Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1978 Patrese akapotsa akunda nhangemutange yechipiri yaArrows, South African Grand Prix
, kusvikira kukundikana kweinjini kwakamumanikidza kurega panhambo 15 kubva pamugumo. Akazoita wechipiri paSweden Grand Prix shure kweNiki Lauda's Brabham BT46B "fan car", mukuonekwa kwayo chete isati yabviswa. Zvisinei, maitiro ake okutyaira akaonekwa nevamwe vatyairi vakakurumbira, vakadai saRonnie Peterson naJames Hunt, sevanonyanya kutsamwa. Gare gare gore iroro, paItaly Grand Prix, mukurumbira waPatrese wokutyaira zvine utsinye wakapomerwa mhosva yechiitiko chikuru chekutanga. Muchikamu, chimwe chezvikonzero chakaratidzwa chaive kutanga kusati kwaitwa nemutungamiriri wemakwikwi eMonza, zvichitungamira kumotokari dziri kumashure kwemunda dzinosvika kune idzo dziri pakati penhandare dzakanga dzamiswa zvachose pakapiwa chiratidzo chegirini. Izvi zvataurwa, Patrese, Peterson, nevamwe vasere vakabatanidzwa mutsaona yemotokari gumi isati yasvika pachikona chokutanga, ichikonzera kumiswa kwomujaho wacho. Peterson, ane kukuvadzwa kwakabva pakuparara kwechikepe kwakanga kusinganyanyi kutyisidzira upenyu hwake, akafa neembolism zuva rakatevera Grand Prix.