Leslie Bruce McLaren , owazalwa ngo-August 30, 1937, washona esondweni le-Can-Am e-Goodwood, wayeneminyaka engu-32 kuphela ubudala. Washona esemncane, kodwa eminyakeni embalwa abenayo, waba nomthelela omkhulu kwezobunjiniyela nezemidlalo.
Ngaphezu kokuba umsunguli womkhiqizo onegama elifanayo, uBruce McLaren uphinde waba ngumshayeli weFormula 1 (iminyaka eminingi umshayeli omncane kunabo bonke owake wawina iGrand Prix), unjiniyela kanye nomsunguli welinye lamaqembu aphumelele kakhulu kuFormula. 1 Umqhudelwano Womhlaba 1. Kulungile… kuMcLaren.
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Uzalelwe eNew Zealand, phakathi kogandaganda, izinto ezisetshenziswa epulazini nezimoto ezingajwayelekile, uBruce McLaren washeshe wembula ithalente lemishini.
Kusukela ebuntwaneni, uBruce osemusha wabonisa isifiso sokusheshisa, ubunjiniyela kanye nesifiso esikhulu sokuhlala emaphethelweni - singasho ngisho, emaphethelweni e-razor. Ngisho nesifo samathambo esasimphatha esemncane sasingenakusinciphisa isidingo ayenaso sokunqoba imingcele ebekiwe.
Le nsizwa “eyisishosha”—yayinomlenze omfushane ongamasentimitha amabili ngenxa yalesi sifo—yashesha njengoba yayizimisele. Imiphumela yakhe emihle kakhulu ekuhlolweni kwesivinini sendawo yamyisa eNgilandi, futhi yilapho ahlangana khona nomuntu obaluleke kakhulu emsebenzini wakhe: uJack Brabham. Umshayeli wendiza naye owazalelwa emazweni omqhele waseBrithani, kude ne-Australia.
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Kwakuyisikhathi samagama amakhulu afana noJuan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Maurice Trintignant, Giuseppe Farina, Piero Taruffi, phakathi kwabanye abaningi. Ngo-1959 ithimba likaJohn Cooper laqasha uBruce McLaren. Eceleni kwakhe, njengabalingani beqembu, wayenoBrabham noMoss, osondonzima ababili beFormula 1, abanolwazi oluningi kunaye.
Futhi kwakuwumjaho obhekene nalezi zinganekwane lapho uBruce McLaren ewina khona ukunqoba kwakhe kokuqala kweFormula 1 eSebring Circuit, e-United States. Ngakho, umhlaba wafinyelela ekwazini umpetha omncane kunabo bonke we-Formula 1 Grand Prix. Uma uthi nhlá, kwakungekho lutho olungaqagela ukuthi loya mfana owayehamba ngendlela engafanele, enezwi lezwe elikude, eneminyaka engu-22 kuphela ubudala futhi kakade. abaqeqeshelwe ubunjiniyela bazokwazi ukuzuza unyawo kuFormula 1 colossi eminingi ukuze babe umshayeli omncane kunabo bonke ukunqoba i-Grand Prix. Okuphawulekayo.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi ubuhlakani bakhe badlulela ngale kwamathrekhi nokulawula izimoto ezazisatshwa kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, kwaba njengonjiniyela nosomabhizinisi lapho uBruce Mclaren azigqamisa khona, owasungulwa ngo-1963 iMcLaren Motor Racing Ltd, elinye lamaqembu aphumelela kakhulu emlandweni we i-Formula 1. UMcLaren ube yimpumelelo cishe kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo ku-F1 ngo-1966, waqeda emsamo wabakhi onyakeni wakhe wesithathu wokusebenza.
UBruce McLarenUkuphila akukalwa ngeminyaka kuphela, kodwa nasezinzuzweni.
Impilo egcwele impumelelo, enanela kuze kube namuhla ngefa lakhe, kodwa eyaba nomphumela odabukisayo ngo-1970, ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwemoto iCan-Am eGoodwood, ngoJuni 2, 1970.
Ukuphila okufushane, kodwa hhayi okuncane okuphilele lokho, ngokuphambene nalokho. Njengendlela, uBruce McLaren wenza wonke umzuzwana wempilo yakhe wabala.