Livered in Yardley colors, the M23 made its debut in the third race of the 1973 reason. Denny Hulme promptly qualified it on pole and he did so again in the next race. Seven races into the season ...

When he did get out in the McLaren for the first time, he impressed from the get-go. Piquet had his first taste of F1 ...

There was another, mostly unsung hero that year, though – the McLaren M23 that Hunt drove to championship glory. For children of the 1970s, its orange-over-white livery and Marlboro sponsorship ...

There was another, mostly unsung hero that year, though – the McLaren M23 that Hunt drove to championship glory. For children of the 1970s, its orange-over-white livery and Marlboro sponsorship ...