The McLaren M19 was a completely new project, carried out by Ralph Bellamy, as Gordon Coppuck was busy designing the car for Indy and Jo Marquart had left McLaren to move to the Huron. The car proved quite competitive in 1971, with Donohue finishing third in Canada behind the wheel of Penske's car. The M19 was also used in the following years, with several improvements but always with the traditional Ford Cosworth engine. At the wheel of the M19 raced Mark Donohue, Peter Gethin, David Hobbs, Denny Hulme, Jackie Oliver, Brian Redman, Peter Revson, Jody Scheckter.
In 1971 the New Zealander Denny Hulme contested the F.1 world championship with the official McLaren M19A. In Zandvoort, for the Dutch GP, Hulme qualified in 14th place, finishing 12th in the race. It was a particularly dull season, punctuated by numerous retirements.
Tecnomodel, a historic brand of Italian artisan model making, is today a manufacturer of excellent quality models, in 1:18 and 1:43 scale, manufactured in China. Tecnomodel was appreciated in the past with high-level products, kits and assembled in 1:43 scale, and then adapted to the new needs of the market. Today the Tecnomodel catalog is focused on racing cars: F.1 cars, Sports Prototypes and so on. Recently, the production of 1:43 scale subjects has also been resumed.