Bruce McLaren
New Zealander · 1958–1970
VS

Tony Maggs
South African · 1961–1965
As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
12
7
Qualifyingahead
16
3
Bruce McLaren · Tony Maggs
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
17 — 10
27 shared
Qualifying H2H
22 — 3
25 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
P7
Finished ahead in the standings: 3 · 0
1962 P3 1963 P6 1964 P7
Teammate battle by season
6
3
1962
6
4
1963
Career totals
Bruce McLaren Tony Maggs
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
27
3
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
26
Starts
103
27
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren Tony Maggs
Win rate
3.9%
0%
Podium rate
26.2%
11.1%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.9
1.0
Avg grid
P8.4
P13.0
Avg finish
P8.7
P9.9
Finish rate
63.1%
74.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren Tony Maggs
Mechanical retirements
34
7
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
1961
1959 · aged 22
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P2
-0.3
Avg places gained
+3.9
Season points trajectory
1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970
Bruce McLaren Tony Maggs
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
Circuit Bruce McLaren Tony Maggs
W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · P7
Circuit de Monaco 1 · 3 · P1 0 · 0 · P5
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P6
Prince George Circuit 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 1 · P3
Reims-Gueux 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P2
Aintree 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Nürburgring 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P6
Watkins Glen 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P7
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez 0 · 1 · P2 0 · 0 · —
Silverstone Circuit 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P9
Rouen-Les-Essarts 0 · 0 · P4 0 · 1 · P2
Circuit Park Zandvoort 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · P5
Brands Hatch 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 0 · —
Zeltweg 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
Tony Maggs
COO
Lotus-Climax 1961Cooper-Climax 1962–1963BRM 1964Lotus-BRM 1965
19581970
Bruce McLaren → Tony Maggs → 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).