Kammala wannan jumla: A kakar 1968 Formula One, bayan shekaru biyu na tuka tawagar ta shiga, Bruce McLaren ya kasance abokin Denny Hulme. Hulme ya kasance zakaran duniya tare da kungiyar Brabham a shekarar 1967 kuma ya yi tsere don McLaren a wannan shekarar a Can-Am, jerin tseren motar motsa jiki na Arewacin Amurka. Don zagaye na farko na gasar zakarun duniya ta 1968 <unk> Grand Prix na Afirka ta Kudu, wanda aka gudanar a watan Janairu, watanni hudu kafin zagaye na biyu <unk> Hulme ne kawai ya yi gasa, ta amfani da M5A don kammala na biyar. Gasar farko ta M7A ita ce Gasar Zakarun a Brands Hatch, ana gudanar da ita ga dokokin Formula One amma ba wani ɓangare na gasar zakarun duniya ba. A can, McLaren ya ci nasara daga matsayi na farko yayin da Hulme ya kasance na uku. Wani nasara ya zo a gasar cin kofin BRDC International Trophy a Silverstone, a wannan lokacin Hulme ya gama na farko kuma McLaren na biyu. A gasar zakarun M7A ta farko a
A Spain, Hulme ya kasance na biyu kuma McLaren ya yi ritaya, sannan a Monaco McLaren ya fadi kuma Hulme ya kasance na biyar da na karshe. A gasar Grand Prix ta Belgium, sun kasance na biyar da na shida a kan grid. Hulme ya jagoranci kuma ya riƙe shi har sai rabin shaft ya kasa kashi biyu bisa uku na hanyar shiga. McLaren ya kasance na biyu a bayan Matra na Jackie Stewart amma Stewart ya yi tsayawa don man fetur a zagaye na ƙarshe, yana ba McLaren nasara, kodayake da farko ya yi imanin cewa ya gama na biyu. Ya kasance nasarar farko ta kungiyar McLaren a gasar zakarun duniya kuma Bruce McLaren ya zama direba na biyu, bayan Jack Brabham, don cin nasara a cikin motar da ke dauke da sunan kansu; kuma ita ce nasara ta karshe a cikin aikinsa.