Bruce McLaren

New Zealander · 1958–1970
VS

Jack Fairman

British · 1953–1961
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
3
1
Qualifyingahead
3
1
Bruce McLaren · Jack Fairman
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
5 1
6 shared
Qualifying H2H
5 1
6 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P10
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1958
1
0
1959
1
0
1960
1
0
1961
Career totals
Bruce McLaren Jack Fairman
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
27
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
5
Starts
103
13
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren Jack Fairman
Win rate
3.9%
0%
Podium rate
26.2%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.9
0.4
Avg grid
P8.4
P18.5
Avg finish
P8.7
P16.6
Finish rate
63.1%
38.5%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren Jack Fairman
Mechanical retirements
34
7
Crash retirements
4
0
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
1953
1959 · aged 22
First win
First pole
First title
P1
Best finish
P4
-0.3
Avg places gained
+1.9
Season points trajectory
1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968
Bruce McLaren Jack Fairman
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Bruce McLaren Jack Fairman
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Bruce McLaren 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P5 Jack Fairman
Aintree 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Bruce McLaren 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · — Jack Fairman
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P4 Jack Fairman
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8
Bruce McLaren 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P8 Jack Fairman
Team history
Bruce McLaren
COO
MCL
Jack Fairman
HWM 1953Connaught 1953Connaught 1955–1956BRM 1957Cooper 1958Connaught 1958Cooper-Climax 1959Cooper-Maserati 1959Cooper-Climax 1960–1961Ferguson 1961
19531970
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).