Bruce McLaren
New Zealander · 1958–1970
VS

Maurice Trintignant
French · 1950–1964
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
5
5
Qualifyingahead
2
8
Bruce McLaren · Maurice Trintignant
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
24 — 11
35 shared
Qualifying H2H
25 — 8
33 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P4
Finished ahead in the standings: 1 · 1
1959 P5 1964 P7
Teammate battle by season
1
1
1958
3
4
1959
1
0
1960
Career totals
Bruce McLaren Maurice Trintignant
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
2
Poles
0
0
Podiums
27
8
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
69
Starts
103
84
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren Maurice Trintignant
Win rate
3.9%
2.4%
Podium rate
26.2%
9.5%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.9
0.8
Avg grid
P8.4
P11.6
Avg finish
P8.7
P11.4
Finish rate
63.1%
52.4%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren Maurice Trintignant
Mechanical retirements
34
36
Crash retirements
4
4
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
1950
1959 · aged 22
First win
1955 · aged 37
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-0.3
Avg places gained
+0.5
Season points trajectory
1950 1953 1956 1959 1962 1965 1968
Bruce McLaren Maurice Trintignant
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Bruce McLaren Maurice Trintignant
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 3 · P1 2 · 3 · P1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3
Sebring International Raceway 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P2
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P5
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 2 · P3
Aintree 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P4
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P8
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P5
Watkins Glen 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · —
Circuito da Boavista 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P8
Riverside International Raceway 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P15
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P6
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 0 · P5
Ain Diab 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · —
AVUS 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Monsanto Park Circuit 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P4
Team history
Bruce McLaren
COO
MCL
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
Maurice Trintignant
SIM
Simca 1950–1952Gordini 1952–1953Ferrari 1954–1955Vanwall 1956Bugatti 1956Ferrari 1957Cooper 1958Maserati 1958BRM 1958Cooper-Climax 1959Aston Martin 1960Cooper-Climax 1960Cooper-Maserati 1960–1961Lotus-Climax 1962BRM 1963Lotus-Climax 1963Lola 1963BRM 1964
19501970
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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).