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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. He founded McLaren in 1963, who have since won nine Formula One World Constructors' Championship titles and remain the only team to have completed the Triple Crown of Motorsport. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bruce McLaren is the 24th most popular racing driver (down from 17th 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 24 out of 1,080. Before him are Roland Ratzenberger, Jim Clark, Jacky Ickx, Ronnie Peterson, Jack Brabham, and Graham Hill. After him are Helmut Marko, Clay Regazzoni, Giacomo Agostini, Mario Andretti, Alfonso de Portago, and Carroll Shelby.

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Among people born in 1937, Bruce McLaren ranks 34. Before him are Egon Krenz, Mengistu Haile Mariam, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Rifaat al-Assad, Alain Badiou, and Colin Renfrew. After him are Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Robert Huber, Philip Glass, Gordon Banks, Jared Diamond, and David Hockney. Among people deceased in 1970, Bruce McLaren ranks 33. Before him are Napoleon Hill, Eric Berne, Artem Mikoyan, Vladimir Propp, Leslie Groves, and Hugh Dowding. After him are Italo Gariboldi, Frances Farmer, Władysław Anders, Andrey Yeryomenko, Francis Peyton Rous, and John Dos Passos.

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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), Alan MacDiarmid (1927), Katherine Mansfield (1888), Denny Hulme (1936), Rosé (1997), Anthony Wilding (1883), and William Phillips (1914).

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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), Liam Lawson (2002), Graham McRae (1940), Tony Shelly (1937), Mike Thackwell (1961), Brendon Hartley (1989), Mitch Evans (1994), and Hayden Paddon (1987).

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