1977 McLaren M26

 This is a photograph I took at the Donington Park Museum in March 1996.

These are two McLaren F1 cars, the nearest one being the 1977 McLaren M26 as driven by James Hunt for the second half of the 1977 season and in the 1978 season, and has a 2,993cc V8 Ford Cosworth DFV engine. James Hunt finished in fifth place in the World Drivers' Championship in 1977 with his team-mate Jochen Mass in sixth place, and McLaren took third place in the World Constructors' Championship. In 1978 James Hunt finished equal thirteenth with his team-mate Patrick Tambay in the Drivers' Championship, and McLaren were eighth in the Constructors' Championship.

The car behind it is the 1976 McLaren M23, the car with which James Hunt won the 1976 World Drivers' Championship. The McLaren M23 also had the 2,993 V8 Ford Cosworth engine and was raced by the McLaren team for five seasons from 1973, Emerson Fittipaldi winning the World Drivers' Championship in 1974, as well as finishing in second place in both 1973 and 1975. In 1976 James Hunt won six races to finish one point in front of Niki Lauda in his Ferrari in the World Drivers' Championship, the title being decided at the last race of the season, the Japanese Grand Prix, where James Hunt finished in third place and Niki Lauda withdrew before the end of the race because of the hazardous weather conditions.