Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whakaae a Chapman i te mutunga ko te 80 ehara i te motuka whakamiharo i whakamaherehia e ia, ana i muri i te tuatoru o nga waahi mo Andretti i te 1979 Spanish Grand Prix, i tohu a Andretti i te motuka tuarima mo te Belgian Grand Prix engari i rere te Lotus 79 na nga raru o te Lotus 80. I kitea ngā raruraru o te Lotus 80 i te Monaco Grand Prix me te French Grand Prix
I te wehenga atu o Andretti i ngā whakataetae e rua. I whakarerekētia te Lotus 79 a ka tukuna ano ki te mahi.