Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'ọsọ mbụ na Argentina, o chere na ụgbọala ahụ siri ike ijikwa na na ọsọ ọsọ ọsọ ọsọ, nku n'ihu malitere ịpụ na-akụ okpu agha ya. N'ọsọ ahụ, Hunt lara ezumike nká n'ihi nsogbu eletrik. Na Brazil, ọ lara ezumike nká na lap 6 n'ihi enweghị nkwụsi ike n'okpuru braking kpatara site na rack steering rụrụ arụ. N'oge a na-agba ọsọ na South Africa, brek ụgbọala ya mebiri. O jisiri ike ghara ịdakwasị mgbidi ahụ, mana ọ bụ naanị onye nke asatọ n'ọsọ ahụ. Ọ lara ezumike nká na Spanish Grand Prix mgbe agbachara ya gburugburu iri abụọ na isii. Na Zolder, a na-agba ọsọ Wolf WR8 ọhụrụ mana Hunt kụrụ ihe mgbochi siri ike iji laghachi azụ n'okporo ụzọ. Mgbe ọ na-emezughị imecha
Na 1979 Monaco Grand Prix, agbụrụ ebe afọ isii gara aga ọ mere mbido ya, Hunt mere nkwupụta na 8 June 1979 nye ndị nta akụkọ na-ekwupụta ezumike nká ya ozugbo na asọmpi F1, na-ekwu maka ọnọdụ ya na asọmpi ahụ, ma onye mmeri ụwa n'ọdịnihu Keke Rosberg nọchiri ya. N'agbanyeghị na ọ lara ezumike nká, ọ gara n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ iji kwalite ndị nkwado ya bụ Marlboro na Olympus.