Taylor Barnard
Driver, NEOM McLaren Formula E Team
Exciting junior single-seater prodigy Taylor Barnard will step up to a full-time race seat with the NEOM McLaren Formula E Team for the 2024/25 FIA ABB Formula E World Championship, graduating from his role as Reserve and Development Driver.
Taylor’s regular role as Reserve and Development Driver saw him work directly with the team in Bicester and Woking, contributing to development while growing his knowledge and experience within the series.
Hailing from Norwich, Taylor entered single-seater racing in 2020. Since then, he has become the 2022 ADAC Formula 4 runner-up, as well as the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship runner-up. Taylor debuted on the official Road to F1 ladder in 2023, racing for Jenzer Motorsport in FIA Formula 3. Taylor impressed in the third tier, clinching three podiums in his final four races, including a maiden victory at Spa-Francorchamps.
His first taste of Formula E driving came in October 2023, when he ran for the team as a rookie driver during the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship’s Valencia Pre-Season Test. In 2024, alongside his duties as Reserve and Development Driver, Taylor competed in FIA Formula 2 with AIX Racing, winning the Sprint Race in Monaco.
Taylor made an unexpected competitive Formula E debut in the 2024 Monaco E-Prix, stepping in for the injured Sam Bird. At 19 years and 331 days, Barnard became the youngest competitive driver in Formula E’s 10-year history. He was the first teenager to start a Formula E race and lined up from the back of the grid in Monaco, but impressed by making significant progress to climb to 14th by the Chequered Flag.