John Malcolm Taylor (23 March 1933 – 8 September 1966) was a racing driver from England. He participated in five World Championship

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Grands Prix, and also participated in several non-championship Formula One races. His Formula One debut was on 11 July 1964, at the

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driving a one-litre, 4-cylinder, Cooper–Ford T73, where he finished fourteenth, 24 laps down, after an extended pit–stop due to a gearbox problem. Taylor did not compete in the Formula One World Championship in 1965, but continued to drive in non–championship races. He returned to Grand Prix racing in 1966 driving a two-litre Brabham– BRM for privateer David Bridges. His first race that season was the

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at Reims where he scored his one championship point. There followed eighth places at both the

at Brands Hatch and the Dutch Grand Prix at

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. Taylor died following a crash at the

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, when the Brabham collided with

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on the first lap of the race. He emerged from the wreckage badly burned, and died from his injuries four weeks later.

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