 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 Prixkubva ipapo, M7A yechitatu yakatyairwa naDan Gurney uyo ane timu yeAnglo American Racers uyo Bruce McLaren akange atyaira mijaho mitatu muna 1967 akanga apererwa nemari dzemotokari 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. Akamhanyira makwikwi pakutanga kweUnited States Grand Prix asi pakupedzisira akasiya basa kuburikidza nekutenderera, kumira kwepombi kugadzirisa mitsara yebhureki yakakuvara uye kutadza kwegearbox kubuda shaft iyo yakamudzorera zvakare, panguva ino mukudonha. 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. 