For a country with a population of just five million people, the amount of New Zealanders who have influenced motor racing is so high, it almost feels like working in motor racing is the default profession for anyone hailing from the island country in the Pacific Ocean.
Currently, both the Formula 1 drivers’ world championship and constructors’ world championship are heading to a team founded by a Kiwi, Bruce McLaren, and the list of New Zealanders who followed McLaren is a long and successful one; to pick just a few names: Phil Kerr and Howden Ganley (both of whom were at McLaren), Bill Stone at March, Allan McCall who went on to found the Tui racing concern, and Max Rutherford and John Bullock who worked with Ken Tyrrell.
