 In 1980 Tiga rebuilt an M26 as a full ground effects car and it was re-engined with a five-litre Chevrolet engine and raced as a Formula 5000.Alfredo Costanzo used this car to win the 1981 Australian Drivers' Championship.In 2009 Bobby Verdon-Roe won the FIA Historic Formula One Championship driving a McLaren M26.