Nationality: New Zealand
Date of Birth/Death: 30 August 1937 / 2 June 1970
Drivers championships: 0
Grand Prix victories: 4
Races started: 100
Pole positions: 0
Teams:
Cooper 1958 - 1965, McLaren 1966 - 1970
Bruce McLaren career
Bruce McLaren signed for the Cooper works team for the 1959 season and continued with them through to 1965 and acheived 3 race wins for the team. From 1966 through to 1970 to raced for his own McLaren team during which time he won one race for his own team.
Previous seasons
1970
Team: McLaren
Position: 14
Points: 6
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He only competed in the first 3 races of the season but finished 2nd in Spain.
1969
Team: McLaren
Position: 3
Points: 26
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was his best season in a McLaren car finishing 3rd with three podium finishes.
1968
Team: McLaren
Position: 5
Points: 22
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 Bruce McLaren won his only race in a McLaren car at Spa this season. He also had two further odium finishes.
1967
Team: McLaren
Position: 14
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He finished 2 races but failed to finish in 7 other races.
1966
Team: McLaren
Position: 16
Points: 3
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 Bruce McLaren only finished two races this season.
1965
Team: Cooper
Position: 9
Points: 10
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 In his final season with Cooper he had a best result of of 3rd in Spa.
1964
Team: Cooper
Position: 7
Points: 13
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He only finished half of the races this season but did have two 2nd places.
1963
Team: Cooper
Position: 6
Points: 17
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 He had a mixed season with four non-finishes and three podium finishes.
1962
Team: Cooper
Position: 3
Points: 27
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 He had a good consistent season with one race win and four other podium finishes.
1961
Team: Cooper
Position: 8
Points: 11
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This was less successful than his previous season with only one podium finish.
1960
Team: Cooper
Position: 2
Points: 34
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 This was his best season as a driver finishing runner up in the Drivers championship with one race win and five podium finishes.
1959
Team: Cooper
Position: 6
Points: 16.5
Race wins: 1
Pole positions: 0 This was an inconsistent season but he did take his first race win at Sebring in America.
1958
Team: Cooper
Position: NC
Points: 0
Race wins: 0
Pole positions: 0 This season he competed one race in Formula 1 and one in a Formula 2 specification car.
