Bruce McLaren vs Masten Gregory, 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 Masten Gregory competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax over 5 races. McLaren outqualified Gregory in none of the races, while Gregory outqualified McLaren 5 times. McLaren finished ahead of Gregory once, achieving 1 Grand Prix win and 16.5 championship points, compared to Gregory's 0 wins and 10 points. Both drivers had 2 podium finishes and 3 races not finished.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
05Qualifyingof 5 compared
10Race finishesof 1 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
5
Races together
5
16.5
Points
10
1
Wins
0
2
Podiums
2
P1
Best finish
P2
9.6
Average grid
6.3
3.5
Average finish
4.0
3
Did not finish
3
Other seasons together:196519631962196119601958