Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Harvey Postlethwaite ne ya tsara motar, wanda a baya yake da alhakin Hesketh 308 wanda James Hunt ya lashe tserensa na farko. Tsohon direba na Wolf Jody Scheckter ya bar ƙungiyar a ƙarshen, yana zuwa Ferrari, inda zai lashe Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. An maye gurbinsa da zakaran 1976 James Hunt. Lokacin da aka gano cewa Hunt ba zai iya shiga cikin &lt;a href="Wolf%20WR5"&gt;Wolf WR5/6&lt;/a&gt; shasi ba, dole ne a gina sabuwar mota cikin gaggawa kafin buɗe kakar a Argentina. Motocin sun tabbatar da rashin aminci da rashin gasa, tare da Hunt kawai ya gama daya daga cikin tsere shida a WR7 da WR8. Da'awar da mujallar "Motor Sport" ta yi a gaban kakar wasan cewa Hunt ya kasance direba ne wanda zai iya "da sauri ya rasa sha'awa" lokacin da ba a ba shi na'urar gasa ba ya tabbatar da gaskiya lokacin da ya bar kungiyar don shiga BBC Television a matsayin mai sharhi bayan gasar.
Gasar Monaco ta shekarar 1979. Keke Rosberg ya dauki nauyin tuki na sauran kakar, amma kuma ya gama tsere daya kawai. Rosberg ya yi karo da WR9 sosai yayin cancantar Grand Prix na Kanada don haka an gina motar hybrid ta amfani da monocoque na WR8, wanda ake kira WR8/9 don amfani da shi a Amurka.