Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Surtees ya riƙe Brambilla don 1978, kuma an maye gurbin Binder da ɗan Ingilishi Rupert Keegan. Gasar farko ta shekarar 1978 ita ce babbar gasar Argentine ta shekarar 1978
, wanda Brambilla ya gama 18th kuma Keegan ya yi ritaya tare da overheating. A gasar Grand Prix ta Brazil, Italiyanci ya kasa cancanta kuma Ba'amurke ya yi ritaya saboda hadari. Babban Prix na Afirka ta Kudu ya ga Brambilla ya gama 12th; Keegan ya yi ritaya lokacin da injinsa ya lalace. Italiyanci ya yi ritaya tare da lalacewar watsawa a Grand Prix West na Amurka; Keegan ya cancanci amma bai fara ba saboda haɗarin horo. Don Monaco Grand Prix, Brambilla ya tuka sabon Surtees TS20, amma Keegan har yanzu yana amfani da TS19 saboda akwai TS20 guda ɗaya kawai. Keegan ya yi ritaya da gazawar watsawa. A gasar Grand Prix ta Belgium, tseren karshe na TS19, Ba'amurke ya kasa cancanta. Akwai motocin TS20 guda biyu da za a iya amfani da su har zuwa karshen shekara. Ƙungiyar ba ta da maki masu tsarawa ko maki direbobi daga TS19 ko TS20 a 1978. Ba tare da samun isasshen kuɗi ba, ƙungiyar ta bar F1 bayan kakar 1978, duk da cewa an gina motar don 1979. Bayan tseren motar a cikin British Aurora (tsohon F5000) jerin a takaice a wannan shekarar, Surtees Racing Organization ta daina aiki.