Bruce McLaren vs Maurice Trintignant, 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 Maurice Trintignant competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax, racing together in 7 events. McLaren outqualified Trintignant 2 times and finished ahead 3 times, while Trintignant outqualified McLaren 5 times and finished ahead once. McLaren secured 16.5 championship points and won 1 Grand Prix, while Trintignant earned 19 points without a win.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.2–5Qualifyingof 7 compared
3–1Race 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
16.519
10
22
P1P2
9.67.9
3.55.8
30