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The McLaren M23 was a Formula One racing car designed by Gordon Coppuck, with input from John Barnard, and built by the McLaren team. It was a development of the McLaren M16 Indianapolis 500 car. A Ford Cosworth DFV engine was used, which was prepared by specialist tuning company Nicholson-McLaren Engines.
Villeneuve made his debut at the 1977 British Grand Prix, where he qualified 9th in McLaren's old M23, separating the regular drivers Hunt and Jochen Mass who were driving newer M26s. In the race he set fifth fastest lap and finished 11th after being delayed for two laps by a faulty temperature gauge.
The team managed a best finish on the season of 9th at the 1976 Austrian Grand Prix. In the 1977 Formula One World Championship season the team briefly ran a March and then a new McLaren M23 for Lunger. The team matched its best finish to date, with a 9th place at the 1977 Dutch Grand Prix.
Marlboro Team Texaco McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: ARG 14: BRA 3: RSA 6: ESP 1 ‡ MON 6: BEL Ret: SWE Ret: NED Ret: FRA 3: GBR 7: GER Ret: AUT 4 ‡ ITA Ret: USA 3: 8th 20 1976: Marlboro Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: BRA 6: RSA 3: USW 5: ESP Ret: BEL 6: MON 5: SWE 11: FRA 15: GBR Ret: GER 3: AUT 7: ITA Ret: CAN 5 ...
Yardley Team McLaren McLaren M23 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: GER 3: AUT: Frank Williams Racing Cars Iso–Marlboro IR Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: USA 7: 1974: John Player Team Lotus Lotus 72E Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8: ARG Ret: BRA 3: MON Ret: SWE Ret: NED 11: FRA 5: GBR 3: GER 5: CAN 13: USA Ret: 10th 12 Lotus 76: RSA Ret: ESP Ret: BEL Ret: AUT Ret ...
James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979.Nicknamed "the Shunt", [a] Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren, and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons.
Lunger's Formula One career started alongside James Hunt in the Hesketh team, followed by a season with Surtees in 1976. For 1977, he started the season with a year-old March 761 run by Bob Sparshott and entered under the name of his sponsor, Chesterfield Racing, but switched to a McLaren M23 after three races.
Fittipaldi was a two-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion, in which he won the 1972 and 1974 seasons with Lotus and McLaren, respectively; he scored 14 Grand Prix victories across 11 seasons. In American open-wheel racing , Fittipaldi won the IndyCar World Series in 1989 with Patrick , and is a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 .