Henry Taylor

Henry Taylor (16 December 1932 - 24 October 2013): British racing driver from Shefford, Bedfordshire who started his career in speedway in East London before switching to a 500cc Formula Three Cooper in 1954. He won two Formula Three championships in 1955 and repeated the achievement in 1956, taking 15 wins while also racing successfully with a Jaguar D-Type in sports cars. He made his Formula One debut at the 1959 British Grand Prix and participated in 10 races total, scoring three championship points with his best result being fourth place at Reims in a Cooper T51-Climax. After a serious accident in the 1961 British Grand Prix, Taylor turned away from single-seater racing and took up rallying, competing in the Monte Carlo Rally and campaigning a Ford Anglia, Ford Cortina (on its rally debut), and the highly successful Lotus Cortina in both rallying and the European Touring Car Championship in 1964.

After retiring from rallying in 1965 he became Ford's Competition Manager. In later years he moved to the South of France where he established a boat business, passing away in Vallauris, France.