Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mo te wa o te 1968 Formula One, i muri i nga tau e rua o te taraiwa i te urunga anake o te kapa, ko Bruce McLaren te hoa a Denny Hulme. Ko Hulme te toa o te ao me te kapa Brabham i te tau 1967 a i whakataetae mo McLaren i taua tau i Can-Am, he raupapa whakataetae motuka hakinakina Amerika ki te Raki. Mo te rauna tuatahi o te whakataetae ao 1968 <unk> te South African Grand Prix, i tu i te marama o Hanuere, e wha marama i mua o te rauna tuarua <unk> ko Hulme anake i whakataetae, ma te whakamahi i te M5A ki te whakaoti i te tuarima. Ko te whakataetae tuatahi o te M7A ko te Whakataetae o nga Toa i Brands Hatch, i whakahaerehia ki nga ture o te Momo Kotahi engari ehara i te waahanga o te toa o te ao. I reira, i wikitoria a McLaren mai i te turanga tuuturu i te wa e tuatoru ana a Hulme. Ko tetahi atu wikitoria i tae mai ki te BRDC International Trophy i Silverstone, i tenei wa ko Hulme te tuatahi me McLaren te tuarua. I te tīmatanga o te toa o te M7A i
I Paniora, ko Hulme te tuarua, ka mutu a McLaren, kātahi i Monaco ka hinga a McLaren, ko Hulme te tuarima me te whakamutunga. I te Belgian Grand Prix, ko ratou te tuarima me te tuaono i runga i te tīmatanga. I ārahi a Hulme, ā, i mau tonu i a ia tae noa ki te haurua o te poraka i taka i te rua hautoru o te huarahi. Ko McLaren te tuarua i muri i te Matra a Jackie Stewart engari me mutu a Stewart mo te wahie i te huringa whakamutunga, ka wikitoria a McLaren, ahakoa i whakapono ia i te tuatahi kua mutu ia i te tuarua. Koinei te wikitoria tuatahi o te kapa McLaren i te whakataetae o te ao, a ko Bruce McLaren te kaihauturu tuarua, whai muri i a Jack Brabham, i wikitoria i roto i te motuka e mau ana i to raatau ake ingoa; koinei hoki te wikitoria whakamutunga o tana umanga.