Bruce McLaren
Bruce McLaren
B Skill 51st
Elo

29.660

Number of Races

103

Number of Wins

4

Number of Podiums

27

Peak Elo

30.930

Time Spent Driving

59h21m35.32s


Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. His name lives on in the McLaren team which has been one of the most successful in Formula One championship history, winning a total of 8 World Constructors' Championships and 12 World Drivers' Championships. McLaren cars dominated CanAm sports car racing with 56 wins, a considerable number of them with him behind the wheel, between 1967 and 1972 (and five constructors' championships), and have won three Indianapolis 500 races, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 12 Hours of Sebring.

Early life

Born in Auckland, New Zealand, Bruce McLaren attended Meadowbank Primary School. As a nine-year-old, he was diagnosed with Perthes disease in his hip that left his left leg shorter than the right. His parents, Les and Ruth McLaren, owned a service station and workshop in Remuera Rd, Remuera, Auckland; Les McLaren had been a motorcycle racing enthusiast, but gave that up due to an injury before Bruce's birth, and began racing cars at the club level instead. Bruce spent all of his free hours hanging around the workshop and developed his passion during his formative years.

Career

Les McLaren restored an aging Austin 7 Ulster, which 14-year-old Bruce used in 1952 when he entered his first competition, a hillclimb. Two years later, he took part in his first real race and showed promise. He moved up from the Austin to a Ford 10 special and an Austin-Healey, then a Formula Two (F2) Cooper-Climax sports racing car.
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Recent Events

f1-1962 Race at Circuit De Spa-Francorchamps
17 Jun 62 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 16th of 26
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: -0.071
  • Car: Cooper-Climax-1962
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-1962 Race at Circuit De Monaco
03 Jun 62 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 1st of 24
  • Points: 9
  • Skill Change: 0.221
  • Car: Cooper-Climax-1962
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 2h46m29.7s
f1-1962 Race at Circuit Park Zandvoort
20 May 62 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 16th of 22
  • Points: 0
  • Skill Change: -0.105
  • Car: Cooper-Climax-1962
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 0s
f1-1961 Race at Watkins Glen
08 Oct 61 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 4th of 21
  • Points: 3
  • Skill Change: 0.086
  • Car: Cooper-Climax-1961
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 2h14m43.8s
f1-1961 Race at Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza
10 Sep 61 00:00 UTC
  • Position: 3rd of 30
  • Points: 4
  • Skill Change: 0.151
  • Car: Cooper-Climax-1961
  • Best Lap: 0s
  • Race Time: 2h5m41.4s