ecurie Evergreen | McLaren M8 | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | TAR | SPA | ONLY | LEM | WAT | ZEL | ||||||||||||
DNF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971 | Ecurie Evergreen | McLaren M8 | BUA | DAY | SEB | BRH | MON | SPA | TAR | ONLY | LEM | ZEL | WAT | |||||||||||
9 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/splitter/2010/09/Ex-Lotus-Pilot_Trevor_Taylor_verstorben_10093004.html
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Taylor, Trevor |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Formula 1 racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gleadless near Sheffield |
DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 2010 |