John Taylor (racing driver), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Taylor (racing driver)

race car driver, completed four Formula One races 1964-1966, died from a crash at the 1966 German Grand Prix

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1933

Place of Birth: Anstey, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1966

Profession: motorcycle racer, Formula One driver

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About John Taylor (racing driver)

  • John Malcolm Taylor (23 March 1933 – 8 September 1966) was a racing driver from England.
  • He participated in five World Championship Formula One Grands Prix, and also participated in several non-championship Formula One races.
  • His Formula One debut was on 11 July 1964, at the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch driving a one-litre, 4-cylinder, Cooper–Ford T73, where he finished fourteenth, 24 laps down, after an extended pit–stop due to a gearbox problem.
  • Taylor did not compete in the Formula One World Championship in 1965, but continued to drive in non–championship races.
  • He returned to Grand Prix racing in 1966 driving a two-litre Brabham–BRM for privateer David Bridges.
  • His first race that season was the French Grand Prix at Reims where he scored his one championship point.
  • There followed eighth places at both the British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch and the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort.Taylor died following a crash at the 1966 German Grand Prix, when the Brabham collided with Jacky Ickx's Matra on the first lap of the race.
  • He emerged from the wreckage badly burned, and died from his injuries four weeks later.

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