Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kungiyar ta rasa Grand Prix na Monaco mako biyu bayan haka, amma ya dawo Faransa
don tseren a Dijon-Prenois. Saurin cancantar Giacomelli ba shi da ƙarfi, kuma ya fara tseren a matsayi na 17, kusan daƙiƙa 3.5 a bayan lokacin Jean-Pierre Jabouille a cikin Renault. Wani mummunan farawa ya sanya shi na 20 a ƙarshen zagaye na 1, kodayake da sauri ya wuce Jan Lammers wanda ke fama da Shadow. Ya sake dawowa a hankali yayin da wasu suka fadi a gefen hanya, kuma a zagaye na 20 ya sake dawowa na 17. Duk da haka motar ta yi fama da rashin saurin tafiya a mataki na gaba na tseren, kuma Giacomelli ya wuce Riccardo Patrese da Jochen Mass of Arrows, Héctor Rebaque a cikin Lotus da tsohon abokin hamayyarsa de Angelis a cikin sauri, ya sauka zuwa 20th ta hanyar lap 26. A hankali ya fara sake ɗaukar saurin, kuma a ƙarshe ya sami damar sake wuce de Angelis a zagaye na 51, kuma ma'auratan sun tashi a cikin tsari yayin da sauran motocin suka faɗi, a ƙarshe suna kwance 16th da 17th. 'Yan Italiyan biyu sun ci gaba da gwagwarmaya har zuwa ƙarshen tseren, wanda jagora Jabouille ya kewaye shi sau biyar a cikin aikin. Tare da Jabouille da ya riga ya haye layin gamawa, zagaye na 75 zai zama zagayen su na ƙarshe, kuma de Angelis ya wuce Giacomelli tare da yadudduka kaɗan na tseren da ya rage don ɗaukar matsayi na 16 daga gare shi a mutuwa.