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🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren

Racing driver from New Zealand. Formula 1, McLaren-Ford.
Driver facts
Full name
Bruce McLaren
Born
30 August 1937(b. 1937)
Nationality
New Zealand
Current team
McLaren-Ford
Series
Formula 1
Status
Retired
Career wins
4
Career podiums
27
Career starts
103
Career DNFs
40
Racer Rating
6,143
Bruce McLaren
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
6,143
Rank 141 of 40,105 indexed, -242 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Bruce McLaren is a racing driver from New Zealand who last raced in Formula 1 for McLaren-Ford. McLaren has recorded 4 wins and 27 podiums from 103 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 6,143 ranks McLaren 141th of 40,105 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
1970 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFGBRGERITACANUSAMEXSOUESPMONNEDFRAGBRGERITACANUSAMEXSOUESPMON
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
1970-05-10Circuit de MonacoFormula 1DNF−122
1970-04-19JaramaFormula 1P2+124
1970-03-07KyalamiFormula 1DNF−101
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+177Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1968Formula 1P1
+148Circuit Mont-Tremblant 1968Formula 1P2
+147Sebring International Raceway 1959Formula 1P1
+135Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1960Formula 1P1
+134Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 1968Formula 1P2
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza9 starts+28
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps8 starts+16
Reims-Gueux4 starts+13
Circuit de Monaco12 starts+4
Struggles
Zandvoort9 starts-79
Watkins Glen International9 starts-20
Silverstone5 starts-12
Nürburgring9 starts-12
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
1970▸Formula 1McLaren-Ford301206P12−976,385
1969▸Formula 1McLaren-Ford11033026P3+1226,483
1968▸Formula 1McLaren-Ford11134022P5+4586,360
1967▸Formula 1McLaren-BRM900703P10−4385,902
1966▸Formula 1McLaren-Ford500303P12−656,341
1965▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax10015010P8−2646,405
1964▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax10025013P6−2736,669
1963▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax10034017P6−2966,942
1962▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax9152032P2+2827,238
1961▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax8011011P6+1106,956
1960▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax8161037P2+5906,847
1959▸Formula 1Cooper-Climax7123017P6+2436,257
1958▸Formula 1Cooper200000P15+4,6646,014
Recent coverage
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Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times McLaren finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Graham Hill6,130101485348%
🇦🇺 Jack Brabham6,16396465048%
🇬🇧 John Surtees5,95885434251%
🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier5,61481522964%
🇺🇸 Dan Gurney5,94577324542%
🇨🇭 Jo Siffert6,13670333747%
🇬🇧 Jim Clark6,51866234335%
🇬🇧 Innes Ireland5,82354421278%
🇺🇸 Richie Ginther6,41351232845%
🇬🇧 Jackie Stewart6,66947143330%
🇬🇧 Mike HawthornHigher-rated, 1× champion6,50421150%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
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Global rank, 40,105 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
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140🇬🇧 Allan McNishWEC6,143
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142🇬🇧 Anthony DavidsonWEC6,136
143🇺🇸 Aric AlmirolaNASCAR Xfinity6,136
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150🇺🇸 Jim HallFormula 16,121
151🇺🇸 Sam HanksFormula 16,121
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Bruce McLaren was a professional racing driver who competed in Formula 1 between 1958 and 1970, driving for McLaren-Ford across a career of 103 starts. He was a New Zealand driver whose career spanned 13 seasons in the world championship; his rating of 6,143 places him in the established professional band, the level of drivers who form the consistent core of international racing at this era's highest tier.[1]

McLaren took four Grand Prix victories and 27 podiums across his 13 seasons. He was runner-up in the 1962 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship and finished 12th in the standings in 1970, his final season. He raced regularly against multiple world champions; Graham Hill and Jack Brabham, both triple champions, were his closest rivals in the field and they remained closely matched throughout his career. McLaren also outscored the multiple champions Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart across their meetings, beating Clark ten times and Stewart four times. His peers included amateurs through to graded professionals racing in the same world championship field.[2]

Beyond his Formula 1 record, McLaren won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with Chris Amon driving a Ford GT40 and took the Canadian-American Challenge Cup in 1967 and 1969, establishing himself as a competitor across multiple disciplines. He died on 2 June 1970.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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