Henry Taylor (racing driver)

British racing driver (1932–2013) For other people with the same name, see Henry Taylor (disambiguation).

Henry Taylor
Formula One World Championship career
Born	(1932-12-16)16 December 1932 Shefford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Died	24 October 2013(2013-10-24) (aged 80) Vallauris, France
Nationality	British
Active years	1959–1961
Teams	non-works Cooper, Lotus
Entries	11 (8 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Career points	3
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1959 British Grand Prix
Last entry	1961 Italian Grand Prix

Henry Charles Taylor (16 December 1932 – 24 October 2013) was a British racing driver from England.

Racing career

Born in Shefford, Bedfordshire, Taylor started his career in speedway in East London before switching to a 500cc Formula Three Cooper in 1954, quickly demonstrating his talent. He won two Formula Three championships in 1955, and repeated the achievement in 1956, taking 15 wins. He drove in sports car racing as well, winning in a Jaguar D-Type. Continuing his winning ways in Formula Two in 1958, while scoring several good placings in the UK and in France, he soon graduated to Grand Prix racing.

He participated in 11 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, scoring three championship points, with his best result at the 1960 French Grand Prix, a fourth place in his Cooper T51. That year he also drove for Ken Tyrrell's Formula Junior team, winning twice. He found less success in the following season's World Championship Grands Prix, but finished second twice in domestic Formula One races, among other strong results. Not long after a serious accident in the 1961 British Grand Prix, Taylor turned away from single-seater racing and took up rallying, taking part in the Monte Carlo Rally.

For the following four seasons, Taylor rallied a Ford Anglia, drove the Ford Cortina on its rally debut, and also campaigned the highly successful Lotus Cortina, which he also raced in the European Touring Car Championship in 1964. He achieved a number of top six placings in rallies with all three cars, and took two second places in ETCC races.

After retiring from rallying in 1965, he became Ford's Competition Manager. He also drove for the British Olympic bobsleigh team.

Death

Taylor died on 24 October 2013 in Vallauris, France after a long battle with ill health.

Racing record

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	WDC	Points
1959	RHH Parnell	Cooper T51 F2	Climax Straight-4	MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR 11	GER	POR	ITA	USA		NC	0
1960	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax Straight-4	ARG	MON	500	NED 7	BEL	FRA 4	GBR 8	POR DNS	ITA	USA 14	22nd	3
1961	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18	Climax Straight-4	MON DNQ	NED									NC	0
1961	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Climax Straight-4			BEL DNP	FRA 10	GBR Ret	GER	ITA 11	USA			NC	0

Complete British Saloon Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

Year	Team	Car	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Pts	Class
1963	Alan Andrews Racing	Ford Anglia Super	A	SNE	OUL	GOO	AIN	SIL	CRY	SIL	BRH 15	BRH	OUL	SNE	NC	0	NC
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References

^ "Henry Taylor". oldracingcars.com. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ Peter Scherer, "50 Years of British Grand Prix Drivers", tfm, 1999, pp. 88–89.
"Notice of Death – Henry Taylor". British Racing Drivers Club. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
Steve Small, "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Guinness, 1996, p. 421.
de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952–1993. Retrieved 26 October 2022.

External links

Henry Taylor profile at The 500 Owners Association

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