Trevor Taylor is a racing driver from United Kingdom who last raced in Formula 1 for Shannon. Taylor has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 27 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,374 ranks Taylor 785th 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.
| 1966-07-16 | Brands Hatch | DNF | −120 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | ▸Formula 1 | Shannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P21 | −120 | 4,374 |
| 1964 | ▸Formula 1 | BRP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | P19 | −246 | 4,493 |
| 1963 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | P15 | +60 | 4,739 |
| 1962 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 9 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | P10 | −56 | 4,679 |
| 1961 | ▸Formula 1 | Lotus-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P18 | −65 | 4,735 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Jim Clark | 5,692 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 27% |
| 🇬🇧 Graham Hill | 5,097 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther | 5,503 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham | 5,211 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% |
| 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren | 5,136 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney | 4,902 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 13% |
| 🇿🇦 Tony Maggs | 5,111 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% |
| 🇬🇧 John Surtees | 4,899 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier | 4,402 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57% |
| 🇳🇱 Carel Godin de Beaufort | 4,952 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
Trevor Taylor was a British driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1961 and 1966, accumulating 27 starts across five seasons. He drove primarily for Lotus-Climax, which accounted for 19 of his entries. His single podium finish came during this period, though he never won a race. Taylor's average finishing position of eighth across all classified starts places him in a competitive professional field, though one considerably stronger than his own pace; his Racer Rating of 4,374 reflects a mid-tier professional driver competing against some of the sport's best of that era.[1]
Taylor's record against his most frequent rivals tells a clear story of outmatched machinery or capability. He faced two-time world champion Jim Clark eleven times and finished ahead on only three occasions, while losing the head-to-head eight times. Against three-time champions Graham Hill and Jack Brabham, the pattern repeated; he managed one win and two wins respectively but trailed them nine times and six times. His encounters with other front-running professionals of the period, Richie Ginther, Bruce McLaren and Dan Gurney, were similarly lopsided. His three wins against Clark stand as his strongest results against genuinely elite competition, but they came against a backdrop of consistent disadvantage in a field where winning a handful of races against world champions was not sufficient to close the overall gap.[2]