Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan kammala na uku a hannun Tom Pryce, DN8 ya gama na huɗu a tseren farko na shekara, a cikin 1976 Dutch Grand Prix. Bayan alkawarin wannan tseren farko, ya koma tseren tsakiya na tseren tseren na sauran kakar. Wannan ya ci gaba har zuwa farkon lokacin 1977 Formula One. Bayan da aka kashe Pryce a lokacin Grand Prix na Afirka ta Kudu, ƙungiyar ta kawo Alan Jones a matsayin mai maye gurbinsa. Jones ya gama a maki a Monaco da Belgium, kuma ya ci nasara a gasar
Gasar Austrian, daga na 14 a kan grid. Ya kasance na biyu a mafi yawan tseren kuma ya gaji jagorancin lokacin da motar James Hunt ta sami matsalar injin. Jones ya gama na uku a Italiya da na huɗu a Kanada da Japan tare da maki 22 da na 7 a cikin gasar zakarun Turai.