Bruce McLaren
New Zealander · 1958–1970
VS

Jo Bonnier
Swedish · 1956–1971
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
6
Qualifyingahead
11
0
Bruce McLaren · Jo Bonnier
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
52 — 29
81 shared
Qualifying H2H
57 — 22
79 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P8
Finished ahead in the standings: 9 · 0
1959 P6 1960 P2 1961 P8 1962 P3 1963 P6 1964 P7 1966 P16 1967 P14 1968 P5
Teammate battle by season
5
5
1963
0
1
1964
Career totals
Bruce McLaren Jo Bonnier
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
1
Poles
0
1
Podiums
27
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
39
Starts
103
106
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren Jo Bonnier
Win rate
3.9%
0.9%
Podium rate
26.2%
0.9%
Pole rate
0%
0.9%
Points / start
1.9
0.4
Avg grid
P8.4
P12.1
Avg finish
P8.7
P11.7
Finish rate
63.1%
48.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren Jo Bonnier
Mechanical retirements
34
45
Crash retirements
4
3
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 · 7
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1956
1959 · aged 22
First win
1959 · aged 29
—
First pole
1959
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.3
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970
Bruce McLaren Jo Bonnier
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Bruce McLaren Jo Bonnier
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P7 1 · 1 · P1
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Aintree 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Watkins Glen 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Prince George Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Riverside International Raceway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Circuit Mont-Tremblant 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · —
Kyalami 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · —
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Charade Circuit 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · —
Mosport International Raceway 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 0 · P8
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · P4
AVUS 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P5
Monsanto Park Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · —
Zeltweg 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P6
Team history
Bruce McLaren
COO
MCL
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
Jo Bonnier
MAS
BRM
POR
COO
BRA
COO
Maserati 1956–1958BRM 1958–1960Porsche 1961–1962Cooper-Climax 1963–1964Brabham-BRM 1964Brabham-Climax 1964–1965Cooper-Maserati 1966Brabham-Climax 1966Cooper-Maserati 1967–1968Honda 1968McLaren-BRM 1968Lotus-Ford 1969McLaren-Ford 1970McLaren 1971
19561971
Bruce McLaren → Jo Bonnier → 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).