Brian Shawe-Taylor

Brian Shawe -Taylor ( born January 28, 1915 in Dublin, † 1 May 1999) was a British racing driver.

Shawe - Taylor, a workshop owner from Gloucestershire, went before the Second World War car racing. In 1939 he won the Nuffield Trophy and soon after the war, he resumed his racing activities again. When they refused his nomination for the first World Cup race of the Formula 1 history 1950 in Silverstone on the grounds that his ERA was too old, he shared ado a Maserati with Joe Fry to participate so that the Grand Prix of Great Britain to. They both came with six laps behind in tenth to the finish.

Shawe -Taylor had a reputation for fast driver and that reputation earned him some guest appearance by renowned teams. The Grand Prix of Great Britain in 1951, he played on a plant -ERA and was eighth best privateer. In Le Mans, he shared a factory Aston Martin with George Abecassis and reached the fifth overall.

His career ended after a collision with Antonio Branca at the Daily Graphic Trophy 1951. Shawe -Taylor was able to fully recovered from his injuries, car races he drove but no more.

Le Mans results