Henry Taylor is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Lotus-Climax. Taylor has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 9 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,841 ranks Taylor 440th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1961-09-10 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | P11 | +74 |
| 1961-07-15 | Aintree | DNF | −128 |
| 1961-07-02 | Reims-Gueux | P10 | +63 |
| 1961-06-18 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | DNF | −151 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −142 | 4,882 |
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | P19 | +203 | 5,024 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +21 | 4,821 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| 🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant | 4,839 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% |
| 🇬🇧 Innes Ireland | 4,610 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇺🇸 Phil Hill | 4,199 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇩🇪 Wolfgang von Trips | 5,289 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Masten Gregory | 4,551 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori | 4,461 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss | 5,388 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Henry Taylor was a British Formula 1 driver who competed in the early 1960s, accumulating nine starts across three seasons between 1959 and 1961. He raced for Lotus-Climax and Cooper-Climax, teams that fielded competitive machinery and stronger drivers; his average finishing position of ninth place among classified runners reflected the calibre of the field he was racing in rather than outright competitiveness. Taylor never scored a podium finish or won a race.[1]
His head-to-head record against his regular rivals tells a consistent story. He failed to finish ahead of prominent drivers such as Jack Brabham, a three-time world champion, and Bruce McLaren, each of whom beat him decisively across multiple meetings. Against Jim Clark, a future two-time champion, Taylor managed three finishes ahead of him across four shared races; this stands as his most impressive relative achievement, though Clark was still establishing himself in his early career. Taylor also recorded isolated victories over Wolfgang von Trips and Richie Ginther, both accomplished drivers, but these represent single results rather than sustained performance patterns. His only meaningful head-to-head advantage was against Maurice Trintignant, finishing ahead of the veteran on three occasions from five meetings.[2]
By the end of 1961, Taylor's Formula 1 career had concluded. He finished eighteenth in his final four rounds that year and has not raced since. His Racer Rating of 4,841 places him in the range of a competent professional-level driver competing in strong fields, though his complete lack of podiums in Formula 1 and the one-sided records against most of his rivals suggest he arrived in the sport without the pace to progress beyond occasional grid-filling appearances.