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Bruce McLaren
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New Zealand racecar driver, designer and team owner (1937-1970)
Key facts
- Born
- Bruce Leslie McLaren , ( 1937-08-30 ) 30 August 1937, Auckland , New Zealand
- Died
- 2 June 1970 (1970-06-02) (aged 32), Goodwood Circuit , Sussex , England
- Spouse
- Patricia Broad ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1961 )
- Nationality
- New Zealander
- Active years
- 1958 – 1970
- Teams
- Cooper (1958–1965), Eagle (1967), McLaren (1966–1970)
- Entries
- 104 (100 starts)
- Career points
- 188.5 (196.5)
- First entry
- 1958 German Grand Prix
- First win
- 1959 United States Grand Prix
- Last win
- 1968 Belgian Grand Prix
- Last entry
- 1970 Monaco Grand Prix
- Participating years span years
- 1959 , 1961 – 1967 , 1969
- Best finish
- 1st ( 1966 )
- Class wins
- 1 ( 1966 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leslie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Auckland
- Place of death
- Goodwood Circuit
- Educated at
- Auckland University of Technology
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Field of work
- Formula One race
- Sport
- motorcycle sport
- Official website
- www.bruce-mclaren.com/index.php
- Image
- McLarenBruce.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bruce McLaren
- date of birth
- 1937-08-30
- date of death
- 1970-06-02
- Commons gallery
- Bruce McLaren
- Commons Creator page
- Bruce McLaren
- cause of death
- traffic collision
- manner of death
- accidental death
- number of wins
- 4
- points for
- 196.5
- pole positions
- 0
- podium finishes
- 27
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 104
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Encyclopedic overview
Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer, and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. He won four Grands Prix across 13 seasons and was runner-up in the 1960 Formula One World Drivers' Championship with Cooper. He won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with Chris Amon in a Ford GT40 and won the Canadian-American Challenge Cup in 1967 and 1969.
In 1963, McLaren founded Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, winning the team's first Formula One race at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix. He became one of only three drivers, alongside Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney, to win a World Championship race in a car of their own construction. The team he founded has since won ten World Constructors' Championships and remains one of the most successful constructors in the history of the sport. McLaren was killed on 2 June 1970 while testing the McLaren M8D at Goodwood Circuit in Sussex , England. He was 32 years old.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bruce McLaren” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.