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Bruce McLaren All drivers

Bruce McLaren

🇳🇿 New Zealander1958–1970

Won 4 of 101 starts across 13 seasons, and was outscored by Jack Brabham over 24 races together.

Titles
0
Best: 2nd
Wins
4
4.0% of starts
Podiums
27
26.7% of starts
Career points
196.5
188.5 counted
Starts
101
13 seasons, 7 teams

1 fastest lap (recorded 1958–59 and 2004 on).

Championship finish by season

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CooperCooper-ClimaxMcLaren-FordMcLaren-BRM

Against McLaren's teammates

Points in races together
Jack Brabham 58.5 – 75 1958–61 · 24 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–13
Denny Hulme 53 – 51 1968–70 · 22 races · ahead on the results sheet 11–11
Tony Maggs 49 – 22 1962–63 · 19 races · ahead on the results sheet 12–7
John Surtees 17 – 4 1961–70 · 11 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–4
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Jo Bonnier 17 – 8 1963–64 · 11 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–6
Maurice Trintignant 24.5 – 23 1958–60 · 10 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–5
Phil Hill 11 – 2 1960–64 · 10 races · ahead on the results sheet 7–3
Roy Salvadori 20 – 8 1958–61 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–3
Jochen Rindt 8 – 4 1965 · 9 races · ahead on the results sheet 5–4
Masten Gregory 10.5 – 6 1959–61 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–2
Jackie Lewis 13 – 3 1961–62 · 8 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–2
Stirling Moss 18 – 17 1959–60 · 6 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–2
Tony Brooks 25 – 7 1960 · 6 races · ahead on the results sheet 6–0
Dan Gurney 13 – 3 1967–68 · 6 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–4
Henry Taylor 15.5 – 3 1959–60 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–1
Olivier Gendebien 23 – 10 1960 · 5 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–1
Ian Burgess 7 – 0 1958–62 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 4–0
Jack Fairman 11.5 – 0 1958–61 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–1
Vic Elford 11 – 3 1969 · 4 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–1
Chris Bristow 12 – 0 1960 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–1
Lucien Bianchi 13 – 1 1960 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–0
Bernard Collomb 5 – 0 1961–62 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–0
John Love 11 – 0 1962–65 · 3 races · ahead on the results sheet 3–0
Wolfgang Seidel 0 – 0 1958 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
Harry Schell 16 – 0 1959–60 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
Hap Sharp 7 – 0 1961–62 · 2 races · ahead on the results sheet 2–0
Tony Marsh 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Christian Goethals 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Dick Gibson 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Brian Naylor 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Robert La Caze 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
André Guelfi 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
François Picard 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Tom Bridger 0 – 0 1958 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Peter Ashdown 4.5 – 0 1959 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Mike Taylor 4.5 – 0 1959 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Giorgio Scarlatti 0 – 0 1959 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Carel Godin de Beaufort 0 – 0 1960 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Bruce Halford 4 – 0 1960 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Chuck Daigh 3 – 0 1960 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Ron Flockhart 4 – 0 1960 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Roger Penske 3 – 0 1961 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Walt Hansgen 3 – 0 1961 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Timmy Mayer 4 – 0 1962 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Mário de Araújo Cabral 0 – 0 1963 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
John Taylor 0 – 0 1964 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Edgar Barth 0 – 0 1964 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
John Rhodes 0 – 0 1965 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Basil van Rooyen 2 – 0 1969 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0
Jean-Pierre Beltoise 0 – 0 1969 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 0–1
Derek Bell 4 – 0 1969 · 1 races · ahead on the results sheet 1–0

Best circuits

By wins
1 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7 starts · avg finish 6.3 Won 1968 1 Circuit de Monaco 12 starts · avg finish 7.4 Won 1962 1 Sebring International Raceway 1 start · avg finish 1 Won 1959 1 Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 start · avg finish 1 Won 1960 0 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Best 2nd · 9 starts · avg finish 6.7

Milestones

Debut
1958 German GP Cooper
First points
1959 Monaco GP 5th
First podium
1959 British GP 3rd
First win
1959 United States GP 9th career start
Best run
2 wins in a row 1959–1960
Last win
1968 Belgian GP McLaren-Ford
Final start
1970 Monaco GP McLaren-Ford

Under today's points system

25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, scored by the calculator
196.5 702.5 +506

Career points re-scored with today's table. 1969: 26 → 102. Replay 1969 in the calculator →

All seasons

Points as counted for the championship
Year Team Pos Pts Wins Podiums Teammate
1970 McLaren-Ford 14 6 0 1 Denny Hulme, John Surtees
1969 McLaren-Ford 3 26 0 3 Denny Hulme, Vic Elford
1968 McLaren-Ford / McLaren 5 22 1 3 Denny Hulme, Dan Gurney
1967 McLaren-BRM / Eagle-Weslake 14 3 0 0 Dan Gurney
1966 McLaren-Ford / McLaren-Serenissima 16 3 0 0
1965 Cooper-Climax 9 10 0 1 Jochen Rindt, John Love
1964 Cooper-Climax 7 13 0 2 Phil Hill, Jo Bonnier
1963 Cooper-Climax 6 17 0 3 Tony Maggs, Jo Bonnier
1962 Cooper-Climax 3 27 (32 scored) 1 5 Tony Maggs, Jackie Lewis
1961 Cooper-Climax 8 11 0 1 John Surtees, Jack Brabham
1960 Cooper-Climax 2 34 (37 scored) 1 6 Jack Brabham, Tony Brooks
1959 Cooper-Climax 6 16.5 1 2 Jack Brabham, Maurice Trintignant
1958 Cooper 24 0 0 0 Roy Salvadori, Maurice Trintignant

Starts count Grands Prix with a classified result, sprints excluded. Figures cover the World Championship from 1958.