Denis Clive Hulme (18 June 1936 – 4 October 1992) was a New Zealand racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "the Bear", Hulme won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Brabham, becoming the only New Zealander to do so, and won eight Grands Prix across 10 seasons. He is the World Champion with the fewest pole positions in his career, with only 1 career pole at the 1973 South African Grand Prix.
Born and raised in the South Island, Hulme was the son of Clive Hulme, who was a World War II sniper. Hulme achieved eight race wins, one pole position, nine fastest laps and 33 podiums in Formula One. He also finished third in the overall standing in 1968 and 1972.
Hulme showed versatility by dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup (Can-Am) for Group 7 sports cars. As a member of the McLaren team that won five straight titles between 1967 and 1971, he won the individual Drivers' Championship twice and was runner-up on four other occasions. During the early part of his career, Hulme preferred to race bare foot as he believed that it gave him a better feel of the throttle. This changed in 1960 when he started competing in the more highly regulated European championships. Following his Formula One tenure with Brabham, Hulme raced for McLaren in multiple formats—Formula One, Can-Am, and at the Indianapolis 500. Hulme retired from Formula One at the end of the 1974 season but continued to race Australian Touring Cars.
Early racing career
Hulme was born on a tobacco farm belonging to his parents in Motueka in the South Island of New Zealand. His father Clive Hulme was awarded a Victoria Cross, as a sniper, while fighting in the Battle of Crete in 1941.
As the New Zealand press were ignoring Hulme, he hired a 2½ litre Cooper from Reg Parnell and entered it in the 1961 New Zealand Gold Star Championship. He won the title straight away. He appeared at Le Mans for the Abarth team, taking a class win in S850 the class (partnered by fellow New Zealander Angus Hyslop), before Ken Tyrrell invited the likable (but sometimes gruff) New Zealander to race in his Formula Junior and Formula Two team, in 1962, when Tony Maggs was unavailable due to his Formula One commitments.
Once there, basing himself in London, Hulme worked as a mechanic in Jack Brabham's garage in Chessington and began to pave his way on his motor-racing path. It was Brabham who gave him drives in his Brabham sportscars and single seaters. During the 1963 season, he won seven International Formula Junior and after some impressive performances there, it was his old boss Jack Brabham who gave Hulme the call and he joined the Australian legend's F2 team. In 1964, the pair set about dominating the Championship that year, resulting in a one–two finish in the FFSA Trophées de France series. The pair also finished one–two in the 1966 series. During this spell in F2 between 1964 and 1966, Hulme won three races in the series, plus two non-championship events (the 1964 Grote Prijs van Limborg and the 1965 Spring Trophy). Hulme was rewarded with some non-championship Formula One races.
Away from single seaters, Hulme also raced the occasional saloon car. In appalling conditions, on 6 July 1963, Hulme won his first major saloon car race. The second Motor-sponsored Six-Hour, a round of the European Touring Car Championship, saw the pre-race favourite, a 7-litre Ford Galaxie driven by Dan Gurney and Jack Brabham flounder in the wet and the Jaguars dominated the race. Hulme would win, partnered by Roy Salvadori, after the winners on the road were disqualified for engine irregularities.
Formula One career
1965–1967: With Brabham
After making numerous appearances in non-championship events for Brabham during the 1964 season, as the Brabham team had signed Dan Gurney to race alongside their boss, Hulme finally got the call he had been waiting for, making his World Championship debut in 1965 at Monaco. Later that year, he scored his first points, for fourth position at the daunting Clermont-Ferrand (Charade) circuit in France.
started promisingly. At Kyalami, he led dominantly but the rising-rate suspension system forced him out, after only a few laps. The McLaren team were in disarray. The season was even worse than 1970 results wise, as Hulme did not even make the podium, although he set the fastest laps in Canada and the United States that year but results were hard to come by. Hulme ended up ninth in the standings for 1971.
Hulme won the Swedish Grand Prix luckily, though he also set the fastest lap. The race seemed to be set up for a home victory for Ronnie Peterson, with his Lotus teammate, Emerson Fittipaldi in second, when the Lotuses hit trouble. Fittipaldi being slowed with gearbox issues, and then Peterson with a slow rear wheel puncture. As Hulme decided to run with harder tyres, he passed Peterson on the penultimate lap to win. Hulme expressed sadness to "have taken that away from Ronnie".
He and Revson had built up a strong friendship off the back of their F1 camaraderie they also competed together in the Can-Am series. When Revson left McLaren at the end of 1973 to join Shadow, Hulme would have been disappointed.
In his time at McLaren, Hulme won six Grand Prix's, but he was nearing the end of his time in F1, and his competitive urges were being blunted by a growing apprehension about the dangers of racing. After the Brazilian Grand Prix in which Hulme finished twelfth, these fears were well founded. When testing at Kyalami started, in March 1974, Peter Revson suffered a front suspension failure (broken front Ball Joint), veering head-on into the barriers. Hulme tried in vain to save his friend's life, but to no avail. After the accident Hulme announced that he would see out before retiring from Grand Prix racing. However, other than winning the Argentine event (he inherited the lead when his now teammate Fittipaldi inadvertently knocked-off the electrical "kill-switch" on his steering wheel, on the penultimate lap) and coming second in Austria, he did not make much of an impact on the season, and retired at the end of the year and stepped away from the sport and returned to New Zealand.
Can-Am (1966–1972)
In 1966, while driving for the Brabham team in Formula One, Hulme drove in the inaugural season of the Can-Am racing series of FIA Group 7 racing, driving the same Sid Taylor entered Lola T70 he had driven with success in UK Group 7 races that year, but achieving no success in the Can-Am races. In 1967, he joined the McLaren team of New Zealand countryman Bruce McLaren for the series, replacing Chris Amon who had gone to Ferrari. This partnership became so successful, the Americans called them the 'Bruce and Denny Show', such was their domination.
Tasman Series
Hulme finished third in the 1964 Tasman Series with one win and three podiums. He would later compete in 1967 and 1968, collecting a podium in each year.
British Sportscar Championship (1965–1969)
On weekends away from the Formula One, Hulme would sometimes race for Sid Taylor Racing in the British Sportscar Championship. During this time, he won a total of 12 races, mostly in a Lola T70, including three RAC Tourist Trophies, one of which was a round of the 1965 World Sportscar Championship.
After F1
After leaving the sport, Hulme led the GPDA (Grand Prix Drivers' Association) for a brief period, but the cut and thrust nature of the post was ill-suited to his gentlemanly nature and he did not fill the post for very long. He then retired to New Zealand, returning to touring cars to race occasionally in the Benson & Hedges 500 race at Pukekohe Park Raceway in the late 1970s first in Chrysler Chargers then later a Volkswagen Golf, partnering Stirling Moss on occasion for the 500 kilometre endurance format.
Hulme began racing regularly again in 1982 with amateur racer Ray Smith, building up a team with the Holden Commodore V8 capable of winning the New Zealand Production Car Series for Group A touring cars in 1983–84. Hulme also started racing in Australia, racing in the team of former European compatriot Frank Gardner's JPS Team BMW, which included second in class at the 1984 Bathurst 1000.
Hulme returned to Europe in 1986 racing in the European Touring Car Championship in a Tom Walkinshaw Racing prepared Rover Vitesse. That campaign culminated in a victory in the RAC Tourist Trophy, Hulme's fourth win in the event, 18 years after his third win. After that Hulme raced briefly for Bob Jane's Mercedes-Benz team before linking up with Larry Perkins in 1987, moving with Perkins in 1988 to the newly formed Holden Racing Team. It was with Holden, that Hulme would record his last visit to a podium, when he finished second, in the 1988 South Australia Cup. Hulme would later join Benson & Hedges Racing, another team run by Frank Gardner in 1990. In the meantime, Hulme was a keen enthusiast of truck racing, which became popular in New Zealand in the early 1990s running Scania trucks, returning to Europe to race in European Truck Championship.
Death
A favourite event of Hulme's was the Bathurst 1000, held at the Mount Panorama track in Australia. In the 1992 event he was driving a semi-works supported BMW M3 for Benson & Hedges Racing when, after complaining over the car-to-pits radio of blurred vision, originally thought to be because of the heavy rain, Hulme suffered a massive heart attack at the wheel whilst driving along the high-speed Conrod Straight. After veering into the wall on the left side of the track at about , he managed to bring the car to a relatively controlled stop sliding against the safety railing and concrete wall on the right side of the track. When marshals reached the scene, they found Hulme still strapped in. He was taken from the car straight to Bathurst Hospital where he was officially pronounced dead.
According to his sister Anita, Hulme's health began deteriorating after the death of his 21-year-old son, Martin Clive, on Christmas Day, 1988, at Lake Rotoiti in the Bay of Plenty. "He was so upset after Martin’s death", says Anita. "He used to go and sit in the cemetery. I know that he died of a broken heart".
Legacy
Several awards were named in Hulme's memory:
- The Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy awarded at the Targa Tasmania
- The NZ Motor Cup: Denny Hulme Memorial Trophy awarded during the Toyota Racing Series
Hulme was portrayed by Ben Collins in the 2019 film Ford v Ferrari.
Honours and awards
- 1967 – New Zealand Sportsman of the Year.
- 1993 – Inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
- 1994 – Inducted into the New Zealand Motorsports Wall of Fame.
- 1998 – Inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.
- 2002 – Inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.
Racing record
Career summary
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Season
! Series
! Position
! Car
! Team
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1960
| Campionato A.N.P.E.C./Auto Italiana d'Europe
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Envoy-Ford<br>Cooper-BMC T52
| Envoy Racing Team<br>New Zealand International Grand Prix Team
|-
| Formula 2 Drivers' & Constructors' Championship
| NC
| Cooper-Ford T45
| New Zealand International Grand Prix Team
|-
| B.R.S.C.C. John Davy Championship
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Cooper-Ford T56<br>Brabham-Ford BT2
| New Zealand Grand Prix Racing Team<br>Brabham Racing
|-
| B.A.R.C. Championship
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Brabham-Ford BT6
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| Championnat de France
| NC
| Brabham-Ford BT6
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| European Touring Car Challenge
| NC
| Jaguar 3.8 Mk II
| Tommy Atkins
|-
| British Saloon Car Championship
| NC
| Ford Galaxie
| Alan Brown Racing Ltd
|-
| rowspan=8|1964
| Grote Prijs van Limborg
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Brabham-Cosworth BT10
| Brabham Racing Developments
|-
| FFSA Trophées de France
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Brabham-Cosworth BT10
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| Tasman Cup Series
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| Brabham-Climax BT4
| Brabham Racing Organisation<br>Ecurie Vitesse
|-
| Autocar British Formula Two Championship
| 4th
| Brabham-Cosworth BT10
| Brabham Racing Developments
|-
| Australian Formula One Championship
| NC
| Brabham-Climax BT4
| Ecurie Vitesse
|-
| European Touring Car Challenge
| NC
| Ford Galaxie
| Alan Brown Racing Ltd
|-
| British Saloon Car Championship
| NC
| Ford Galaxie<br>Austin Mini Cooper S
| Alan Brown Racing Ltd<br>Don Moore
|-
| Deutsche Rundstrecken-Meisterschaft für Grand-Tourisme-Wagen
| 13th (overall)
1st in GT1.0 class
| Honda S600
| Jack Brabham
|-
| rowspan=4|1965
| Spring Trophy
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Brabham-Cosworth BT16
| Brabham Racing Developments
|-
| Trophées de France
| 8th
| Brabham-Cosworth BT16
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 11th
| Brabham-Climax BT7<br>Brabham-Climax BT11
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| British Sports Car Championship
| NC
| Brabham-Climax BT8
| Sidney Taylor Racing
|-
| rowspan=4|1966
| Trophées de France
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Brabham-Honda BT18
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 4th
| Brabham-Climax BT22<br>Brabham-Repco BT20
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| Canadian-American Challenge Cup
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| Brabham-Repco BT20<br>Brabham-Repco BT19<br>Brabham-Repco BT24
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| Canadian-American Challenge Cup
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| McLaren-Chevrolet M6A
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| Spring Cup
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| Brabham-Repco BT20
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| Tasman Cup Series
| 8th
| Brabham-Climax BT22<br>Brabham-Climax BT7A
| Brabham Racing Organisation
|-
| USAC National Championship
| 13th
| Eagle-Ford 67
| Yunick
|-
| British Sports Car Championship
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| McLaren-Chevrolet M8A
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| BRDC International Trophy
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| McLaren-Cosworth M7A
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| McLaren-BRM M5A<br>McLaren-Cosworth M7A
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| Tasman Cup Series
| 7th
| Brabham-Ford BT23
| Racing Team S.A.
|-
| USAC National Championship
| 24th
| Eagle-Ford 68
| All American Racers
|-
| British Sports Car Championship
| NC
| Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3 GT
| Sidney Taylor Racing
|-
| rowspan=4|1969
| Canadian-American Challenge Cup
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| McLaren-Chevrolet M8B
| McLaren Cars Ltd
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 6th
| McLaren-Cosworth M7A
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| USAC National Championship
| NC
| Eagle-Ford 69
| Olsonite
|-
| RAC British Sports Car Championship
| NC
| Lola-Chevrolet T70 Mk.3B GT
| Sidney Taylor Racing
|-
| rowspan=3|1970
| Canadian-American Challenge Cup
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| McLaren-Chevrolet M8D
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 4th
| McLaren-Cosworth M14A
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| USAC National Championship
| NC
| McLaren-Offenhauser M15
| McLaren Cars
|-
| rowspan=3|1971
| Canadian-American Challenge Cup
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| McLaren-Chevrolet M8F
| McLaren Cars
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 13th
| McLaren-Cosworth M19A
| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
|-
| USAC National Championship
| NC
| McLaren-Offenhauser M16A
| McLaren Cars
|-
| rowspan=3|1972
| International Gold Cup
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
| McLaren-Cosworth M19A
| Yardley Team McLaren
|-
| Canadian-American Challenge Cup
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
| McLaren-Chevrolet M20
| McLaren Cars
|-
| FIA Formula One World Championship
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
| McLaren-Cosworth M19A <br>McLaren-Cosworth M19C
| Yardley Team McLaren
|-
| 1973
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 6th
| McLaren-Cosworth M19C <br>McLaren-Cosworth M23
| Yardley Team McLaren
|-
| rowspan=2|1974
| FIA Formula One World Championship
| 7th
| McLaren-Cosworth M23 <br>McLaren-Cosworth M23B
| Marlboro Team McLaren
|-
| International Race of Champions
| 8th
| Porsche Carrera RSR
|
|-
| 1982
| Australian Endurance Championship
| NC
| BMW 635 CSi
| JPS Team BMW
|-
| 1984
| Australian Endurance Championship
| 77th
| BMW 635 CSi
| JPS Team BMW
|-
| 1985
| Australian Endurance Championship
| 39th
| Holden VK Commodore
| Ray Smith
|-
| rowspan=3|1986
| Australian Endurance Championship
| 35th
| Mercedes-Benz 190E
| Bob Jane T-Marts
|-
| European Touring Car Championship
| NC
| Rover Vitesse
| Tom Walkinshaw Racing
|-
| South Pacific Touring Car Championship
| 16th
| Mercedes-Benz 190E<br>BMW 325i
| Bob Jane T-Marts
|-
| rowspan=2|1987
| World Touring Car Championship
| NC
| Holden VK Commodore SS Group A<br>Holden VL Commodore SS Group A
| Perkins Engineering
|-
| Australian Touring Car Championship
| NC
| Ford Sierra XR4Ti
| John Andrew Motorsport
|-
| rowspan=2|1988
| South Australia Cup
| NC
| Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
| Perkins Engineering
|-
| 1990
| Australian Endurance Championship
| NC
| Ford Sierra RS500
| Tony Longhurst Racing
|-
| 1991
| Australian Endurance Championship
| 11th
| BMW M3 Evolution
| Tony Longhurst Racing
|}
Complete Formula One World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! WDC
! Points
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1965
!rowspan="2"| Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT7
! Climax V8
| RSA
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON<br />
| BEL
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="2"| 11th
!rowspan="2"| 5
|-
! Brabham BT11
! Climax V8
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br />
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED<br />
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
| USA
| MEX
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1966
!rowspan="2"| Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT22
! Climax L4
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="2"| 4th
!rowspan="2"| 18
|-
! Brabham BT20
! Repco V8
|
|
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MEX<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1967
!rowspan="3"| Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT20
! Repco V8
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NED<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
|rowspan="3" style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 51
|-
! Brabham BT19
! Repco V8
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Brabham BT24
! Repco V8
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MEX<br />
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1968
!rowspan="2"| Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M5A
! BRM V12
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 33
|-
! McLaren M7A
! Ford V8
|
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MEX<br />
|
|
|
|-
| 1969
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M7A
! Ford V8
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NED<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MEX<br />
|
|
|
|
! 6th
! 20
|-
| 1970
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M14A
! Ford V8
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON<br />
| BEL
| NED
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MEX<br />
|
|
! 4th
! 27
|-
| 1971
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M19A
! Ford V8
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NED<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| AUT<br />
| ITA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
|
|
|
|
! 13th
! 9
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1972
!rowspan="2"| Yardley Team McLaren
! McLaren M19A
! Ford V8
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ARG<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ESP<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 39
|-
! McLaren M19C
! Ford V8
|
|
|
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| USA<br />
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1973
!rowspan="2"| Yardley Team McLaren
! McLaren M19C
! Ford V8
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ARG<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRA<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
!rowspan="2"| 6th
!rowspan="2"| 26
|-
! McLaren M23
! Ford V8
|
|
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SWE<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GBR<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GER<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| AUT<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| USA<br />
|-
| 1974
! Marlboro Team Texaco
! McLaren M23B
! Ford V8
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ARG<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RSA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ESP<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BEL<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MON<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SWE<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NED<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| FRA<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| GBR<br />
| style="background:#000; color:#fff;"| <span style="color:white;">GER</span><br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| AUT<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ITA<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAN<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| USA<br />
! 7th
! 20
|-
!colspan="21"|
|}
Non-championship Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Entrant
! Chassis
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
|-
|rowspan=2| 1960
! Denis Hulme
! Cooper T45
! Climax FPF 1.5 L4
| GLV
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| INT<br />
| SIL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Yeoman Credit Racing Team
! Cooper T51
! Climax FPF 2.5 L4
|
|
|
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LOM<br />
| OUL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1963
! Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT3
! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8
| LOM
| GLV
| PAU
| IMO
| SYR
| AIN
| INT
| ROM
| SOL
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| KAN<br />
| MED
| AUT
| OUL
| RAN
|-
| 1964
! Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT10
! Ford 109E 1.5 L4
| DMT
| NWT
| SYR
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| AIN<br />
| INT
| SOL
| MED
| RAN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1965
!rowspan=2| Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT11
!rowspan=2| Climax FWMV 1.5 V8
| ROC
| SYR
| SMT
|style="background:#efcfff;"| INT<br>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Brabham BT7
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MED<br>
| RAN
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1966
!rowspan=2| Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT11
! Climax FWMV 1.5 V8
|style="background:#efcfff;"| RSA<br>
|style="background:#efcfff;"| SYR<br>
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT<br>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! Brabham BT20
! Repco 620 3.0 V8
|
|
|
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| OUL<br>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1967
! Brabham Racing Organisation
! Brabham BT20
! Repco 620 3.0 V8
|style="background:#efcfff;"| ROC<br>
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| SPR<br>
|style="background:#efcfff;"| INT<br>
| SYR
| OUL
| ESP
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1968
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M7A
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ROC<br>
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| INT<br>
| OUL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1969
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M7A
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ROC<br>
|style="background:#efcfff;"| INT<br>
| MAD
| OUL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1970
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M14A
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ROC<br>
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT<br>
| OUL
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1971
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M19A
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
| ARG
|style="background:#efcfff;"| ROC<br>
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| QUE<br>
| SPR
| INT
| RIN
| OUL
| VIC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2| 1972
!rowspan=2| Yardley Team McLaren
! McLaren M19A
!rowspan=2| Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| ROC<br>
| BRA
|
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| OUL<br>
| REP
| VIC
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! McLaren M19C
|
|
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| INT<br>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1973
! Yardley Team McLaren
! McLaren M23
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ROC<br />
|style="background:#efcfff;"| INT<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1974
! Marlboro Team Texaco
! McLaren M23B
! Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8
| PRE
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| ROC<br />
|style="background:#efcfff;"| INT<br />
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!colspan="18"|
|}
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
! Year
! Team
! Car
! Class
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
!
! Pts
! Class
|-
| 1962
! Cooper Car Co.
! Austin Mini Cooper S
! <span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:red;"></span>
| SNE
| GOO
| AIN
| SIL
| CRY
| AIN
| BRH
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OUL<br><small>ovr:?<br>cls:3</small>
|
|
|
! 26th
! 4
! 7th
|-
| 1963
! Alan Brown Racing Ltd
! Ford Galaxie
! <span style="padding:1px 4px; color:black; background-color:#00ff00;"></span>
| SNE
| OUL
| GOO
| AIN
| SIL
| CRY
|style="background:#FFFFFF;"| SIL<br><small>DNS</small>
| BRH
| BRH
| OUL
| SIL
! NC
! 0
! NC
|-
|rowspan=2| 1964
! Alan Brown Racing Ltd
! Ford Galaxie
! <span style="padding:1px 4px; color:black; background-color:#00ff00;"></span>
| SNE
| GOO
| OUL
| AIN
| SIL
| CRY
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRH<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|
|
|
!rowspan=2| NC
!rowspan=2| 0
! NC
|-
! Don Moore
! Austin Mini Cooper S
! <span style="padding:1px 4px; color:white; background-color:red;"></span>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OUL<br><small>Ret</small>
|
|
|
! NC
|-
!colspan="18"|
|}
Tasman Series
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Car
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! Rank
! Points
|-
| 1964
! Brabham BT4
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| LEV<br />
|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| PUK<br />
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| WIG<br />
|style="background:#efcfff;"| TER<br />
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SAN<br />
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WAR<br />
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| LAK<br />
| LON
!style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 3rd
!style="background:#ffdf9f;"| 23
|-
| 1967
! Brabham BT22
|style="background:#efcfff;"| PUK<br />
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| WIG<br />
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| LAK<br />
|style="background:#efcfff;"| WAR<br />
|style="background:#efcfff;"| SAN<br />
|style="background:#efcfff;"| LON<br />
|
|
! 8th
! 7
|-
| 1968
! Brabham BT23
| PUK
| LEV
|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| WIG<br />
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| TER<br />
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| SUR<br />
|style="background:#dfffdf;"| WAR<br />
|style="background:#cfcfff;"| SAN<br />
|style="background:#ffffff;"| LON<br />
! 7th
! 8
|-
!colspan="12"|
|}
Complete Canadian-American Challenge Cup results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Team
! Car
! Engine
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! Pos
! Pts
|-
| 1967
! Bruce Mclaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M6A
! Chevrolet
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ROA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRI<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOS<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LAG<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RIV<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LVG<br />
|
|
|
|
|
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 27
|-
| 1968
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M8A
! Chevrolet
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| ROA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EDM<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LAG<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LVG<br />
|
|
|
|
|
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 35
|-
| 1969
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M8B
! Chevrolet
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MOS<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MTR<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| WGL<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EDM<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOH<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ROA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRI<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LAG<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RIV<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS<br />
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 160
|-
| 1970
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M8D
! Chevrolet
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MOS<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MTR<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| WGL<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EDM<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOH<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BRA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LAG<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RIV<br />
|
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 132
|-
| 1971
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M8F
! Chevrolet
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOS<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MTR<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| WGL<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MOH<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROA<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRA<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| EDM<br />
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LAG<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| RIV<br />
|
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 132
|-
| 1972
! Bruce McLaren Motor Racing
! McLaren M20
! Chevrolet
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MOS<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL<br />
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| WGL<br />
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MOH<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ROA<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRA<br />
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| EDM<br />
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LAG<br />
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RIV<br />
|
|
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
!style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 65
|-
!colspan="17"|
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Joint fastest lap.
thumb|The 1967 Eagle raced by Hulme in the [[1967 Indianapolis 500]]
Indianapolis 500
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
|-
!1967
|69
|24
|163.376
|20
|4
|197
|0
|Flagged
|-
!1968
|42
|20
|164.189
|19
|4
|200
|0
|Running
|-
!1969
|42
|25
|165.092
|25
|18
|145
|0
|Clutch
|-
!1971
|85
|4
|174.910
|4
|17
|137
|0
|Valve
|-
|colspan=6|Totals
|679
|0
|
|-
!colspan="9"|
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Starts
|4
|-
!Poles
|0
|-
!Front row
|0
|-
!Wins
|0
|-
!Top 5
|2
|-
!Top 10
|2
|-
!Retired
|2
|}
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Team
! Co-drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|-
!
|align="left"| Abarth & Cie
|align="left"| Angus Hyslop
|align="left"| Fiat-Abarth 850 S
| S 850
| 263
| 14th
|style="background:#ffffbf;"| 1st
|-
!
|align="left"| Shelby-American Inc.
|align="left"| Ken Miles
|align="left"| Ford GT40 Mk.II
| P+5.0
| 360
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
|-
!
|align="left"| Holman & Moody
|align="left"| Lloyd Ruby
|align="left"| Ford GT40 Mk.IV
| P+5.0
| 86
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! colspan="8" |
|}
24 Hours of Daytona
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
! Year
! Team
! Co-drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|-
! 1966
|align="left"| Team Chamaco Collect
|align="left"| Victor Wilson
|align="left"| Ferrari 250LM
| P+2.0
| 53
| DNF
| DNF
|-
! 1967
|align="left"| Ford Motor Company (Holman & Moody)
|align="left"| Lloyd Ruby
|align="left"| Ford Mk IV
| P+2.0
| 299
| DNF
| DNF
|}
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
! Year
! Team
! Co-drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
!
!
|- align="center"
! 1982
|align="left"| JPS Team BMW
|align="left"| Stephen Brook
|align="left"| BMW 635 CSi
| A
| 41
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! 1984
|align="left"| JPS Team BMW
|align="left"| Leopold von Bayern
|align="left"| BMW 635 CSi
| Group A
| 148
| 15th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|- align="center"
! 1985
|align="left"| Auckland Coin & Bullion Exchange
|align="left"| Ray Smith
|align="left"| Holden VK Commodore
| C
| 146
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! 1986
|align="left"| Bob Jane T-Marts
|align="left"| Franz Klammer
|align="left"| Mercedes-Benz 190E
| B
| 157
| 9th
| style="background:#dfdfdf;"| 2nd
|- align="center"
! 1987
|align="left"| Enzed Team Perkins
|align="left"| Larry Perkins
|align="left"| Holden VK Commodore SS Group A
| 1
| 2
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! 1988
|align="left"| Holden Special Vehicles
|align="left"| Larry Perkins<br> Tom Walkinshaw
|align="left"| Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV
| A
| 137
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! 1989
|align="left"| Benson & Hedges Racing
|align="left"| Alan Jones<br> Tony Longhurst
|align="left"| Ford Sierra RS500
| A
| 158
| 5th
| 5th
|- align="center"
! 1990
|align="left"| Benson & Hedges Racing
|align="left"| Alan Jones
|align="left"| Ford Sierra RS500
| A
| 65
| DNF
| DNF
|- align="center"
! 1991
|align="left"| Benson & Hedges Racing
|align="left"| Peter Fitzgerald
|align="left"| BMW M3 Evolution
| 2
| 157
| 4th
| style="background:#fbffbf;"| 1st
|- align="center"
! 1992
|align="left"| Benson & Hedges Racing
|align="left"| Paul Morris
|align="left"| BMW M3 Evolution
| 2
| 32
| DNF
| DNF
|}
Notes
References
Further reading
- Eoin Young. Memories of the Bear: A Biography of Denny Hulme. J H Haynes & Co. Ltd. .
External links
- An Appreciation of Denny Hulme
- "Follow The Bear" – a personal memoir of Hulme
- Denny Hulme statistics
- Biographical article and video clip on The Speed Blog
- The Bruce McLaren Trust Official Website
- New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
- Trio At The Top – a documentary about Bruce McLaren, Denny Hulme and Chris Amon on NZ On Screen