 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Paive nekukunda katatu muna 1987 neMP43 naAlain Prost paGrand Prix yeBrazil, Belgium, uye Portugal. Stefan Johansson akawana nzvimbo shomanene dzepodiyamu, asi aizotsiviwa muna 1988 naAyrton Senna. McLaren achiri akakwanisa kupedza wechipiri zvachose, aine mapoinzi makumi manomwe nematanhatu, muConstructors Championship. Iyo MP4 3 yakamirira mugumo wekusimudzira kweMcLaren TAG-Porsche kudyidzana. Iyo injini yePorsche-TAG yakaratidza yakagadziridzwa Motronic 1.7 injini yekugadzirisa system, uye ikozvino inogadzirwa mumakwikwi ekugadzirisa uye kusvika pakukwanisa. 