Kammala wannan jumla: A ƙarshen 1975, Fittipaldi ya bar don shiga ƙungiyar ɗan'uwansa &lt;a href="Fittipaldi%20Automotive"&gt;Fittipaldi/Copersucar&lt;/a&gt;. Tare da manyan direbobin da suka riga sun sanya hannu a wasu kungiyoyi, Mayer ya juya zuwa James Hunt, direban da marubucin tarihin Gerald Donaldson ya yi tunani a kansa yana da "sanannen suna". A cikin, Lauda ya sake kasancewa mai ƙarfi a cikin Ferrari; a tsakiyar kakar, ya jagoranci gasar tare da maki 56 yayin da Hunt ke da 26 kawai duk da nasarar da ya samu a Spain (tseren da aka fara cire shi) da Faransa. A cikin
Duk da haka, Lauda ya fadi sosai, ya kusan mutuwa, kuma ya rasa tseren biyu na gaba. Hunt ya yi amfani da shi ta hanyar lashe wasu manyan kyaututtuka guda huɗu yana ba shi raunin maki uku yana shiga wasan karshe a Japan. A nan an yi ruwan sama mai yawa, Lauda ya yi ritaya saboda damuwa da aminci, kuma Hunt ya rufe gasar zakarun Turai ta hanyar kammala na uku. McLaren, duk da haka, ya rasa gasar zakarun 'yan wasa zuwa Ferrari.