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.
07Qualifyingof 7 compared
01Race 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
7
Races together
7
16.5
Points
25.5
1
Wins
2
2
Podiums
3
P1
Best finish
P1
9.6
Average grid
2.5
3.5
Average finish
1.3
3
Did not finish
5
Other seasons together:196119601958