Bruce McLaren

Bruce McLaren (30 August 1937 to 2 June 1970) was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. Born in Auckland, he began competing as a teenager in a restored 1929 Austin 7 Ulster at local hillclimbs and club events, and in 1958 he travelled to Europe through the Driver to Europe programme, soon securing a place in the Cooper works team alongside Jack Brabham. He won four Grands Prix across 13 seasons and was runner-up in the 1960 Formula One World Drivers' Championship with Cooper. He also won the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans with Chris Amon in a Ford GT40 and took the Canadian-American Challenge Cup in 1967 and 1969. In 1963 he founded Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, whose team has since won ten World Constructors' Championships. He was killed on 2 June 1970 while testing the McLaren M8D at Goodwood, aged 32.