Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Depailler kwupụtara mmeri ọkọlọtọ na ọkọlọtọ na Jarama na 1979 Spanish Grand Prix. Mmeri ahụ mere ka o nwee ike ijikọ Gilles Villeneuve na ọkwa maka asọmpi ụwa Formula One na ngwụcha ọnwa Eprel, ebe onye ọ bụla n'ime ha nwere isi iri abụọ. Depailler nwetara ọkwa nke atọ na ntuliaka maka
1979 Monaco Grand Prix n'elu okporo ụzọ a na-agbagọ. Ejiri Ligier dochie Depailler na June 1979, mgbe ọ gbajiri ụkwụ ya abụọ na ihe mberede na-ada ada na June 3 na nso obodo ya nke Clermont-Ferrand. Ikiri ụkwụ ya merụkwara ahụ nke ukwuu. Ndị otu agbụrụ ahụ na-enweta nkwado ego site n'aka gọọmentị France, nke kwuru na onye ga-anọchi ya ga-abụkwa onye France; onye nnọchi ya bụ onye na-asụ French nke Belgium bụ Jacky Ickx.