As teammates — same car
Race finishesahead
Qualifyingahead
Tony Brooks · Bruce McLaren
Qualifying compares starting grid position, which covers every era — it includes any grid penalties.
Race H2H
8
—
16
24 shared
Qualifying H2H
15
—
9
24 shared
Championship record
0
World titles
0
1
Runner-up
1
2
Top-3 finishes
3
P2
Best championship
P2
Finished ahead in the standings:
1 · 2
1959
P2
1960
P2
1961
P8
Teammate battle by season
0
6
1960
Career totals
Tony Brooks
Bruce McLaren
Championships
0
0
Wins
5
4
Poles
4
0
Podiums
9
27
Fastest laps
0
0
Career points
71
196.5
Starts
39
103
Rate-adjusted · per start
Tony Brooks
Bruce McLaren
Win rate
12.8%
3.9%
Podium rate
23.1%
26.2%
Pole rate
10.3%
0%
Points / start
1.8
1.9
Avg grid
P6.3
P8.4
Avg finish
P11.0
P8.7
Finish rate
56.4%
63.1%
Rates reward peak form; totals reward longevity. Avg grid/finish: lower is better.
Why they retired
Tony Brooks
Bruce McLaren
Mechanical retirements
14
34
Crash retirements
3
4
Classified from the finishing status. Mechanical covers car failures, crash covers accidents, collisions and damage — fewer is better on both.
Milestones & racecraft
1956
Debut season
1958
1958 · aged 26
First win
1959 · aged 22
1957
First pole
—
—
First title
—
P1
Best finish
P1
-4.6
Avg places gained
-0.3
Season points trajectory
Tony Brooks
Bruce McLaren
Final points each season — scoring systems changed over the eras.
Track by track
| Circuit | Tony Brooks | Bruce McLaren |
|---|---|---|
| W · Pod · Best | W · Pod · Best | |
| W · Pod · Best W · Pod · Best | ||
| Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 1 · 1 · P1 | 1 · 5 · P1 |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 1 · 5 · P1 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Circuit de Monaco | 0 · 2 · P2 | 1 · 3 · P1 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 2 · P2 1 · 3 · P1 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 4 · P2 |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 4 · P2 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Nürburgring | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Reims-Gueux | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Sebring International Raceway | 0 · 1 · P3 | 1 · 1 · P1 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 1 · P3 1 · 1 · P1 Bruce McLaren | ||
| AVUS | 1 · 1 · P1 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Tony Brooks 1 · 1 · P1 0 · 0 · — Bruce McLaren | ||
| Watkins Glen | 0 · 1 · P3 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 1 · P3 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Aintree | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 2 · P3 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 2 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Silverstone Circuit | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Circuito da Boavista | 0 · 0 · P5 | 0 · 1 · P2 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P5 0 · 1 · P2 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Riverside International Raceway | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 1 · P3 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · — 0 · 1 · P3 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Circuit Park Zandvoort | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · P7 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · P7 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Ain Diab | 0 · 0 · — | 0 · 0 · P13 |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · — 0 · 0 · P13 Bruce McLaren | ||
| Monsanto Park Circuit | 0 · 0 · P9 | 0 · 0 · — |
| Tony Brooks 0 · 0 · P9 0 · 0 · — Bruce McLaren | ||
Team history
Tony Brooks
Bruce McLaren
Cooper 1958Cooper-Climax 1959–1965McLaren-Ford 1966McLaren-Serenissima 1966Eagle-Weslake 1967McLaren-BRM 1967McLaren 1968McLaren-Ford 1968–1970
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).