34 Facts About Taylor Barnard

Taylor Barnard is a British racing driver, who competes in Formula E for McLaren.

Taylor Barnard then joined AIX in FIA Formula 2 for 2024, winning the Monaco sprint race.

Taylor Barnard was born on 1 June 2004 in Norwich, Norfolk, England.

That year, Taylor Barnard finished second in the Karting World Championship, missing out narrowly to Lorenzo Travisanutto in wet conditions.

Taylor Barnard remained with Rosberg Racing Academy for his final karting season in 2020, where he ended up as the runner-up of the World Championship, this time losing out against Callum Bradshaw.

That year brought more trophies however, with Taylor Barnard taking another WSK Champions Cup crown, as well as winning the WSK Open Cup.

Taylor Barnard made his car racing debut in 2020, competing in three rounds of the Italian F4 Championship for AKM Motorsport.

For 2021, Taylor Barnard partnered up with BWR Motorsports, a team affiliated with his mentor Nico Rosberg, to compete in the ADAC Formula 4 Championship.

However, following just three rounds, in which Taylor Barnard took a best result of fourth, the team was forced to miss two events, only returning for the season finale.

Nevertheless, Taylor Barnard remained in Formula 4 the following year, driving for newly-formed team PHM Racing alongside Nikita Bedrin and Jonas Ried.

The rest of the campaign was plagued by reliability issues relating to the car, as Taylor Barnard ended up ninth overall.

Taylor Barnard originally finished the race in second position, but was promoted to the win after race winner Joshua Dufek was disqualified due to a technical infringement.

Taylor Barnard went into the final round at Yas Marina Circuit with a chance of the championship title, but two disappointing finishes outside of the points in the first two races meant he ultimately finished as runner-up in the championship to Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

Taylor Barnard competed in the championship again in the 2024 season with PHM AIX Racing, where he finished as the runner up.

Taylor Barnard finished the season with 176 points, which was 79 points behind champion Tuukka Taponen.

In January 2023, Taylor Barnard was announced as the final driver for Jenzer Motorsport to complete its lineup for the 2023 season, alongside Bedrin and Garcia.

Taylor Barnard was pointless during the Bahrain season opener, but he would score scored his first points in the Melbourne feature race where he finished ninth, marking a run of five consecutive points-scoring positions.

Taylor Barnard made the top 12 in Monaco for the first time with ninth, and scored points in both races with fifth and eighth place.

Taylor Barnard then impressed in Barcelona round by qualifying on the front row.

Qualifying tenth for the Spa-Francorchamps round, Taylor Barnard took his first podium in the series as he finished in second place.

Taylor Barnard's late run of form allowed Barnard to finish tenth in the championship standings, taking 72 points and three podiums throughout the season.

In September 2023, Taylor Barnard was named as one of four nominees for the Aston Martin Autosport BRDC Award, alongside Formula 4 racer Arvid Lindblad and GB3 Championship drivers Callum Voisin and Joseph Loake.

Taylor Barnard only scored his first points finish of the series with seventh place during round 4 in Imola, following a multi-car pileup on the opening lap.

Nevertheless, Taylor Barnard redeemed himself in Monaco by proceeding to take his maiden victory in the sprint race after qualifying on reverse pole.

Taylor Barnard secured his best qualifying of the year with sixth in Austria, and scored his feature race points with eighth place.

Taylor Barnard then scored double points in Budapest, with seventh and ninth place in the sprint and feature races respectively, despite qualifying in 17th.

Taylor Barnard took part in the opening session of the test and finished in seventh place, just under half a second from the fastest time set by Mitch Evans.

Taylor Barnard finished the session as the fastest rookie driver.

In January 2024, Taylor Barnard was signed as McLaren's reserve and development driver for the season.

Taylor Barnard made his Formula E debut at the Monaco ePrix with McLaren from FP2 onwards to deputise Sam Bird, who suffered a hand injury from a crash in FP1.

Taylor Barnard continued to deputise for Bird at the Berlin ePrix, where he finished Race 1 in tenth to score his first Formula E points while becoming the youngest point scorer.

Taylor Barnard ended the double-header weekend by finishing Race 2 in eighth.

In doing so, Taylor Barnard won his first podium in his maiden race as a full-time driver and became the youngest podium finisher at the age of 20 years and 189 days.

Taylor Barnard followed up with another podium finish by coming in third at Race 1 of the Jeddah ePrix.