Kammala wannan jumla: A cikin kakar, kamfanin Renault ya shiga cikin motoci biyu a karo na farko tun lokacin da ya fara a shekarar 1977. Kungiyar ta lashe nasara a wannan shekara ta hanyar abokin aikin Arnoux Jean-Pierre Jabouille a gasar
Grand Prix na Faransa a Dijon-Prenois circuit, amma Arnoux ya ɗauki kanun labarai saboda gwagwarmayar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya tare da Flat-12 Ferrari na Gilles Villeneuve don matsayi na biyu, wanda Villeneuve ya lashe. A rabi na biyu na kakar wasa, Arnoux ya dauki hudu top-shida gama, ciki har da uku podium wurare; Jabouille ta Dijon nasara ya kawai maki gama na shekara.