Nationality: New Zealand
Date of Birth-Death: 18 June 1936 - 4 October 1992
Drivers championships:
1967
Grand Prix victories: 8
Races started: 112
Pole positions: 1
Teams:
McLaren 1968 - 1974,
Brabham 1965 - 1967
Denny Hulme career
Denny Hulme raced in Formula 1 for Brabham and McLaren. He won the drivers Championship in 1967 with Brabham in 1967. He also had two 3rd place finishes for McLaren in 1968 and 1972
Previous seasons
1974
Team: McLaren
Position: 7
Points: 21
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 He won the first race of his final season in F1 but by this stage of his career he was more concerned with safety than winning.
1973
Team: McLaren
Position: 6
Points: 26
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 1 In this season he took his only career F1 pole position in South Africa.
1972
Team: McLaren
Position: 3
Points: 39
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 This was a much better season with 7 podium finishes giving him 3rd in the championship.
1971
Team: McLaren
Position: 13
Points: 9
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This year was his worst season in F1.
1970
Team: McLaren
Position: 4
Points: 27
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Although he finished 4th in the championship, this was a difficult year as team founder Bruce McLaren died.
1969
Team: McLaren
Position: 6
Points:21
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 This was a more difficult season with only 1 win and 1 other podium finish
1968
Team: McLaren
Position: 3
Points: 33
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 0 His first season with McLaren brought him two race wins but only 3rd in the championship.
1967
Team: Brabham
Position: 1
Points: 51
Race wins: 2
Pole positions: 0 This was his championship winning season thanks to consistency and reliability from the Brabham. He had a total of 8 podium finishes during the season. He was the first New Zealander to win the F1 drivers championship.
1966
Team: Brabham
Position: 4
Points: 18
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was his first full season in F1 and he finished on the podium in all the races he completed.
1965
Team: Brabham
Position: 11
Points: 5
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He had two points scoring finishes in his first season racing in F1.
