Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Chapman daga karshe ya yarda cewa 80 ba shine abin mamaki da ya shirya ba, kuma bayan da ya dace na uku ga Andretti a cikin Grand Prix na Spain na 1979, Andretti ya cancanci motar ta biyar don Grand Prix na Belgium amma ya yi tsere da Lotus 79 saboda matsaloli tare da Lotus 80. Matsalolin da Lotus 80 ya yi ya bayyana a gasar Monaco Grand Prix
da kuma Faransa Grand Prix da Andretti ritaya daga biyu tseren. An gyara Lotus 79 kuma an sake tura shi cikin sabis.