Taylor Mackenzie

Taylor Mackenzie (24 February 1993) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle racer based in Leicestershire, England, the son of a former motorcycle racer Niall Mackenzie, and older brother to racer Tarran Mackenzie.

Taylor Mackenzie
Mackenzie at the 2010 British Grand Prix
Nationality	British
Born	(1993-02-24) 24 February 1993 (age 31) Stirling, Scotland
Website	taylor-mackenzie.com

In late 2021, Mackenzie announced his intention to retire from racing at the end of the season.^[1] Shortly afterwards, it was announced that from the 2022 season, Mackenzie would be team manager for VisionTrack Honda Moto3, a new team in Moto3 headed by ex-racer Michael Laverty.^[2]

In late 2023, Mackenzie announced he would leave MLav Moto3,^[3] and for 2024 is a UK-based motorcycle racing track instructor,^[4] rider-assistant to brother Tarran Mackenzie racing in World Superbikes,^[5] and social media creator for his team, MIE Honda.^[6]

Racing history

Mackenzie retired from racing at the end of the 2021 British season where he competed in National Superstock 1000, finishing in fifth position.^[7][8]

For 2020, he competed in the British Superbike series, aboard a BMW, after the 2019 season on Superstock 1000.^[9] In a February 2021 Motorcycle News interview, he confirmed that he'd had a bad year and he was reliant upon funding provided through YouTube, Patreon and Amazon when trying to arrange a race machine for 2021.^[10][11]

For the first half of the BSB 2018 season, he rode for Moto Rapido Racing Ducati replacing injured John Hopkins. The team and Mackenzie announced their mutual decision to part company at the Knockhill BSB round practice session on 7 July, due to the rider's poor results.^[12] Mackenzie's place was taken by Tommy Bridewell for the remainder of 2018, who returned the team's best results in the Superbike class, scoring four podium finishes, narrowly missing out on a Showdown place and achieving the Riders' Cup at the season finale. Bridewell was retained for 2019.^[13][14]

In 2017, Mackenzie competed in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Suzuki GSX-R1000. Mackenzie has competed in the British 125GP Championship, the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, the British Supersport Championship and the British Superbike Championship. In 2016, Mackenzie won the National Superstock 1000 Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR for Hawk Racing/Buildbase BMW. In 2014, in his second year with Tyco Suzuki, achieved his first ever in the supersport class at Silverstone with a 2nd place finish.

In 2010 Mackenzie rode two wildcard entries in the World Championship, at Silverstone and Valencia, prior to his full World Championship in 2011. During 2010 he finished the British 125 Championship in fourth position, competed in two CEV Buckler (Spanish National Championship) rounds and also rode in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup in which he scored five top-ten finishes.

Career statistics

2009 - 20th, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup #71 KTM FRR 125
2009 - 11th, British 125cc Championship #77 Honda RS125R
2010 - 15th, Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup #77 KTM FRR 125
2010 - 4th, British 125cc Championship #77 Honda RS125R
2011 - 24th, 125cc Grand Prix World Championship #17 Aprilia RS 125 R
2012 - 14th, British Supersport Championship #77 Yamaha YZF-R6
2013 - 10th, British Supersport Championship #77 Suzuki GSX-R600
2014 - 10th, British Supersport Championship #77 Suzuki GSX-R600
2015 - NC, British Superbike Championship #11 Kawasaki ZX-10R
2016 - 1st, British National Superstock 1000 Championship #77 BMW S1000RR
2017 - 19th, British Superbike Championship #6 Suzuki GSX-R1000
2018 - British Superbike Championship #24 Ducati 1199 Panigale
2018 - British National Superstock 1000 Championship #77 BMW S1000RR

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pos	Pts
2009	SPA1 19	SPA2 14	ITA 15	NED 21	GER Ret	GBR 9	CZE1 Ret	CZE2 Ret			20th	10
2010	SPA1 15	SPA2 Ret	ITA 12	NED1 9	NED2 16	GER1 9	GER2 7	CZE1 15	CZE2 5	RSM WD	15th	40

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2010	125cc	Honda	KRP MMCG	73	2	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2011	125cc	Aprilia	Phonica Racing	17	16	0	0	0	0	15	24th
Total					18	0	0	0	0	15

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pos	Pts
2010	125cc	Honda	QAT	SPA	FRA	ITA	GBR Ret	NED	CAT	GER	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL 21	NC	0
2011	125cc	Aprilia	QAT 18	SPA 5	POR	FRA 22	CAT 28	GBR 12	NED 26	ITA 17	GER Ret	CZE 21	INP 21	RSM 22	ARA Ret	JPN Ret	AUS 18	MAL 21	VAL Ret	24th	15

British Supersport Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		Pos	Pts	Ref
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2012	Yamaha	BHI 21	BHI Ret	THR 19	THR 20	OUL 20	OUL 16	SNE Ret	SNE Ret	KNO 19	KNO 11	OUL 12	OUL 14	BHGP 14	BHGP 14	CAD	CAD	DON	DON	ASS	ASS	SIL	SIL	BHGP	BHGP	20th	15	[15]

References

1. BSB Donington: Taylor Mackenzie announces his retirement following Superstock victory Motorcycle News, 3 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021
2. Mackenzie swaps racing for Moto3 management bikesportnews, 29 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021
3. @taylormac77 (31 October 2023). "After two amazing years working with mlavracing and visiontrackmotorsport I've got some exciting new projects in 2024 that I want to pursue which means I'll be leaving the team at the end of the season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. Back to school with Taylor Mackenzie - Former BSB star set to head BMW Motorrad Academy Motorcycle News, 29 January 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024
5. Who is TMac? tmac77.com. Retrieved 23 October 2024
6. @taylormac77 (22 February 2024). "If you're on Instagram PETRONAS MIE Honda Racing have kindly asked for me to give them a hand with their social media this year" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
7. Taylor Mackenzie named as all-British VisionTrack Racing Moto3 team manager visordown, 1 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021
8. Why 'older brother' Taylor Mackenzie is the ideal modern boss for new Moto3 team visordown, 7 November 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021
9. Taylor Mackenzie returns to BSB action with TYCO BMW thechequeredflag.com, 2 October 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2020
10. BSB: Taylor Mackenzie targets 2021 ride through YouTube fundraising project Motorcycle News, 3 February 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021
11. BSB: Taylor Mackenzie wins at Darley Moor on Bathams Racing's BMW M1000RR Motorcycle News, 6 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021
12. BSB: Mackenzie and MotoRapido Ducati announce split Motorcycle News, 7 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018
13. BSB: Bridewell back with MotoRapido Ducati Motorcycle News, 7 July 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019
14. Tommy Bridewell and Moto Rapido Ducati team up again in 2019 as Oxford Racing Ducati Ducatiracinguk.com, 14 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018
15. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Taylor Mackenzie on MotoGP.com