A Kiwi's Standard Bearer: The Story of Bruce McLaren
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2023
- In the late 1950s, packing up and moving from New Zealand to come to England must have been a massive undertaking. Multiple stops, loud and uncomfortable aircraft. It must have taken forever and we think it takes forever now
But there seems to be something in the water down there. New Zealand seems to produce a lot of great drivers. And it all started with a man from Auckland who started one of the longest running F1 teams, and became the one that a lot of other Kiwis follow.
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Goes without saying, Bruce did NOT write the lyrics to Pump up the Jam.
Although he DID write the first draft of what became Man! I Feel Like a Woman. It was originally titled "Man! I Feel Like a Sandwich"
You did an educate. 👍
Wouldn't be a hit in Bruce's day but in our modern times people identify as all sorts.
@@klutchcustoms2428he wasn’t identifying as one, he was just hungry.
@@AidanMillward I did try make a funny. Perhaps 'riffing ' on your play on the now very ambiguous phrase of " I feel like a..." Could mean anything. Perhaps I should stick to my spanners.
Guess you're the expert!
And now Shane friggin Van Gisberghen has won his first ever NASCAR race first try. And at the first time NASCAR races a street course. He has 100% winning percentage.
Button binning it shocked me... Especially as the conditions seemed to be his ideal weather
@@insertgenericusernamehere2402 I think he got hit from behind while he was trying to enter pit lane.
@@nickklavdianos5136 watching it live it didn't look like he did to me.
@@insertgenericusernamehere2402the replays on youtube he got smacked in the rear corner as he turned towards pit entry
From the perspective of someone who is deeply involved in motorcycle flat track (and in effect, oval racing) winning on a road course or TT doesn’t equate with winning on an oval.
Bruce Deny Chris, a golden age
Being a huge history nerd and a kiwi I look back at that time period in racing with great pride. To use cheesy words the little kiwi that could.
In showing my age, I lived through the entire era of McLaren when he was a driver, where it was a most depressing day when finding out of his death in 1970.
This presentation gave a nice overview without going into too much detail, which is something I prefer.
Sometimes when a presenter offers too much in the way of details, and a blatant error is made, it can sour the presentation experience when viewing.
So, this was nicely done!
Speaking of kiwis…might wanna do a video of Shane Van Gisbergen’s historic NASCAR win yesterday
aye
I didn't know he was doing that. The fact that he won does not surprise me in the slightest. I've watched him in a number of classes and he's pretty awesome.
SHANE VAN GISBERGEN DID WHAT !!!!! 😂😂
I support this as well.
SVG is the first driver in sixty years to win a NASCAR cup race on his first start (Johnny Rutherford, Daytona 1963). He's also the first road course "ringer" to win in fifty years (Mark Donohue, Riverside 1973). Also, the first Kiwi to win a Cup race
I recall reading a story about Le Mans in 1967 that involved McLaren. He and Mark Donohue were paired in a Ford Mk IV, and as you would expect of two of the best development drivers of the era, quickly came to grips with the setup on their car. While that was happening, Foyt and Gurney were embroiled in a dispute on setting up their car and its handling got steadily worse as testing sessions went along. After the last practice session, the Shelby American engineers quietly transferred the McLaren/Donohue suspension setup to the Gurney/Foyt car, not mentioning that to Gurney or Foyt. As they say, the rest is history.
The Bruce and Denny show was best of CanAm.
walsall lad here visiting Auckland right now. By chance airbnb i booked was right across from Bruce's grave. couldn't believe it. A great man what a legacy
What a fkn tribute mate, I've always loved McLaren and what their cars means for motorsport of all sorts, I would've liked if Bruce were still with us, but he did what he had to and to the best of his abilities before he left us, his cars have dominated every type of sport it has entered even to this day. Bruce has left us a long long time ago but I believe every team McLaren have in all their different categories of the sport they share the inventative and win-chasing spirit Bruce had 50 years ago... here's to another 50 years...
New Zealand, the Finland of the southern hemisphere.
Bruce is the reason why I'm a sad (for now) Papaya fan for life ⛳
Now, of course, SVG just won his first Nascar race. On his very first try. Why he hasn't gotten his own video yet, I'll never understand, with how good he is.
Hell, why the Tasman series still doesn't have its own video horrifies me.
When you think, only perhaps 3 individuals have had a greater impact on F1, Enzo Ferrari, Bernie Ecclestone and Colin Chapman
And Newey in the modern era
@@fqeagles21Bruce is certainly higher on than Newey.
Although a good shout, Newey doesn’t have a team of his name, operating at a scale unimaginable to the man himself
company netlfix and liberty media better or worst
I would put Frank Williams in this group also
The McLaren name became this huge entity in F1 due to one person in particular and it's not Bruce...
Ron Dennis.
I feel like this is pretty good timing because a kiwi won in nascar yesterday
Pump Up The Jam Cunk reference had me laughing til my eye balls leaked
Hello Aidan: I want to add to what you said about the difficulties of flying between NZ/Australia and Europe. Up until the advent of the 747 in 1970, long distance plane travel was so hideously expensive, it was beyond the reach of ordinary people. When the band, the original Seekers went from Australia to London in the 1960's they went by ship. Also, The Easybeats went to London by ship. A key member of The Easybeats was George Young, elder bother of Angus Young of AC/DC. Keep up the good work.
As a kiwi, thanks for the vid, always nice to learn more about the origins of this stuff
Not a road racer, but Burt Monroe is another great Kiwi.
John Britton belongs on that list too for his world beating bike and team. Plus in rally Rod Millen, Possum Bourne, Hayden Paddon....
Funny you mentioned Shane Van Gisbergen at the end. This past weekend (2 July 2023), in his very first NASCAR Cup Series start ... The Gis (pronounced Giz) as he is known in his native New Zealand and Australia, won the Chicago Street Race. The win makes him the first New Zealander to win a NASCAR Cup Series race.
Van Gisbergen has built up quite a resume and he's only 34.
New Zealand Formula Ford Champion in 2005-06
(V8) Supercars Champion in 2016, 2021 and 2022
Bathurst 1000 winner in 2020 and 2022
Bathurst 12 Hour winner in 2016
Bathurst 6 Hour winner in 2021
Blancpain GT Endurance Cup winner in 2016
New Zealand Grand Prix winner in 2021
34 isn't that young for a racing driver. Jackie Stewart was 34 when he retired. McLaren and Clark were both 32 when they were killed. Brabham was no spring chicken and he won his second World Championship at 34, Michael was winning his 7th World Championship at 34.
Makes me so proud to be a Kiwi 🇳🇿
Lets not forget about the LEGEND 👑 himself 'Sir Burt Munro' 🇳🇿💜🤍
A note on twin engine large jets. There is a certification that if one engine fails, the plane must make it to the closest suitable landing strip. This is called ETOPS , known to air craft people as Engines Turn Otherwise Passengers Swim. .. . .
And with ETOPS ratings now approaching the 5hr mark it means 90% of the earths surface can be covered by a twin. Making 4 engines largely redundant at this point.
Im a kiwi...thank you so very much for this video. Brought a tear to my eye. The respect you showed to the kiwi drivers you mentioned, does me proud...once again thank you.
And the amazing part is that McLaren was only 32 when he was killed. I wonder if the team would have had its post-M23 doldrums if he had lived.
I always thought of the McLaren color as Gulf Orange. Gulf Oil was a picked up as a team sponsor in 1967 and McLaren adopted the orange color then. Bruce was always keen on maintaining the team finances. During the Gold Leaf era, Lotus had "Racing for Britain" painted on the team transports. McLaren joked that he was thinking about painting "Racing for Money" on the McLaren transports.
3:54 Cunk approves and so do I.
A lot of comments on how SVG won in Chicago, and yet there was absolutely nothing about Ferrari winning Le Mans 1-2… 50something years after its last win and its first year back of competing
An interesting bit of trivia tying Bruce to Shane van Gisbergen.....A man by the name of Jim Stone was working for McLaren and was one of the first on the scene of Bruce's fatal accident. Years later Jim and his brother Ross formed Stone Brothers Racing competing in V8 Supercars. After winning championships with Marcos Ambrose and Russell Ingall, they signed a promising young driver by the name of Shane van Gisbergen. Shane collected his first win in Supercars with Stone Brothers and was with them up until they announced they would be selling the team.
Technically a 747 can do london to Sydney, but on max fuel and bare minimum weight, it had been done around 20 years ago.
Now until 2025, you can go non-stop London to Perth which is around 17hrs long
About 747: Quad jets can actually do nonstop, but even with A380 Qantas still do stopover at Changi for Heathrow-Sydney flight. I know this because the ill-fated Qantas flight 32 took off from Changi before its engine blew up above Batam, forcing them to return to Changi.
Also for the purpose of the long-distance JFK-SIN flight from Singapore Airlines, they need to use a special version of Airbus A350 called A350-900ULR where they expanded the fuel tank capacity by 24 tonnes, whilst also reducing the passenger capacity to 250pax for 2-class setups or 170pax for largely-business-class setups, instead of usual 317 seats. I saw one during my visit to Singapore for the 2022 race week. It looks amazing.
SVG!! Know your a fan of the V8 Supercars in Aussie, how about a story on Shane Van Gisbergen and leading up to his victory in Nascar this weekend. Absolute Legend 🙂
Aiden, you missed the perfect opportunity to put "The Papayoneer" in the thumbnail 😜
Excellent video again, thank you.
Quick note, from an old BBC 4 documentary on the bloke, the stand Bruce hit was meant to be demolished! The following week anyway...
Even in to 80s and early 90s it was so expensive that emigrating to oz was a one way deal. It was so expensive
Hey I like that reference to Enterprise @3:02
I've got faith!
Thanks for this. I requested it a couple of weeks ago. Don’t know if that’s why you made it but thanks anyway
Technically Timmy Mayer died in a badged Cooper but the car had been designed and engineered by McLaren. It happened in practice for the 1964 Tasman series race at Longford in Tasmania, Australia. Should you go there call in at the Longford Hotel (it is on the corner of what was the race circuit) and there is a memorial to Mayer's death as well as memorabilia of the Longford circuit now long gone (1968).
Excelent video
Aww, can't forget SuperGT and Super Formula Champion, and FE driver Nick Cassidy, and another legendary kiwi named Bruce...Bruce Anstey the Isle of Man TT and road racing master. I could go on with dirt track, hill climb, jet boating whatever. If it has a motor, well race it. Motorsports is our 3rd national sport! 🥝🇳🇿🏁
It's like two days or something but was six weeks by boat before that
🥰Love when I get the notification that Aidan posted a video BLOWS MY MIND HES LESS THEN 100K SUBS!
Finland is similar to NZ when it comes to motor racing and having a small population. Many World champions and World class competitors in F1, WRC, motocross, etc. But nothing like Bruce McLaren who built cars...
1969 John Surtees formed an F1 team with his name!
Jack Brabham beat that by 7 years. And won a World Championship in his own car, while the Surtees F1 team never won a race.
8:58 "Bruce must have put something in the water when he left" you say....... I know -> Papaya Juice
1:12 Wow Felipe is older than I thought.
5:23 is that true papaya? Maybe it’s just the pic being a bit overbright. It seems a lot fresher, more tangerine, than what they use now. I like it better actually, but that’s just my taste
Technically tyrell is still around except they are now the mercedes f1 team we have now....only ferarri and mclaren remains as the f1 giants that rose from the 50's or 60's
Although the team went through the digestive tracts of BAR, Honda and Brawn first.
@@jimiverson3085 yup thats right
New Zealand is Australia's Scotland - the people from there overperform (and good on 'em, long may it continue!). I also find it interesting that the two new F1 teams of 1966, McLaren and Eagle, ended up dividing up the Indy 500 between them for most of the 1970s.
Dan Gurney and Bruce McLaren, Two of the most brilliantly gifted designers in racing history! There's essentially nothing that the two of these men didn't build and win with!
Peter "Possum" Bourne !! .... no mention of him ??
Great Rally Driver destined for greater things who was unfortunately taken too early . RiP.
Haddon Paddon too
@scottnz411 , has he proven himself though with the big boys ?? 🤔
@@michaelb6729 he won a round of the world championship, something possum never did,
@scottnz411 true, but Possum's achievements is typical Kiwi punching above their weight category. Multiple ARC and Asia-Pacific champion, Race to the Clouds, notable WRC rounds in GrpN/A spec cars, .... he was taken too early.
i do wonder what he would think of his company now days whether he would be proud or unsure
Add A.J. Foyt to the list of all rounders.
I would TOTALLY WATCH Cunk On Formula1
Kiwis....the quiet acheivers.
Just like IndyCar 5 times champion and a sure HOF inductee. "The Ice Man" Scott Dixon!
@@timford3599 i remember watching him in the go carts back in the early days
Miss the long form story time videos
The shorter ones are better for the detail I think. Plus you get more of them.
Little star trek enterprise reference there
Alastair Caldwell says Bruce just ordered 'orange' paint. Not papaya.
People worship Ferrari like a cult. They forget how integral McLaren is to the sport.
nobody beats Vangizz
Nice one Aidan!
Did you catch Roger Donaldson's film on McLaren back in 2017? ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_(film) )
Van Gisbergen video when?????
Scott Dixon has 6 titles in indycar
Pretty sure that wasn’t Massa.
Lets hope that both McLaren and Williams can be successful again its a shame Stroll didn't buy Williams instead of Racing point ( He probably tried but they mite of wanted too much $$$ ? )
More likely he would have wanted major changes, or his name on the door. He couldn't get away with that with a manufacturer team. Besides, I think that Williams might have not wanted the team to go to another single owner due to what happened to them. But that's all just opinion.
@y_fam_goeglydl iterally why it took so long for Williams to be sold 2019 was the last straw for Williams as an fully independent tea. Imagine if BMW had gotten what they wanted
you left Juan Pablo Montoya off your all arounder's list, smh
The list did say it was incomplete…
@@AidanMillward it certainly was😊
@@AidanMillward Some people can't read but only bitch..
McLaren, McQueen, McDonald’s…
Hear me out now okay. The world is broken. We are just a short time removed from a era where a man. Could go, to his state and propose moving to a different country and becoming a racing driver. And they payed for that! Imagine asking ur government for anything now… Jesus Christ 80% of unemployed Americans didn’t actually get unemployment during covid so what would make anything think of asking them for anything now? Again I repeat the world is broken and I’m going to genuinely watch CZcams and work my self to death. No need to continue my blood line any further we’ve seen enough.
Calling nz down under? Blasphemy.
NZ and Aus have always been described as down under, being at the bottom of the world ( livable country wise)
OMG THE JAYS SHIRT, TIMS MUG AND NOW A @LinusTechTips CALL OUT! Honourary Canadian Status Granted