As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Alfonso Thiele · Bruce McLaren
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
1
1 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
0
0 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
3
—
Best championship
P2
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1961
Career totals
Alfonso Thiele
Bruce McLaren
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
4
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
27
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
0
196.5
Starts
2
103
Rate-adjusted · per start
Alfonso Thiele
Bruce McLaren
Win rate
0%
3.9%
Podium rate
0%
26.2%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.0
1.9
Avg grid
P9.0
P8.4
Avg finish
P24.0
P8.7
Finish rate
50%
63.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Alfonso Thiele
Bruce McLaren
Mechanical retirements
1
34
Crash retirements
0
4
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1960
Debut season
1958
—
First win
1959 · aged 22
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
—
Best finish
P1
-3.0
Avg places gained
-0.3
Season points trajectory
Alfonso Thiele
Bruce McLaren
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Alfonso Thiele | Bruce McLaren |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Alfonso Thiele 0 · 0 · — 0 · 4 · P2 Bruce McLaren | ||
Team history
Alfonso Thiele
Cooper-Maserati 1960Cooper-Climax 1961
Bruce McLaren
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
19581970
Basis
Head-to-head counts races where both drivers were classified, compared by final position (post-penalty). Teammate section counts only seasons in the same car. Career totals mirror the source data. Data: Jolpica-F1 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).