Bruce McLaren

Bruce Leslie McLaren (August 30, 1937 – June 2, 1970) was a New Zealand race-car designer, driver, engineer and inventor. Between 1958 and 1970, McLaren was a Formula One driver who most notably founded the team, and scored four race wins. He was the first New Zealander race winner in Formula One history when he took the victory in the 1959 United States Grand Prix.
Aged 22 years, 104 days, he was the youngest Grand Prix winner for 43 yearsTroy Ruttman won the 1952 Indianapolis 500 at a younger age, but McLaren was recognised as the youngest winner of an official Grand Prix., until Fernando Alonso broke the record at the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is the current holder of the record, being 18 years, 228 days old when he won the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix.
McLaren spent the first eight years of his career at , before founding the McLaren team in 1966, driving for them from that point onward.
McLaren was the second Grand Prix winner in his own car after Jack Brabham. He died in June 1970 in a test crash at Goodwood Circuit.
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==Formula One Career==
==Formula One Statistical Overview==
===Formula One Record===
Year	Entrant 	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	0 	NC 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	16.5 	6th 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	34 (37) 	 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	11 	8th 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	27 (32) 	 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	17 	6th 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	13 	7th 	Report
 	Cooper Car Company 	 	10 	9th 	Report
 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	 	3 	16th 	Report
 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	 	3 	14th 	Report
 	Anglo American Racers 	 	3 	14th 	Report
 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	 	22 	5th 	Report
 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	 	26 	 	Report
 	Bruce McLaren Motor Racing	 	6 	14th 	Report
===Career Statistics===
===Race Wins===
Win Number	Grand Prix
1 	1959 United States Grand Prix
2 	1960 Argentine Grand Prix
3 	1962 Monaco Grand Prix
4 	1968 Belgian Grand Prix
===Career Results===
Note:
* * Ineligible for points as he was driving a Formula Two car.
==Notes==
==External links==
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Category:1958 Début Drivers
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Category:F1 drivers killed while racing
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Category:McLaren Racing
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