Taylor Mackenzie
Taylor Mackenzie 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
Mackenzie retired from racing at the end of the 2021 British season where he competed in National Superstock 1000, finishing in fifth position.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.
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.
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 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 1252009 - 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
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Races by year
| 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
Races by year
| 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 |