Bruce McLaren Founding Era
Founded by Bruce McLaren in 1963, the team entered Formula One in 1966 and won its first World Championship in 1974.
Bruce McLaren started Bruce McLaren Motor Racing in 1963. The team first entered Formula One in 1966.
Quick Facts
- First race
- 1966 Monaco Grand Prix (as constructor)
Lore & Background
Bruce McLaren founded the team in 1963. Teddy Mayer took over direction of the group following McLaren's death while testing a Can-am series car in 1970. Mayer subsequently led McLaren to their first World Constructors' Championship in 1974 with Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi, who also won the World Drivers' Championship that year.
Reader's Guide
The team's first F1 race win occurred in 1968 when Bruce McLaren won the non-championship Race of Champions at Brands Hatch driving a McLaren M7A Ford. Later that year the team scored its first Grand Prix win when Bruce McLaren took the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps. By the end of the season Denny Hulme had won two further Grands Prix—in Italy and Canada (the team's first 1-2 finish in a World Championship race). Emerson Fittipaldi won the F1 world championship in 1974, and McLaren also took their first constructor's title at the same time.
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