As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Bruce McLaren · John Love
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
4
—
1
5 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
0
5 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P11
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
1967
P11
Teammate battle by season
1
0
1962
1
0
1963
1
0
1965
Career totals
Bruce McLaren
John Love
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
27
1
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
6
Starts
103
9
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren
John Love
Win rate
3.9%
0%
Podium rate
26.2%
11.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.9
0.7
Avg grid
P8.4
P16.0
Avg finish
P8.7
P12.0
Finish rate
63.1%
66.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren
John Love
Mechanical retirements
34
3
Crash retirements
4
0
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1962
1959 · aged 22
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-0.3
Avg places gained
+4.0
Season points trajectory
Bruce McLaren
John Love
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Bruce McLaren | John Love |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Kyalami | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2 John Love | ||
| Prince George Circuit | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P8 John Love | ||
Team history
Bruce McLaren
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
John Love
Cooper-Climax 1962–1963Cooper-Climax 1965Cooper-Climax 1967Brabham-Repco 1968Lotus-Ford 1969Team Lotus 1970March-Ford 1971Surtees 1972
19581972
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).