However, the car was horribly unreliable, and Renault failed to keep up with the front runners in points.Īt the next race in Silverstone, a new car was shown to be a threat to the championship leading Ferrari's the Williams FW07.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Rene Arnoux qualified 1-2, and Jabouille won the race. Although it's potential was slow to show, the RS10 proved to be the best car on the grid by the French GP. In the 5th round, the brand new Renault RS10 was unveiled at the Belgian GP. Gilles Villeneuve and Jody Scheckter finished the race 1-2 and were only contested by the Renault of Jean-Pierre Jabouille. The car was Ferrari's response to Ground Effect. However, Ligier's dominance would be short lived by the 3rd round in Kyalami, where the brand new Ferrari 312T4 was unveiled. The Ligier JS11 proved to be the new car to beat, as drivers Jacques Laffite and Patrick Depailler qualified 1-2, and Laffite won the race. However, they were achieving results far above what they were previously achieving. Every team competed for the front along with Lotus, except for Arrows. Andretti’s performance that season resulted in him becoming only the second Formula 1 racer from the US to take the World Drivers’ Championship title. This was also the car that gave the Lotus team-under the direction of Colin Chapman- its final and most convincing constructors’ title.After the domination of Lotus in the 1978 F1 Championship, and the incredible innovation of Ground Effect, the rest of the teams scrambled to implement Ground Effect into their chassis for 1979.Īt the first race in Buenos Aires, 4 other teams came prepared with Ground Effect cars to challenge Lotus Tyrrell, Ligier, McLaren and Arrows. This was the car with which Andretti won the Dutch Grand Prix that year, then went on to also finish first at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza (though he was dropped to sixth place due to a penalty for jumping the start). This Ultra-Rare 1952 Porsche Roadster Was Just Added to the National Historic Vehicle RegisterĪs it turns out, Mario Andretti’s 1978 John Player Special Lotus-Cosworth Type 79 will be the headlining car to be auctioned in the first collaboration between Bonhams and the F1 Paddock Club at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November. This Bonkers New Hypersonic Plane Is Expected to Hit Mach 7 on Its First Flight Ferrari Wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the First Time in Nearly 60 Years
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