Thursday, 24 September 2020

Bruce Mclaren


This week and last week we have been researching famous people from New Zealand. For this we had to research 7 differnt famous people. For this we had to find out what they are famous for and some other facts about them. This one is Bruce McLaren and he was a race car driver who also designed cars.



Bruce McLaren

What are they famous for? What was their greatest achievement?

Bruce McLaren is a born Automobile racing driver who was the youngest to win an international Grand Prix Contest for formula 1 cars he was 22 at the time.




Were they well known for any other achievements?

He was also known for designing race cars




Write a short biography for them: (Full name, date of birth and death, where they were born, family etc)

Bruce Leslie Mclaren

30 august 1937- 2nd june 1970

He was 32 when he died

Pat Mclaren and Jan mclaren are his sisters

He died in a crash testing one of his designed cars



List 5 facts that you have learnt whilst reading the articles:


He was 32 when he was died


He has 2 sisters


He died driving a car he designed


He was 22 when he won a formula 1 car race


His middle name is Leslie

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