 Kuvandudzwa kwechimiro kwakauya paGran Prix yeItaly apo motokari dzakamhanya dzisina mapapiro uye Goodyear yakaunza matai avo matsva eG9. McLaren akakwanisa mumutsara wokutanga uye akatungamirira kutanga kusvikira adzikira panzvimbo yetsaona uye akabatwa naStewart, Hulme naJo Siffert muLotus. Kurwisana kwakatevera; McLaren akasiya basa nekudonha kwemafuta pakati pemugwagwa asi Hulme akaenderera mberi nekukunda. Kubva kuCanada Grand Prix zvichienda mberi, M7A yechitatu yakatungamirirwa naDan Gurney uyo Anglo American Racers team uyo Bruce McLaren akanga amhanya nokuda kwemakwikwi matatu muna 1967 akanga apedza mari yemotokari dzavo dzeEagle. Gurney akabva pamakwikwi aya nechikonzero chekupisa zvakanyanya muCanada, asi Hulme naMcLaren vakaramba vachibudirira nekupedza vari vechipiri nevekutanga, kunyange zvazvo vakwikwidzi vavo vaiva nesimba vakanga vabva pamakwikwi. Hulme akanga ava kutungamirira pamwe chete muDrivers Championship pakasara makwikwi maviri kuti apedziswe. Akamhanya zvine makwikwi pakutanga kweUnited States Grand Prixasi pakupedzisira akadzingwa basa nokurova, akamira kuti agadzirise mitsetse yemavhiri yakakuvadzwa uye kukundikana kwegasibhokisi raibudisa shaft rakamudzorera, nguva ino achipinda mutsaona. McLaren akanga ari wechitanhatu, Gurney wechina. Achienda kumakwikwi okupedzisira muMexico, Hulme akachengetedza mukana wokudzivirira zita rake. McLaren akapedza ari wechipiri ipapo, asi Hulme akawira kunze nekuda kwekuputsika kwekusimudza damper kubvumira Hill kuti akunde Drivers Championship. 