Kammala wannan jumla: Depailler ya yi nasara a Jarama a shekarar 1979 a gasar Grand Prix ta Spain. Nasarar ta ba shi damar daidaita Gilles Villeneuve a cikin matsayi don gasar zakarun duniya ta Formula One a ƙarshen Afrilu, tare da maki 20 kowannensu. Depailler ya buga matsayi na uku a cikin cancantar shiga gasar
1979 Monaco Grand Prix a kan wani grid mai ban mamaki. An maye gurbin Depailler a watan Yunin 1979 ta hanyar Ligier, bayan ya karya ƙafafunsa biyu a cikin hadarin tsalle-tsalle a ranar 3 ga Yuni kusa da garinsu na Clermont-Ferrand. Har ila yau, ƙafarsa ta ji rauni sosai. Tawagar tseren tana karɓar tallafin kuɗi daga gwamnatin Faransa, wanda ya ƙayyade cewa maye gurbinsa ya zama Faransanci; wanda ya maye gurbinsa shi ne tsohon soja ɗan ƙasar Belgium mai magana da Faransanci Jacky Ickx.