Kammala wannan magana: An haifi Bruce McLaren wanda ya kafa kamfanin McLaren Formula One a Auckland, New Zealand a shekarar 1937. McLaren ya koyi game da motoci da injiniya a tashar sabis na iyayensa da kuma bita a garinsu, Auckland, New Zealand. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 15, ya shiga cikin tseren tsaunuka na gida a cikin Austin 7 Ulster; lashe tserensa na farko a cikin motar. A cikin 1958, McLaren ya isa Burtaniya tare da shirin "Driver to Europe", wanda aka yi niyyar taimaka wa 'yan tseren Ostiraliya da New Zealand don yin gasa a Turai. Jagoransa, Jack Brabham ya gabatar da shi ga Cooper Cars, karamar kungiya da ke Surbiton, Surrey. Tare da fara aikinsa na Formula One a 1958, McLaren ya shiga kungiyar Formula One shekara guda bayan haka. A waccan shekarar, ya lashe gasar Grand Prix ta Amurka yana da shekaru 22, wanda hakan ya sa ya zama mafi karancin shekaru da ya lashe gasar Grand Prix har zuwa wannan ranar. Ya zauna tare da Cooper na tsawon shekaru bakwai, ya lashe wasu manyan kyaututtuka guda uku da sauran tsere, yana tuki don Jaguar da Aston Martin, &amp; lashe gasar
Sa'o'i 24 na Le Mans a shekarar 1966 tare da Ford.