Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 1979 yakaona Renault ichiwedzera kumhanya motokari yechipiri yaRené Arnoux. Jabouille akachengetedza Renault yekutanga yeFormula One pole kuSouth African Grand Prix
, uye ipapo vakakunda kukunda kwavo kwokutanga, nenzira yakakodzera paFrench Grand Prix,wo kubva padanda. Uku kwakanga kuri kukunda kwokutanga kwemotokari ine turbocharged muFormula One. Akatora mamwe mapurisa maviri, paGermany neItaly Grands Prix, asi kuvimbika kwakashata kwakareva kuti kukunda kwakanga kuri chibodzwa chake bedzi.