Dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Sanadkii 1978 Merzario wuxuu la shaqeeyay Swiss Formula One entrant Guglielmo Bellasi wuxuuna aasaasay aasaaska kooxdiisa. Dadaalkii ugu horreeyay ee Merzario ee Formula One, A1, wuxuu soo muuqday 1978 wuxuuna ahaa asal ahaan baabuur caadi ah oo inta badan ku saleysan bishii Maarso 761B, oo leh naqshad midab casaan ah iyo qaab-dhismeed qallafsan oo si mug leh u xasuusinaya Ferrari 312T2 adeegsigeeda hawo-qaadista hawo-qaadista. Waxay isticmaashay isku darka caadiga ah ee mashiinka Cosworth DFV iyo gearbox-ka Hewland. Midabka casaanka wuxuu isu beddelay madow ka hor inta aysan
1978 Monaco Grand Prix, inkasta oo aysan aheyn ilaa Grand Prix ee Sweden in uu dhammeystirey tartan, inkasta oo aan la kala saarin, isagoo siddeed wareeg ah oo ka soo horjeeda guusha ka dib markii uu joojiyay. Abaalmarinta Grand Prix ee Austria, A1 labaad ayaa la soo bandhigay, in kasta oo la tuhunsan yahay in tani ay dhab ahaantii ahayd kooxdii hore ee March 761B oo leh qaab cusub. Iyada oo uu haysto baabuurkan, Merzario wuxuu wax yar ka fiicnaaday isreebreebka laakiin wali kuma guuleysan inuu ku kala saaro tartan. Tartanka Grand Prix ee Talyaaniga, labada A1s ayaa la galay, iyadoo Alberto Colombo uu wado A1 asalka ah iyo Merzario oo qaatay A1 labaad oo cusub. Colombo wuxuu soo bandhigay waqtigii ugu yaraa inta lagu gudajiray isreebreebka mana uusan sameynin shabakadda, halka Merzario uu si raaxo leh u soo baxay, kaliya in matoorku uu fashilmo inta lagu gudajiray tartanka. Kooxdu waxay u qalantay gaariga siddeed jeer intii lagu jiray 1978, laakiin waxay ka fariisteen toddobo jeer oo ay ku dhaceen cilado farsamo.