Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'oge a, ụlọ ọrụ Renault na-arụ ọrụ na-abanye n'ụgbọala abụọ maka oge mbụ kemgbe mmalite ya na 1977. Otu onye otu egwuregwu Arnoux bụ Jean-Pierre Jabouille nwetara mmeri otu egwuregwu n'afọ ahụ.
French Grand Prix na Dijon-Prenois circuit, mana Arnoux weghaara isi akụkọ n'ihi ọgụ na-agba agba na Flat-12 Ferrari nke Gilles Villeneuve maka ebe nke abụọ, nke Villeneuve meriri. N'ọkara nke abụọ nke oge ahụ, Arnoux were anọ n'ime isii kachasị elu, gụnyere ebe atọ n'elu ikpo okwu; Mmeri Jabouille na Dijon bụ naanị isi ihe ya n'afọ ahụ.