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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 .
- 1st ( 1966)
- 1959, 1961-1967
- 1 ( 1966)
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 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...
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 27, 2023 · The article recounts the stories of some former McLaren employees who worked for the team after Bruce McLaren was killed in a testing accident in 1970. They share how they honoured their leader and continued to race with passion and pride.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Bruce McLaren, a New Zealand-born driver, engineer and designer who founded the McLaren Group and won many races. Discover his legacy, his motto and his tragic death at Goodwood Circuit.
