Bruce McLaren vs Jack Brabham, 1959
Teammates at Cooper-Climax — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →
In the 1959 season, Bruce McLaren and Jack Brabham competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax across 7 races. Brabham outqualified McLaren in all 7 instances and finished ahead of him 3 times, while McLaren finished ahead once. Brabham earned 34 championship points and won 2 Grands Prix, compared to McLaren's 16.5 points and 1 victory.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.0–7Qualifyingof 7 compared
1–3Race finishesof 4 compared
Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.
1959 season
77
16.534
12
25
P1P1
9.62.4
3.52.3
32