Car · McLaren · 1973–1978
McLaren M23
The M23 won titles three years apart with two different drivers and was still scoring points in its sixth season. Hunt's 1976 championship in it - won by a point after Lauda's Nürburgring crash and withdrawal at a flooded Fuji - is the season most people who do not follow the sport have still heard of.
- Seasons
- 1973–1978
- Entries
- 21
- Wins
- 0
- Poles
- 0
- Fastest laps
- 0
- Constructors' titles
- 1
- Drivers' titles
- 2
Why it mattered
The idea. A deformable-structure chassis built to the new 1973 safety rules, developed for six years without ever being replaced
What it did. 83 races, 16 wins, 14 poles. Fittipaldi's 1974 title and McLaren's first constructors' championship, then Hunt's 1976 title.
- Designers
- Gordon Coppuck, John Barnard, Dave Quill
- Supersedes
- —
- Design life
- 1973–1978
- Confidence
- high
Specification
- Chassis
- Aluminium monocoque.
- Front suspension
- Double wishbone, with inboard coilover shock absorbers.
- Rear suspension
- Double wishbone.
- Brakes
- disc
- Gearbox
- Hewland FG400
- Gears
- 5/6-speed
- Tyres
- Goodyear
- Fuel
- —
- Engine
- Ford-Cosworth DFV
- Configuration
- 90° V8
- Capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Aspiration
- naturally aspirated
- Power
- 465 bhp
- Power note
- 465 hp @ 10,800 rpm; 280 lbft torque
- Weight
- —
- Wheelbase
- —
- Track, front
- —
- Track, rear
- —
A blank is a figure nobody published for this car. Where several teams quote the same number in a season it is usually the rule they were all built to rather than a measurement, so it is kept with the regulation limits instead of here.
Seasons that cannot be attributed 2
Every entry 21 entries
Where this comes from
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Predecessor
- M19C
- Successor
- M26
- Races (published)
- 83
- Wins (published)
- 16
- Poles (published)
- 14
- Confidence
- reference
- Specification source
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_M23
- Register source
- https://github.com/f1db/f1db