Simon Taylor
Oyuncu · d. 1944
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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Film7.7DramAksiyon1976 yılında gerçekleşen Alman Grand Prix yarışında Niki Lauda'nın kullandığı Ferrari ikinci round'un sonunda yaşadığı bir sorun nedeniyle yarış dışı kalır ve birincilik ezeli rakibi James Hunt'a gider. Bu kaza sonrasında Lauda yaralanır; aradan geçen altı haftanın ardından olağan hırsı ve öfkesiyle pistlere geri döner. İki yarışçı arasında italyan Grand Prix'i ile başlayan mücadele diğer yarışlarda katlanarak devam eder. Hedef dünya şampiyonluğudur... Avusturyalı F1 yarışcısı Niki Lauda ve İngiliz rakibi James Hunt arasındaki dillere destan rekabeti konu alan film, Formula 1'in altın döneminde, 1970'lerde geçiyor.
Film7.6BelgeselJames 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.
Hunt vs Lauda: F1's Greatest Racing Rivals
2013 · 24 votes
FilmBelgeselThe story of one of the most recognisable names in British sport, tracing his meteoric rise from teenage racing prodigy to a global superstar.