Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te whakataetae tuatahi i Argentina, i whakaaro ia he uaua te whakahaere i te waka, a, i te tere tere, ka wehe te parirau o mua ka pa ki tana potae. I roto i te whakataetae, ka mutu a Hunt na te koretake hiko. I Brazil, i reti ia i te porohita 6 na te koretake i raro i te aukati i puta mai i te papa taraiwa. I te wā o te tohu i Awherika ki te Tonga, ka kore nga parei o tana waka. Kaore ia i tutuki ki te pakitara, engari i mutu i te 8 o nga whakataetae. I reti ia i te Spanish Grand Prix i muri i te 26 huringa. I Zolder, he Wolf WR8 hou i whakataetae engari i taka a Hunt ki tetahi aukati kia kaha ki te hoki ki te ara. I muri i te kore e oti te
1979 Monaco Grand Prix, te whakataetae i reira e ono tau i mua i hanga e ia tona tīmatanga, i hanga e Hunt he tauākī i runga i 8 Pipiri 1979 ki te press faaite tona reti tonu i F1 whakataetae, e kī ana i tona āhuatanga i roto i te toa, a ka whakakapia e te toa o te ao i muri mai Keke Rosberg. Ahakoa te reti, i mahi tonu ia ki te whakatairanga i ana kaitautoko whaiaro a Marlboro me Olympus.