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Bruce Leslie McLaren (30 August 1937 – 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand racing car designer, driver, engineer, and inventor. His name lives on in the McLaren team, which he founded, and is the second most successful in Formula One championship history, winning a total of 8 World Constructors' Championships and 12 World Drivers' Championships .
May 29, 2024 · Bruce McLaren was a New Zealand-born automobile racing driver, the youngest to win an international Grand Prix contest for Formula I cars (the U.S. race in 1959, when he was 22), also noted as a designer of racing vehicles.
Bruce’s death: Courage in the face of adversity
Jun 2, 2022 · Driver, designer, engineer, inventor. Bruce McLaren was all of these and more. But what links all four? Cars, of course. Throughout his short 32-year life, Bruce drove plenty and worked on just as many.
Jun 2, 2021 · Bruce didn't win a race, but he finished in the top five eight times, and earned third place in the world championship. He also won the CanAm title for a...
Jan 3, 2022 · Bruce McLaren’s contributions to racing in the 1960s helped to build the sport into what it is today. Because of Bruce, the name McLaren is still synonymous with brilliance more than 50 years...
Dec 21, 2023 · Blame the brutalities of racing: Carroll and Enzo were lucky enough to survive their stints as drivers and see their companies flourish; Bruce was tragically killed testing a Can-Am car in 1970, years before McLaren’s Formula 1 championships and decades before the launch of the F1 supercar.
Jun 2, 2015 · To mark the anniversary of the death of our founder, the remarkable and irreplaceable Bruce McLaren, who sadly lost his life in an accident at Goodwood 45 years ago on 2nd June 1970, we will republish poignant extracts from his 1964 autobiography, From The Cockpit.
Jun 2, 2020 · McLaren have paid tribute to their founding father Bruce McLaren, inviting his daughter Amanda to light 50 candles at their Woking headquarters as they unveiled a life-sized bronze statue of the New Zealander 50 years on from his death in 1970.
Mar 18, 2024 · How Bruce McLaren's death shaped more than just his F1 team. Last year, McLaren celebrated its 60th birthday, and Motorsport.com enjoyed a special track test. But there’s also a more personal,...
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