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11th June 2007, 22:28 #1
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Bruce McLaren
I'm currently reading an excellent biography of Bruce McLaren, by Eoin Young, entitled "McLaren Memories". It has served to remind me what an excellent driver, engineer and team boss Bruce was.
It's hard to believe that Bruce was still in his late twenties when his team entered F1. Today's equivalent would be Mark Webber starting an F1 team from scratch!
As well as laying the foundations for the mega-success of the team in later years, Bruce also dominated Can-Am racing, along with Denny Hulme.
It's fascinating to speculate how things would have worked out had Bruce lived. He would have probably retired from driving around 1972, and concentrated on running the team. Would we have ever heard of a certain Ron Dennis? Possibly not.
Bruce McLaren - a fine driver and a good man.
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11th June 2007, 22:36 #2
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Originally Posted by futuretiger9
It's also worth remembering that McLaren International was formed when McLaren (then run by Teddy Mayer) merged with Ron Dennis's Project Four organisation.
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16th June 2007, 19:33 #3
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True, but if the McLaren entity had not existed in the first place, Ron would not have had the vehicle to realise his dreams.
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17th June 2007, 20:30 #4
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Before Ron's Project Four team linked up with McLaren they were looking to break into F1 themselves with John Barnard as designer IIRC.
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