Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Arnoux ya ci gaba da wannan a cikin nasara a Brazil da Afirka ta Kudu
, duka biyu a kan babban altitude circuits inda Renault sun kasance rinjaye. Jabouille ya ci gaba da samun matsala tare da ritaya, amma a cikin maki kawai ya gama ya fito da nasara a Austria. A ƙarshen shekara Jabouille ya yi hatsari sosai a GP na Kanada kuma ya sami mummunan rauni a ƙafa, wanda ya ƙare aikinsa a matsayin direba na Grand Prix. Alain Prost ya yi rajista don. A cikin shekaru uku tare da ƙungiyar, Prost ya nuna yanayin da zai sa ya zama almara na Formula One kuma Renault yana cikin mafi kyau a cikin Formula One, sau biyu ya gama na uku a Gasar Masu Gina kuma sau ɗaya na biyu. Prost ya lashe tsere tara tare da tawagar yayin da Arnoux ya kara biyu. Arnoux ya tafi abokin hamayyarsa Ferrari bayan 1982 kuma an maye gurbinsa da Ba'amurke Eddie Cheever. A cikin, Renault da Prost sun kasance kusa da lashe taken direbobi amma Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW) ya fitar da su a tseren karshe na kakar a Afirka ta Kudu. Bayan karshen kakar, wani kamfanin mai mai ya ce man fetur da Brabham-BMWs ke amfani da shi a Afirka ta Kudu ya wuce iyakar Octane Number na 102 wanda aka yarda da shi a karkashin ka'idojin Formula One. BMW ya ce wannan ba daidai ba ne kuma FISA ta fitar da takardun da ke goyon bayan matsayinsu. Ba a dauki mataki ba.