Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Don 1969 McLaren, tare da daidaitaccen matukin jirgi, ya tsara sabon motar motsa jiki guda huɗu, M9A, amma yayin da aka shirya shi, ya ci gaba da tsohuwar motar. M9A ba ta yi nasara ba kuma ta bayyana sau ɗaya kawai, wanda Derek Bell ya tuka a Babban Prix na Burtaniya. A Gasar Grand Prix ta Afirka ta Kudu Hulme ya zira kwallaye tare da M7A; Bruce yayi amfani da sigar M7B kuma Basil van Rooyen ya shiga cikin su a wani M7A. A Afirka ta Kudu motocin da aka yi amfani da su suna amfani da fuka-fuki na baya wanda aka sanya kai tsaye zuwa dakatarwa a kan tsayi mai tsayi; a Race of Champions Bruce McLaren's M7B an sanye shi da irin wannan fuka-fuki na gaba a cikin zaman horo amma ba a yi amfani da shi a tseren ba. Hulme ya kasance na uku a Race of Champions sannan kuma a gasar cin kofin kasa da kasa Bruce McLaren ya canza zuwa nau'in M7C. McLaren ya cancanci 13th a grid a Grand Prix na Spain amma ya yi amfani da haɗari da lalacewar waɗanda ke gabansa don kammala na biyu. A cikin zaman gwaji a
Monaco, an kara manyan fuka-fuki na gaba a kan motocin amma kafin tseren CSI ya haramta fuka-fuki gaba daya. Wannan ya bar ƙungiyar don yin aiki tare da ƙaramin "ducktail" na baya, McLaren da Hulme suna tsere zuwa na biyar da na shida bi da bi. An sake ba da izinin fuka-fuki, kodayake ba a saka su a kan dakatarwa ba, kuma tare da ƙungiyoyi suna neman mafi kyawun mafita McLaren da farko sun zaɓi "kwandon shayi" na baya kuma daga baya ya zama na al'ada, mai saukar da iska.