Education
Continuing his winning ways in Formula Two in 1958, while scoring several good placings in the United Kingdom and in France, he soon graduated to Grand Prix racing.
Continuing his winning ways in Formula Two in 1958, while scoring several good placings in the United Kingdom and in France, he soon graduated to Grand Prix racing.
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 drove in sports car racing as well, winning in a Jaguar Doctorate-Type. 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.
Foreign 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 Carolina Championship in 1964. After retiring from rallying in 1965, he became Ford"s Competition Manager.
He also drove for the British Olympic bobsleigh team
Taylor died on 24 October 2013 in Vallauris, France after a long battle with ill health.