Depailler ya yi aiki a hanyarsa ta dawowa daga hadarinsa na hang-gliding a shekarar da ta gabata, kuma ya ba da motarsa tare da birki na musamman da aka tsara don ƙarfafa tsokoki na ƙafafunsa, har yanzu yana tuki a cikin ciwo a lokacin da ya yi hatsari mai haɗari kuma motar ta kasance mai sauri (ya cancanci 3rd don gasar tsere na Turai).
1980 United States Grand Prix West) amma ba abin dogara ba ne don gamawa.