Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Michel Beaujon ne ya tsara JS19 a ƙarƙashin jagorancin fasaha na Jean-Pierre Jabouille, wanda ya yi ritaya a matsayin direba daga Formula One a shekarar da ta gabata. An samar da shi tare da Matra MS81 V-12 wanda aka sanya shi a matsayin Talbot. Jirgin yana da ƙwayoyin gefen da ke kewaye da haɗin dakatarwa na baya, wanda ya rage rushewar iska, kuma yana da sutura da ke gudana a tsawon su don iyakar tasirin ƙasa. Duk da haka, lokacin da aka gabatar da tseren farko, 1982 Monaco Grand Prix
, jami'an tseren sun tilasta wa ƙungiyar cire ɓangaren riguna a bayan layin ƙafafun baya (fassarar fassarar ƙa'idodin da ba a bayyana a cikin takardun rubutu ba), wanda ya haifar da asarar downforce wanda ya shafi aikin motocin. Tawagar ta yi amfani da JS17B, wanda ta fara tsere biyar na farko na kakar, don tseren da suka biyo baya a Amurka da Kanada yayin da aka sake yin amfani da JS19 a cikin gwajin iska. JS19 guda ɗaya ya kasance don tseren Dutch da na Burtaniya yayin da ɗayan yana cikin ramin iska. Motoci biyu sun kasance a nan daga Grand Prix na Faransa.