Taylor Mackenzie will make his debut in the forthcoming 2012 British Supersport Championship as the 18-year-old Scottish rider progresses from the British 125GP class, joining Jack Kennedy in the Northern Ireland-based Mar-Train Racing team. Taylor is the son of former Grand Prix rider and three-time British Superbike champion Niall Mackenzie, and both father and son [...]
Scottish youngster Taylor Mackenzie was again left without points at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang as he struggled with his bike at the sizzling track, not getting the most out of the machine to fight for the top 15 positions. He eventually finished the race in 21st, improving only one place on his grid [...]
Taylor Mackenzie escaped injury as he crashed during qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix this afternoon, highsiding at the same corner where his teammate Guilian Pedone crashed out earlier and broke his right wrist. The young Scotsman was lucky to get away with only cuts and bruises and no serious injury. He will start tomorrow’s [...]
It’s been a strange and difficult weekend all around for Taylor Mackenzie and the Phonica Racing Team at Japan. After much debate on whether or not to even come to Motegi to race, the team finally showed up, but with a reduced and different team than usual which the riders had to work with. British [...]
It’s been a frantic qualifying session for the 125cc field at Japanese Grand Prix in Motegi. Everybody was waiting for rain, so riders push from the very first laps, to post a fast time immediately, just in case the dark clouds over the circuit decided to deliver the rain. Eventually this was not the case [...]
A cold and windy morning, plus the rain pouring down the previous evening and washing the track, presented the 125cc riders with totally different conditions for the race at Motorland Aragon from what they experienced in free practice and qualifying. It’s been a good start from Mackenzie, who recovered several positions to move nside the [...]
After starting from the last position on the grid due to a mechanical failure in qualifying, Taylor Mackenzie rode his heart out at the San Marino Grand Prix to quickly move up the ranks and stay with the groups further up front and he managed to finish the race 12 places higher than he started, [...]
Taylor Mackenzie had a horrid qualifying at the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, ending the day in 34th and dead last. He was only able to complete five laps before a mechanical failure destroyed all his efforts and he had to sit in the box for the rest of the session, seeing his name [...]
Like all riders Taylor Mackenzie experienced some problems with the new track surface at the Indianapolis circuit which came back to haunt him during the race where he fought the sliding bike to secure the 21st position in the end, losing out one place on his starting position of 20th on the grid. The young [...]