As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Bruce McLaren · Olivier Gendebien
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
8
—
4
12 shared
Qualifying H2H
5
—
5
10 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P6
Finished ahead in the standings:
3 · 0
1959
P6
1960
P2
1961
P8
Teammate battle by season
4
1
1960
Career totals
Bruce McLaren
Olivier Gendebien
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
27
2
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
18
Starts
103
16
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren
Olivier Gendebien
Win rate
3.9%
0%
Podium rate
26.2%
12.5%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.9
1.1
Avg grid
P8.4
P8.6
Avg finish
P8.7
P11.3
Finish rate
63.1%
81.2%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren
Olivier Gendebien
Mechanical retirements
34
2
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
1956
1959 · aged 22
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-0.3
Avg places gained
+0.1
Season points trajectory
Bruce McLaren
Olivier Gendebien
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Bruce McLaren | Olivier Gendebien |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Bruce McLaren 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · P5 |
| Bruce McLaren 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · P5 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P6 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P6 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · — Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P11 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P11 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 1 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · P7 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P12 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P12 Olivier Gendebien | ||
| Ain Diab | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · — Olivier Gendebien | ||
Team history
Bruce McLaren
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
Olivier Gendebien
19561970
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).