Simon Taylor

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Simon Taylor was born on August 8, 1944. He is an actor and writer, known for Rush (2013), Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie (2021) and ITV - Formula One (1997). Simon Taylor has been immersed in motor sport for nearly 50 years as a journalist, commentator, publisher and historian. He joined the weekly magazine Autosport straight from university, and was its editor by the age of 23. He moved on to be a publisher for its proprietors, Haymarket Magazines, devising and launching other car magazines such as What Car? and Classic & Sports Car, and went on to be the company’s Managing Director and then its Chairman. He was BBC Radio’s voice of motor racing for more than 20 years, reporting on Formula 1 from all over the world, and his TV commentary and presentation work includes being a member of ITV’s F1 team. He is the author of several books on car and motor racing history, and appeared in the Ron Howard movie Rush playing himself, as the BBC Radio commentator describing the James Hunt/Niki Lauda battles during the 1976 F1 season. He has a small collection of classic cars, and competes in historic motor sport with his ex-Stirling Moss 1950 HWM sports-racing car.

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Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals Trailer (2013)

14 July 2013

James Hunt has never been equalled. Could swashbuckling Hunt catch the scientific Lauda? Could Niki overcome an appalling crash to come back from the dead and fight James all the way to the last race of the season? This powerful story captures the heart of the 1970s - told through unseen footage and exclusive interviews with the people who were really there - the team managers, families, journalists and friends who were in the front row of the season that changed Formula 1 forever.

Rush Trailer (2013)

02 September 2013

In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

Stirling Moss: The Uncrowned King of F1 Trailer (2020)

11 December 2020

The story of one of the most recognisable names in British sport, tracing his meteoric rise from teenage racing prodigy to a global superstar.

1985 FIA Formula One World Championship Season Review Trailer (1985)

30 September 1985

To tell the full story of 1985 FOCA, enlisted the help of the drivers - Alain Prost, Michele Alboreto, Keke Rosberg, Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, Stefan Johannson, Nelson Piquet and Niki Lauda.