<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - McLaren akavimba neM23 mumwaka wose wakasara uye mumakwikwi mashomanana okutanga a1977 kusvikira zvaonekwa zvakakodzera kuti M26 yaifanira kukwikwidza muchiedza chekushanda kwekutanga kwayo. Motokari yakagadzirwazve yakaita kutanga kwayo paSpanish Grand Prix, apo yakaratidza kuva yakasimba, kana isina kuita zvinoshamisa. James Hunt, uyo pakutanga akavenga motokari akazvipira kuti avandudze nhangemutange uye kuvimbika kweM26, uye mumwaka wose motokari yacho yakavandudza zvinoshamisa. Hunt akahwina katatu mumwaka, uye akawana mamwe mapoinzi maviri muhafu yepiri yemwaka. Kumwe kukunda kuviri kunobvira kwakarasika muAustria  <response>: uye Canada kupfurikidza nenyaya dzokuvimbika apo Hunt akanga achitungamirira nyore nyore. Pakupera kwemwaka, McLaren yakanga yawana mapoinzi 69 uye yakanga iri yechitatu mumakwikwi evagadziri. 