Bruce McLaren vs Jack Brabham, 1960

Teammates at Cooper-Climax — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1960 season, Bruce McLaren and Jack Brabham competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax across 8 races. Brabham outqualified McLaren in all 8 instances and finished ahead of him 4 times, while McLaren finished ahead once. Brabham secured 5 race wins and earned 43 championship points, compared to McLaren's 1 win and 37 points, with both drivers achieving a best finish of 1.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
08Qualifyingof 8 compared
14Race finishesof 5 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.

1960 season
8
Races together
8
37
Points
43
1
Wins
5
6
Podiums
5
P1
Best finish
P1
9.1
Average grid
2.8
2.4
Average finish
1.5
1
Did not finish
2