RACING DRIVER

Bruce McLaren

1937 - 1970

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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. McLaren was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1960 with Cooper, and won four Grands Prix across 13 seasons. In endurance racing, McLaren won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966 with Ford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce McLaren has received more than 4,051,021 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Bruce McLaren is the 17th most popular racing driver (up from 21st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from New Zealand and the most popular New Zealander Racing Driver.

Bruce McLaren was a New Zealand race car driver and founder of the McLaren racing team. He is most famous for being the only driver to win the Formula One world championship with a car of his own design.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Bruce McLaren ranks 17 out of 1,080. Before him are Giuseppe Farina, Nelson Piquet, Carroll Shelby, Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt, and Gilles Villeneuve. After him are Ronnie Peterson, Helmut Marko, Keke Rosberg, Jacky Ickx, Mario Andretti, and Jim Clark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Bruce McLaren ranks 29. Before him are Robert Coleman Richardson, Egon Krenz, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and Gordon Banks. After him are Abu Nidal, Colin Powell, Alain Badiou, Karel Schwarzenberg, Bill Cosby, and Jared Diamond. Among people deceased in 1970, Bruce McLaren ranks 31. Before him are Eric Berne, Jochen Rindt, Andrey Yeryomenko, Napoleon Hill, Vladimir Propp, and Artem Mikoyan. After him are Heinrich Brüning, Frances Farmer, Bourvil, Arthur Adamov, John Dos Passos, and Władysław Anders.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Bruce McLaren ranks 5 out of 303. Before him are Ernest Rutherford (1871), Edmund Hillary (1919), Russell Crowe (1964), and Maurice Wilkins (1916). After him are Peter Jackson (1961), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Thomas Williams (1930), Helen Clark (1950), and Chris Amon (1943).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In New Zealand

Among racing drivers born in New Zealand, Bruce McLaren ranks 1. After him are Denny Hulme (1936), Chris Amon (1943), Howden Ganley (1941), John Nicholson (1941), Graham McRae (1940), Mike Thackwell (1961), Liam Lawson (2002), Brendon Hartley (1989), Tony Shelly (1937), Hayden Paddon (1987), and Mitch Evans (1994).

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