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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 .
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.
The newspaper headlines on Wednesday, June 3, 1970 simply stated that Bruce McLaren had been tragically killed the previous day while testing his new McLaren M8D Can-Am car at the Goodwood circuit in West Sussex.
Bruce Leslie McLaren was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1937 and was killed tragically whilst testing one of his cars at Goodwood Circuit, England in June 1970.
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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. From 1959 to 1965 McLaren drove for Charles Cooper, a British racing car.
TREMAYNE: The day the McLaren story began – and Bruce McLaren set a record that would last for over 40 years. News. New McLaren boss Stella sets out expectations for the MCL60 and teases ‘good developments in the pipeline’ Image Gallery. GALLERY: Take a closer look at McLaren’s new car and livery for the 2023 F1 season. News
Dec 12, 2023 · Sixty four years ago today the 1959 title was eventually wrapped up by Jack Brabham, in a US Grand Prix that was won by his fast-rising team mate – a young man called Bruce McLaren. And the irony was that the New Zealander wasn’t even meant to be in the race.
Bruce McLaren died from his injuries. His achievements, especially his contributions to the development of motorsports technology, will never die. Bruce McLaren was inducted into the Hall of Fame with the class of 1991. Learn more about his life, career, and achievements.
Jun 2, 2020 · McLaren have paid tribute to their founding father Bruce McLaren, lighting 50 candles at their Woking headquarters and unveiling a life-sized bronze statue of the New Zealander 50 years on from his death in 1970.
