Bruce McLaren vs Stirling Moss, 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 Stirling Moss competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax, racing together in 7 events. Moss outqualified McLaren in all 7 races and finished ahead of him once. Moss secured 25.5 championship points and won 2 Grands Prix, while McLaren earned 16.5 points and won 1 race.
Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.0–7Qualifyingof 7 compared
0–1Race 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
77
16.525.5
12
23
P1P1
9.62.5
3.51.3
35