Simon Taylor

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 companys Managing Director and then its Chairman He was BBC Radios 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 ITVs 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 HuntNiki Lauda battles during the 1976 F1 season He has a small collection of classic cars and competes in historic motor sport with his exStirling Moss 1950 HWM sportsracing car