 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 1977 rakanga riri gore rakanyarara, naJames Hunt achichengeta korona yake yeRace of Champions yeMcLaren. Chiitiko chacho hachina kuitwa muna 1978, asi uyu waiva gore reGrand Prix. Rakanga ririwo gore rokurangarira nokuti rakanga ririwo gore reIndy. Nharo zvakare dzakamuka paGrand Prix, asi chinetso chakadziviswa; Niki Lauda akanga akunda Swedish Grand Prixachityaira Brabham BT46Bmotokari inofarira, asi isati yasvika muKent, motokari yacho yakarambidzwa neFIA. Pasinei neizvi, Lauda achiri akapedza wechipiri, mune yechinyakare Brabham-Alfa Romeo BT46, kumashure kweFerrari 312T3 yaCarlos Reutemann, neimwe Brabham yaJohn Watson yechitatu. Wechina akaenda kuna Patrick Depailler muTyrrell-Cosworth 008, naHans-Joachim Stuck wechishanu muShadow-Cosworth DN9 naPatrick Tambay wechitanhatu, muMcLaren-Cosworth M26. 