Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I huri te waimarie o te kapa i te Italian Grand Prix. Ahakoa i tiimata a Merzario raua ko Laffite i waenga, i te 15th me te 17th, ana ka mutu a Laffite me te ngoikoretanga o te miihini, i mutu a Merzario i te tuawha, e toru nga tohu o te Toa o te Ao. I te mutunga ka tohu tenei i te hua pai o te motuka i raro i tetahi o ona tohu e toru. I Kanata ka heke ano to raatau ahua me nga motuka e rua e tohu ana i roto i te waenganui o raro, me te reti takirua. I wehe atu a Merzario i te hawhe tawhiti me nga raru whakahaere, a ko te Frenchman i whakarōpūhia i te 15th i muri i tana wehenga atu me te werohanga. I te mutunga o te tau
United States Grand Prix, Laffite outqualified Merzario mo te wa tuatahi (11th me te 15th), engari i reti a Laffite a ka whai a Merzario i a ia i te wa i tukuna ai tana miihini tinei i runga i te waka, ka tapahia te miihini. Koinei te whakataetae whakamutunga mo te motuka hei Iso<unk>Marlboro.