As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Bruce McLaren · John Taylor
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
1
—
1
2 shared
Qualifying H2H
2
—
0
2 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P20
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 0
1966
P16
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1964
Career totals
Bruce McLaren
John Taylor
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
27
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
1
Starts
103
5
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren
John Taylor
Win rate
3.9%
0%
Podium rate
26.2%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.9
0.2
Avg grid
P8.4
P18.6
Avg finish
P8.7
P10.8
Finish rate
63.1%
80%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren
John Taylor
Mechanical retirements
34
0
Crash retirements
4
1
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
1964
1959 · aged 22
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P6
-0.3
Avg places gained
+7.8
Season points trajectory
Bruce McLaren
John Taylor
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Bruce McLaren | John Taylor |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — John Taylor | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6 John Taylor | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P8 John Taylor | ||
| Brands Hatch | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 0 · P8 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · P8 John Taylor | ||
Team history
Bruce McLaren
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
John Taylor
Cooper-Climax 1964Brabham-BRM 1966
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).