Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakairihia e Depailler he wikitoria haki-ki-kanohi i Jarama i te 1979 Spanish Grand Prix. Na te wikitoria i taea ai e ia te taurite ki a Gilles Villeneuve i roto i te tuunga mo te whakataetae whutupaoro o te ao Formula Kotahi i te mutunga o Paenga-whawha, me te 20 nga tohu ia. Ko Depailler te tuatoru o ngā kaitākaro i te tohu mō te
Ko te Monaco Grand Prix 1979 i runga i te tīmatanga o te tīmatanga. I whakakapihia a Depailler i te Hune 1979 e Ligier, i muri i te whati i nga waewae e rua i roto i te aitua o te whakaeke i te 3 o Hune i te taha o tona kainga o Clermont-Ferrand. I whara kino hoki tana huha. I whiwhi te roopu whakataetae i te tautoko putea mai i te kawanatanga o Parani, i kii ko tana whakakapi he French ano hoki; ko tana whakakapi ko Jacky Ickx, he kaitohutohu Belgian e korero ana i te reo French.