As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Derek Bell · Bruce McLaren
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
0
—
3
3 shared
Qualifying H2H
0
—
3
3 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
0
Runner-up
1
0
Top-3 finishes
3
P25
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
0 · 1
1970
P14
Teammate battle by season
0
1
1969
Career totals
Derek Bell
Bruce McLaren
Championships
0
0
Wins
0
4
Poles
0
0
Podiums
0
27
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
1
196.5
Starts
9
103
Rate-adjusted · per start
Derek Bell
Bruce McLaren
Win rate
0%
3.9%
Podium rate
0%
26.2%
Pole rate
0%
0%
Points / start
0.1
1.9
Avg grid
P18.7
P8.4
Avg finish
P18.2
P8.7
Finish rate
22.2%
63.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Derek Bell
Bruce McLaren
Mechanical retirements
7
34
Crash retirements
0
4
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1968
Debut season
1958
—
First win
1959 · aged 22
—
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P6
Best finish
P1
+0.4
Avg places gained
-0.3
Season points trajectory
Derek Bell
Bruce McLaren
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Derek Bell | Bruce McLaren |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 0 · 0 · — | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · — 1 · 5 · P1 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · — 0 · 4 · P2 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 0 · P6 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · P6 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Nürburgring | 0 · 0 · P11 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · P11 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Derek Bell 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
Team history
Derek Bell
Bruce McLaren
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
19581974
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).