#Bruce McLaren

[christiangeistdorfer]

CONFUSIONS IN THE PITS - WHERE'S JACK?

At the 1959 UNITED STATE GRAND PRIX, team leader JOHN COOPER does a somersault as he sees his car pass the checkered flag, thinking it is his top driver JACK BRAHAM. However, confusion settles in upon realising that it is his other driver, BRUCE MCLAREN, who has won. Brabham was forced to retire 400m before the end due to running out of fuel and McLaren became the youngest winner of a Grand Prix, a record he held for 48 years until Lewis Hamilton won Canada 2007.

#THIS FUCKING TOOK ME OUT WHEN I WATCHED IT #LIKE I NEARLY CHOKED I THOUGHT IT WAS SO FUNNY #why don't team leaders just do this shit when their drivers wins now smh #anyway john cooper will forever be iconic from now on for this moment #follow me for more useless motorsport stories!! #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #1950s #jack brabham #bruce mclaren #john cooper

[velvetsainz]

2023 F1 TEAMS ⟶ 4/10 ⟶ McLAREN RACING

“[To find success in racing] the first essential is enthusiasm. Not just mild, but burning enthusiasm. To succeed in motor racing—or any other sport—it must be the most important thing in your life." — Bruce McLaren, founder of McLaren Racing + driver

#SHEEEEEE'S BAAAACK #TELL A FRIEND TO TELL A FRIEND #in which kay discovers that oscar is PINK #(ik it's the lighting in those pics but go w it) #mclaren #bruce mclaren #oscar piastri #lando norris #op81 #ln4 #landoscar #zak brown #dts #drive to survive #f1 #f1blr #formula 1 #formula one #f1 edit #formula one edit #vscpedit #formula 1 edit #f1edit #carlos sainz #cs55 #carlando #daniel ricciardo #dr3 #danny ric #dando

[nordschleifes]

tooned — all the drivers’ cameos

#mclaren #mclaren f1 #formula 1 #formula one #f1 #f1edit #classic f1 #bruce mclaren #lewis hamilton #sir lewis hamilton #jenson button #nyck de vries #mika hakkinen #sergio perez #sergio checo pérez #checo perez #emerson fittipaldi #james hunt #niki lauda #alain prost #ayrton senna #kimi raikkonen #kevin magnussen #fernando alonso #stoffel vandoorne #nordsgif

[oldtimeracing]

#racing #motorsport #formula 1 #bruce mclaren

[frenchcurious]

Bruce McLaren - Ford F3L/P68 - 6 heures de Brands Hatch 1968. - source Moto Vitelloni - Wheels n' wings

#bruce mclaren #ford #6 heures de brands hatch

[mensfactory]

Bruce’s unfinished masterpiece...

Titled ‘Bruce’s Unfinished Masterpiece’ in honour of Bruce McLaren, the founder of McLaren, the M6GT is the latest race car to be stripped bare in INK’s signature minimalistic aesthetic. INK’s commemoration of McLaren’s vision revives the lost history of a car that almost slipped into obscurity.

An homage to speed and form in the purest sense, the Plainbodies series takes historical race cars and peels away their classic liveries to reveal the practical beauty in the bodies underneath. Rendered in white, the McLaren M6GT is the latest to join a line-up that includes the Ferrari 250 GTO, Ferrari 330 P4, Ford GT40, Jaguar D-Type, Porsche 917 and Porsche 959, to name a few.

Bruce McLaren, pioneering race car driver, designer, and engineer, began to conceive of the M6GT in the late 1960s, imagining it as the fastest road car in existence. Bruce McLaren’s vision for the M6GT is the genesis for all McLaren road cars. Based on the latest race technology, the M6GT was superlight, blistering quick, confidence inspiring and safe, and continues to define the McLaren brand today.

In 1969, new manufacturing regulations required McLaren to build 50 identical models of the M6GT car, a requirement that McLaren could not meet at the time. This rule would ultimately doom the M6GT, leaving it confined to the pages of history as an unfinished masterpiece.

Unfortunately, just one year later in 1970, Bruce McLaren passed away and his vision for the M6GT died with him. His legacy lived on through a race-spec prototype, the OBH 500H, which continues to tell the story of McLaren's innovative ambition to race at Le Mans and deliver a road-legal supercar only a few years after the establishment of his company.

Photos © INK and McLaren Automotive

#art #design #sportcars #sportcar #supercars #supercar #hypercars #hypercar #bruce mclaren #mclaren #M6GT #maclarenM6GT #masterpiece #unfinished #luxurycars #luxurycar #INK #plainbodies #series #vintagecars #vintagecar #luxury cars #vintage cars #luxurylifestyle

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby

Pre-grid of the 1966 Le Mans 24-Hour race displays no fewer than eight  GT40 Mk II’s primed and prepared to defeat the then-dominant Ferraris, which had won the event nine previous times. Ken Miles’ #1 Ford Shelby GT40 (light blue) is in the foreground.

Ford CEO Henry Ford II and his wife stroll the Le Mans paddock lane before the official start of the 1966 24-Hours of Le Mans. History in the making minute-by-minute, with the seeds of controversy quietly brewing.

Ken Miles shown here leading the 1966 24-Hours of Le Mans in late race wet conditions. He did so definitively in varied conditions, overcoming repeated setbacks. Scorers and mechanics in his paddock report that he was one full lap ahead by the final hour of the race.

Driver Ken Miles (sunglasses) gives an assuring eye to Phil Remington, his legendary co-crew chief, before his final stint in the 1966 24-hours of Le Mans.

Bruce McLaren, shown here trailing Ken Miles on a rainy track in the ’66 Le Mans 24-hour race, is sadly no longer alive to describe his view of how events unfolded.

An historic moment captured. Three Ford GT40 Mk Il’s are orchestrated by Ford to cross the finish line in unison, with Bruce McLaren slightly ahead, notwithstanding that in the final hours of the race the car of Ken Miles/Denny Hulme was leading dominantly — yet obediently slowed in order to achieve the Ford competition director’s order that the three cars cross the finish-line together. With McLaren marginally in the lead, he was awarded the win that rages with controversy to this day.

#carroll shelby #ken miles #Ford GT40 Mk Il #car #cars #ford #ford gt40 #gt40 #bruce mclaren #Le Mans 24-hour race #le mans #racing #motorsport #24-hour race #Henry Ford II

[eliorosb3rg]

another favourite podium picture of mine i just think its so sweet

#classic f1 #jim clark #jackie stewart #bruce mclaren

[eliotheeangelis]

drivers meet on the grid before the 1967 race of champions, brands hatch

l-r: dan gurney, jack brabham, bruce mclaren, richie ginther, denny hulme, jochen rindt & graham hill

#i like the spectrum of footwear #on a scale of dan's sneakers to graham's chelsea boots #f1 #classic f1 #formula 1 #f1 1960s #dan gurney #jack brabham #bruce mclaren #richie ginther #denny hulme #jochen rindt #graham hill

[quarter-lif3crisis]

McLaren Racing

#mclaren #mclaren racing #f1 #formula one #formula 1 #oscar piastri #lando norris #daniel ricciardo #carlos sainz #lewis hamilton #jenson butto #bruce mclaren #it's race week #!!!

[retromania4ever]

1969 South African GP at Kyalami 🏁

PowerBruce

#Formula1_classic

#bruce mclaren #mclaren #ferrari formula 1

[christiangeistdorfer]

1960s F1 DRIVERS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS + THEIR SIGNATURE

#i thought this would be cute </3 #the signatures are from the iconic a-la-rascasse... we miss u laura !!! #ahh i gotta tag everyone right.... #well starting from the top #john surtees #jackie stewart #jim clark #bruce mclaren #denny hulme #jack brabham #who is looking hella fine... damn girl.... #jochen rindt #jo siffert #graham hill #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #1960s

[a-la-rascasse]

'Bird's eye view' photos of F1 cars at the Monaco Grand Prix.

#lorenzo bandini #bruce mclaren #jim clark #james hunt #gilles villeneuve #rene arnoux #alain prost #ayrton senna #michael schumacher #classic f1 #f1 #formula 1 #retro f1 #f1 1960s #f1 1970s #f1 1980s #f1 1990s

[charlielebrown]

flashback to the time i renamed these guys without having any knowledge of f1

(shit you not, i didn’t look at alain’s nationality when i named him FRANCE)

#f1 memes #vintage f1 #tooned 50 #mclaren tooned #bruce mclaren #emerson fittipaldi #alain prost #niki lauda #ayrton senna #martin brundle #mika hakkinen #david coulthard #bruh #i'm crying

[blackswaneuroparedux]

To do something well is so worthwhile that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy. It would be a waste of life to do nothing with one’s ability, for I feel that life is measured in achievement, not in years alone.

- Bruce McLaren

Almost like something out of a prophecy, the McLaren founder lived as he preached. He achieved 4 victories and 27 podiums in F1 and founded one of the most legendary teams in F1 history. He died at the age of 32 in a testing accident at Goodwood, but the legacy he left behind was enormous and continues with his F1 team and the supercars that bear his name.

Photo: Bruce McLaren, McLaren M14A Ford (yellow) and Mario Andretti, March 701 Ford (red) drive past the flame engulfed cars of Jacky Ickx and Jackie Oliver.

#mclaren #bruce mclaren #quote #grand prix #formula one #racing #F1 #racer #driver #sports #motorsports

[frenchcurious]

Jean Guichet & Lorenzo Bandini (Ferrari 330 P3) Ken Miles & Denny Hulme (Ford GT40 Mk II) Jean Vinatier & Mauro Bianchi (Alpine A210) et au loin les vainqueurs Bruce McLaren & Chris Amon (Ford GT40 Mk II) 24 Heures du Mans 1966. © Klemantaski / Getty. - source Carros e Pilotos.

#jean guichet #lorenzo bandini #ken miles #denny hulme #jean vinatier #mauro bianchi #bruce mclaren #chris amon #ferrari #ford #alpine renault #24 heures du mans