Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - 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 nga tohu mo te 1979 Monaco Grand Prix
i runga i te whatunga tauwhāiti. 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.