Ka cika wannan jumla: Gasar farko da ƙungiyar, a ƙarƙashin sunan Equipe Renault Elf, ta shiga ita ce 1977 Grand Prix na Faransa, zagaye na tara na kakar, amma motar ba ta riga ta shirya ba. An jinkirta fara wasan tawagar har zuwa zagaye na gaba, da. Motar ta farko da ta fara ba ta yi nasara ba, kuma Jabouille ya cancanci 21st daga cikin masu gudu 30 da masu farawa 26, 1.62 seconds a bayan pole sitter James Hunt a cikin McLaren. Jabouille ya gudu sosai a tseren, yana gudana har zuwa 16th kafin motar motar ta kasa a lap 17. Kungiyar ta rasa dan wasan Jamus da kuma
Austrian Grand Prix yayin da ake inganta motar bayan rashin jin daɗinta na Burtaniya. Sun dawo don gasar, kuma aikin cancantar ya inganta sosai yayin da Jabouille ya cancanta na goma. Yana da mummunan farawa, amma ya gudu har zuwa na shida kafin dakatarwa ya kasa a zagaye na 40.