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.

In late 2021, Mackenzie announced his intention to retire from racing at the end of the season. 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.

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

Racing history

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.

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 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.

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. 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.

For 2020, he competed in the British Superbike series, aboard a BMW, after the 2019 season on Superstock 1000. 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.

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

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 2019 - 2nd, British National Superstock 1000 Championship #77 BMW S1000RR

British 125 Championship Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 2009 Honda BHI13 OUL DON4 THR SNE13 KNO9 MAL BHGP12 CAD20 CRO9 SIL OUL4 11th 53 2010 Honda BRHRet THR4 OUL4 CAD1 MAL7 KNOC SNE BRH2 CADRet CRO14 CRO1 SILRet OUL1 4th 131

Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Grand Prix motorcycle racing By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamNumberRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 125cc Honda KRP MMCG 73 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 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 GBRRet NED CAT GER CZE IND RSM ARA JPN MAL AUS POR VAL21 NC 0 2011 125cc Aprilia QAT18 SPA5 POR FRA22 CAT28 GBR12 NED26 ITA17 GERRet CZE21 INP21 RSM22 ARARet JPNRet AUS18 MAL21 VALRet 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 Yamaha BHI21 BHIRet THR19 THR20 OUL20 OUL16 SNERet SNERet KNO19 KNO11 OUL12 OUL14 BHGP14 BHGP14 CAD13 CAD15 DON9 DON9 ASS10 ASSRet SILRet SIL8 BHGP10 BHGP6 14th 63

British Superbike Championship By year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2015 Kawasaki DONRet DONRet BHIRet BHI28 OUL18 OUL20 SNERet SNERet KNO16 KNO19 BHGPRet BHGP20 THR16 THR16 CAD CAD OUL22 OUL18 OUL22 ASS19 ASS19 SILRet SIL22 BHGPRet BHGP19 BHGP16 NC 0 Suzuki DONRet DONRet BHI15 BHI14 OUL18 OUL15 KNO5 KNO11 SNERet SNERet BHGPRet BHGP15 THR13 THRDNS CAD15 CAD15 SIL7 SILRet SILDNS OUL OUL ASSDNS ASSDNS BHGP BHGP BHGP 19th 35 Ducati DON DON BHI BHI OUL OUL SNE SNE KNO KNO BHGP BHGP THR THR CAD CAD SIL SIL SIL OUL OUL ASS ASS BHGP BHGP BHGP 23rd 13 Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 2019 BMW SIL SIL OUL OUL DON DON DON BRH BRH KNO KNO SNE SNE THR THR CAD CAD OUL OUL OUL ASS ASS DON DON BHGP BHGP BHGP 23rd 17 Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Pos Pts R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 BMW DON DON DON SNE SNE SNE SIL SIL SIL OUL OUL OUL DON DON DON BHGP BHGP BHGP 21st 7