Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Depailler ya yi nasara a Jarama a cikin Grand Prix na Spain a shekarar 1979. 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 rubuta matsayi na uku a cikin cancantar zuwa 1979 Monaco Grand Prix
A kan wani grid staggered. 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.