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Remembering Bruce McLaren, the man, the driver and his legacy
Phillip van Osten
02/06/2025 at 12:1502/06/2025 at 12:07 It's an extraordinary measure of a man's life and of his contribution to his field of expertise when his surname instantly evokes so much. Bruce McLaren was not only the man who established F1's second most successful team, the Kiwi was also an outstanding driver - a winner in F1, Can-Am and at Le Mans - and one of motor sport's greatest engineering minds. The world of motorsport was in shock on this day in 1970, when Bruce was killed while testing McLaren's new M8D Can-Am car at Goodwood. He was just 32. Years before, McLaren had penned some thoughts on the untimely death of his Cooper teammate Timmy Mayer. They proved remarkably...
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