Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Don 1978, Tyrrell ya kawo Didier Pironi don yin tuƙi tare da Patrick Depailler. 008 ta fara fitowa a kakar bude gasar Argentine Grand Prix
, inda Depailler ya cancanci 10th kuma ya gama a na uku. Kodayake ya yi ritaya daga Grand Prix na Brazil na gaba, ya yi rikodin podiums a cikin abubuwan uku masu zuwa; na biyu a Afirka ta Kudu, na uku a Amurka da kuma nasararsa ta farko a Monaco, inda ya sami mafi kyawun cancantar shekara, na biyar. Ya zira kwallaye uku a cikin sauran kakar, mafi kyawun waɗannan na biyu a Grand Prix na Austrian. Tabbatacce ya kasance batun don kawai ya gama tsere takwas.