As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Bruce McLaren · Wolfgang Seidel
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
8
—
1
9 shared
Qualifying H2H
6
—
1
7 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
0
3
Top-3 finishes
0
P2
Best championship
—
Teammate battle by season
2
0
1958
Career totals
Bruce McLaren
Wolfgang Seidel
Championships
0
0
Wins
4
0
Poles
0
0
Podiums
27
0
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
196.5
0
Starts
103
12
Rate-adjusted · per start
Bruce McLaren
Wolfgang Seidel
Win rate
3.9%
0%
Podium rate
26.2%
0%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
1.9
0.0
Avg grid
P8.4
P21.0
Avg finish
P8.7
P19.4
Finish rate
63.1%
41.7%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Bruce McLaren
Wolfgang Seidel
Mechanical retirements
34
4
Crash retirements
4
1
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Retirements with an unclear cause: 0 · 2
Milestones & racecraft
1958
Debut season
1953
1959 · aged 22
First win
—
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P9
-0.3
Avg places gained
+2.7
Season points trajectory
Bruce McLaren
Wolfgang Seidel
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Bruce McLaren | Wolfgang Seidel |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 5 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Bruce McLaren 1 · 5 · P1 0 · 0 · — Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 4 · P2 | 0 · 0 · P9 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 4 · P2 0 · 0 · P9 Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 2 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P17 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 2 · P3 0 · 0 · P17 Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · P16 |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · P16 Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 0 · — Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P7 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 0 · P7 0 · 0 · — Wolfgang Seidel | ||
| Ain Diab | 0 · 0 · P13 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Bruce McLaren 0 · 0 · P13 0 · 0 · — Wolfgang Seidel | ||
Team history
Bruce McLaren
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
Wolfgang Seidel
19531970
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).