Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1978 Patrese kusan ya lashe tseren Arrows na biyu, Grand Prix na Afirka ta Kudu
, har sai da injin ya kasa ya tilasta masa yin ritaya 15 laps daga karshen. Daga baya ya ɗauki na biyu a Grand Prix na Sweden a bayan Niki Lauda's Brabham BT46B "fan mota", a cikin bayyanarsa kawai kafin a janye shi. Duk da haka, wasu direbobi da aka kafa, irin su Ronnie Peterson da James Hunt, sun ga yadda yake tuki. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, a gasar Grand Prix ta Italiya, an zargi Patrese da mummunan hali na tuki saboda babban hatsarin da ya faru a zagaye na farko. A wani bangare, daya daga cikin dalilan da aka ba da shawarar shi ne farkon farawa da darektan tseren Monza ya yi, wanda ya haifar da motocin da ke bayan filin suna kama wadanda ke tsakiyar filin da aka dakatar da su gaba daya lokacin da aka ba da alamar kore. Wannan ya ce, Patrese, Peterson, da wasu 8 sun shiga cikin motar mota 10 kafin juyawar farko, wanda ya sa aka dakatar da tseren. Peterson, wanda raunin da ya faru daga haɗarin haɗarin haɗari ba shi da haɗari ga rayuwarsa, ya mutu daga embolism a rana bayan Grand Prix.