Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1978 tata rawa a Patrese ki te wikitōria i te whakataetae tuarua a Arrows, te South African Grand Prix
, tae noa ki te pakaru o te miihini i akiaki ia ki te reti i te 15 huringa mai i te mutunga. I muri mai ka eke ia ki te tuarua i te Swedish Grand Prix i muri i te Brabham BT46B a Niki Lauda, i tana putanga anake i mua i tana tangohanga. Heoi, ko tana momo taraiwa i whakaarohia e etahi taraiwa kua oti te whakarite, penei i a Ronnie Peterson me James Hunt, he tino riri. I muri mai i taua tau, i te Italian Grand Prix, ko te ingoa o Patrese mo te taraiwa kaha i whakawakia mo tetahi aitua nui i te huringa tuatahi. I tetahi waahanga, ko tetahi o nga take i whakaarohia ko te timatanga wawe a te kaiwhakahaere o te whakataetae Monza, i arahi ai ki nga motuka kei muri o te mara ka tae atu ki era i waenga o te mara i mutu katoa i te wa i hoatu ai te tohu matomato. I te mea ko tenei, ko Patrese, ko Peterson, me etahi atu e 8 i uru ki roto i te 10-karaka i mua i te hurihanga tuatahi, i mutu ai te whakataetae. Ko Peterson, ko ana wharanga mai i te tukinga o te tukinga o te mekameka kaore i te whakawehi i a ia ano, i mate i te mate o te mate i te ra i muri mai o te Grand Prix.