Bruce McLaren
New Zealander · 1958–1970
VS

Jack Brabham
Australian · 1955–1970
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
12
13
Qualifyingahead
3
22
Bruce McLaren · Jack Brabham
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
46 — 50
96 shared
Qualifying H2H
30 — 64
94 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
3
1
Runner-up
1
3
Top-3 finishes
4
P2
Best championship
P1
Finished ahead in the standings: 7 · 5
1959 P1 1960 P1 1961 P8 1962 P3 1963 P6 1964 P7 1965 P9 1966 P1 1967 P2 1968 P5 1969 P3 1970 P6
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1958
3
4
1959
3
5
1960
5
3
1961
Career totals
Bruce McLaren Jack Brabham
Championships
0
3
Wins
4
14
Poles
0
13
Podiums
27
31
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
261
Starts
103
128
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren Jack Brabham
Win rate
3.9%
10.9%
Podium rate
26.2%
24.2%
Pole rate
0%
10.2%
Points / start
1.9
2.0
Avg grid
P8.4
P7.4
Avg finish
P8.7
P9.2
Finish rate
63.1%
58.6%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren Jack Brabham
Mechanical retirements
34
44
Crash retirements
4
8
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both. Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 1
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1955
1959 · aged 22
First win
1959 · aged 33
—
First pole
1959
—
First title
1959 · aged 33
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.3
Avg places gained
-1.8
Season points trajectory
1955 1957 1959 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969
Bruce McLaren Jack Brabham
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Bruce McLaren Jack Brabham
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 5 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 3 · P1 1 · 2 · P1
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P7 2 · 4 · P1
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P3 2 · 3 · P1
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 2 · P1
Aintree 0 · 2 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P6 1 · 2 · P1
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 2 · P1
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 1 · P2 1 · 1 · P1
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P5 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · —
Sebring International Raceway 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P4
Le Mans 0 · 0 · — 1 · 1 · P1
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 2 · P2
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 4 · P2
Watkins Glen 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Prince George Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P4
Jarama 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Charade Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P3
Circuit Mont-Tremblant 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Riverside International Raceway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Montjuïc 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P11
AVUS 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Monsanto Park Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Zeltweg 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P9
Team history
Bruce McLaren
COO
MCL
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
Jack Brabham
COO
COO
BRA
BRA
Cooper 1955Maserati 1956Cooper 1957–1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1961Lotus-Climax 1962Brabham 1962Lotus-Climax 1963Brabham 1963Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Brabham-Repco 1966–1968Brabham-Ford 1969Brabham 1970
19551970
Bruce McLaren → Jack Brabham → Compare others
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).