Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i te tohu tuatoru i te ringa o Tom Pryce, ko te DN8 te tuawha i tana whakataetae tuatahi o te tau, i te 1976 Dutch Grand Prix. Whai muri i te whakaari o tenei whakataetae tuatahi, ka hoki mai ano ki tetahi kaikawe waenga mo te toenga o te waa. I haere tonu tenei ki te waahanga tuatahi o te wa o te Formula One 1977. Whai muri i te matenga o Pryce i te South African Grand Prix, ka kawea mai e te kapa a Alan Jones hei whakakapi. I mutu a Jones i roto i nga tohu i Monaco me Belgium, a ka eke ki te wikitoria i te Austrian Grand Prix
, mai i te 14 ki te whatunga. I eke tuarua ia mo te nuinga o te whakataetae ka riro i a ia te kaiarahi i te wa i raru ai te motuka a James Hunt. Ko Jones te tuatoru i Itari me te tuawha i Kanata me Japan mo nga tohu 22 me te tuawhitu i te Whakataetae Kaihauturu.