Bruce McLaren M7A Motor Racing was founded in 1963; Bruce McLaren M7A was a factory driver for the Cooper motor racing team which competed in Formula One, the highest level of international single-seater competition.
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18 Facts About McLaren M7A
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McLaren M7A bought five DFV engines at a cost of 7,500 pounds sterling each.
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McLaren M7A was an open-wheeled single-seater with a mid-mounted engine driving the rear wheels.
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McLaren M7A had a theory that sports racing cars' handling was superior to that of single-seaters because of the weight distribution of their fuel; the pannier tanks were an attempt to replicate this.
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The McLaren M7A team hoped that by being mounted well within the wheels, their discs would retain a more constant temperature.
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McLaren M7A had first experimented with wings on their 1965 M2A Formula One development car but didn't use them on the following season's racing car, the M2B.
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McLaren M7A was then second behind Jackie Stewart's Matra but Stewart had to make a pit stop for fuel on the final lap, giving McLaren M7A the win, although he initially believed he had finished second.
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At the Dutch Grand Prix McLaren M7A crashed out and Hulme retired with ignition failure.
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Gurney retired with overheating in Canada, but Hulme and McLaren M7A continued their success by finishing first and second respectively, albeit after their strongest challengers had all retired.
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McLaren M7A ran competitively towards the beginning of the United States Grand Prix but ultimately retired via a spin, pit stops to repair damaged brake lines and a gearbox output shaft failure which spun him again, this time into a crash.
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McLaren M7A finished second there, but Hulme crashed out because of a broken suspension damper allowing Hill to win the Drivers' Championship.
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At the South African Grand Prix Hulme scored a podium with the McLaren M7A; Bruce used the M7B version and the pair were joined by Basil van Rooyen in another McLaren M7A.
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In South Africa the works cars used rear wings mounted directly to the suspension on tall struts; at the Race of Champions Bruce McLaren M7A's M7B was fitted with a similarly strutted front wing in the practice session but it was not used in the race.
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Wings were then re-allowed, albeit not mounted on the suspension, and with teams searching for the best solution McLaren M7A initially opted for a "tea tray" rear wing and later a more conventional, low-mounted aerofoil.
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McLaren M7A was fourth, third and third at the French, British and German Grands Prix respectively, but in each Hulme, who qualified on the first row in France and Britain, was sidelined into retirement by mechanical failure.
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McLaren M7A raced it at four Grands Prix, retiring from three and finishing sixth in the Netherlands.
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McLaren M7A used it at five races and had a best result of 10th in the Italian Grand Prix.
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In 2005, a driveable, detailed replica of the McLaren M7A M7B was released as part of the free '69 Mod' for the pc-based racing simulation Grand Prix Legends.
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