Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te whakataetae tuatahi i Argentina, i kitea e ia he uaua te whakahaere i te motokā, ā, i te huringa tere, ka wehe te parirau o mua, ka pā 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 i te Monaco Grand Prix 1979
I te 8 o Pipiri 1979 i puta ai te korero a Hunt ki te panui e whakaatu ana i tana reti wawe mai i te whakataetae F1, e kii ana i tana ahuatanga i roto i te whakataetae, a ka whakakapihia e te toa o te ao a muri ake nei a Keke Rosberg. Ahakoa te reti, i mahi tonu ia ki te whakatairanga i ana kaitautoko whaiaro a Marlboro me Olympus.