Mike Taylor is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Team Lotus. Taylor has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 2 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 3,755 ranks Taylor 4654th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1960-06-19 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | DNF | −131 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Team Lotus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −131 | 3,755 |
| 1959 | ▸Formula 1 | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +2,457 | 3,807 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Tony BrooksHigher-rated | 6,045 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4,644 | 🇺🇸 Rob Ferriol | GT4 America | 3,757 |
| 4,645 | 🇫🇷 Daniel Desbruères | 24H Series | 3,756 |
| 4,646 | 🇺🇸 Donny Ling Jr. | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,756 |
| 4,647 | 🇦🇺 Marcel Zalloua | Bathurst 12 Hour | 3,756 |
| 4,648 | 🇪🇸 Sergio Paulet | Ferrari Challenge | 3,756 |
| 4,649 | 🇦🇺 Sergio Pires | Bathurst 12 Hour | 3,756 |
| 4,650 | 🇯🇵 Tomohide Yamaguchi | Super GT | 3,756 |
| 4,651 | 🇦🇺 Ben Bargwanna | TCR World Tour | 3,755 |
| 4,652 | 🇬🇧 Colin NOBLE | Le Mans Cup | 3,755 |
| 4,653 | 🇲🇽 Katherine Legge | NASCAR Cup Series | 3,755 |
| 4,654 | 🇬🇧 Mike Taylor | Formula 1 | 3,755 |
| 4,655 | 🇺🇸 Morgan Burkhard | IMSA Pilot Challenge | 3,755 |
| 4,656 | 🇺🇸 Ralph Morris | NASCAR Xfinity | 3,755 |
| 4,657 | 🇬🇧 Alex Li | FIA GT Championship | 3,754 |
| 4,658 | 🇧🇷 Ernesto Otero | Star Mazda Championship | 3,754 |
| 4,659 | 🇫🇷 François Labhardt | FIA GT Championship | 3,754 |
| 4,660 | 🇦🇺 Luis Leeds | S5000 | 3,754 |
| 4,661 | 🇩🇪 Paco Orti | FIA GT Championship | 3,754 |
| 4,662 | 🏳️ Richard Feller | 24H Series | 3,754 |
| 4,663 | 🇬🇧 Thomas Bleiner | FIA GT Championship | 3,754 |
| 4,664 | 🇬🇧 Alex Fores | GB3 | 3,753 |
Mike Taylor is a competitive amateur racing driver, rated 2,485; he competes at the level of club and regional motorsport where quick, largely self-funded drivers race against professionals and semi-professionals on equal terms. His career spans from 1959 to the present day, though it is sharply divided by a severe accident. He started in Formula 1 with Team Lotus in 1959 and 1960, making two championship starts without scoring points before a steering failure at 160 mph in the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix caused him to be thrown from the car and left him paralysed; he recovered mobility through therapy and went on to race again decades later. His post-accident racing began in 2009 with NASA club racing in a Porsche 944, where he completed 15 starts without podium finishes, then moved to SCCA club and regional racing from 2021 onwards.[1]
In SCCA Majors, where he has made the bulk of his recent effort with 27 starts since 2021, Taylor has won three races and taken 13 podiums, averaging a fifth-place finish. His record against the regular field shows mixed results; he has beaten Jon Sewell nine times but finished behind him ten times across 19 shared races, and he has a strong head-to-head of 11 wins to six losses against Chuck Hines over 17 races. His most consistent rival in the series is Danny Steyn, a four-time SCCA Majors STL champion at the semi-professional level, whom Taylor has beaten only once in 19 meetings while finishing behind him 18 times; this demonstrates the gap between Taylor's competitive-amateur standing and Steyn's higher-level success. Taylor has occasional impressive individual results, including a win over Austin Hill, who won the 2020 NASCAR Truck Series, though such single victories do not establish a pattern.[2]
Taylor continues to race in SCCA Regionals as recently as 2025, where he won one of two races while finishing 35th overall. His career totals stand at 47 starts, four wins, and 15 podiums across all series; his average finishing position of P5.7 across classified races reflects consistent mid-field competitiveness in amateur and regional fields rather than dominance of that level. At 65 years on from his Formula 1 debut, he remains active in regional single-seater racing.