 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pamakwikwi okutanga muArgentina, akanzwa kuti motokari yacho yakanga yakaoma kubata uye pakumhanya, bapiro rapamberi rakasununguka richirova ngowani yake. Munhangemutange, Hunt akarega nokuda kwokukanganiswa kwemagetsi. MuBrazil, akasiya basa palap 6 nekuda kwekusagadzikana pasi pekuvhara kunokonzerwa nekutenderera kwakasununguka. Mukati mokunzvera muSouth Africa, mabhureki emotokari yake akatadza kushanda. Haana kukwanisa kurova rusvingo, asi akapedza ari wechisere chete munhangemutange yacho. Akasiya mujaho weSpain Grand Prix pashure pemakumbo 26. PaZolder, motokari itsva yeWolf WR8 yakamhanya asi Hunt akarovera muchipingamupinyi zvakasimba zvakakwana kuti adzokere panzira. Mushure mekukundikana kupedzisa 1979 Monaco Grand Prix, mujaho umo makore matanhatu apfuura akanga aita kutanga kwake, Hunt akaita chirevo musi wa 8 Chikumi 1979 kumapepanhau achizivisa kubviswa kwake pakarepo kubva kumakwikwi eF1, achidudza mamiriro ake mumakwikwi, uye akatsiviwa nemutambi wenyika wenguva yemberi Keke Rosberg. Pasinei nokuenda pamudyandigere, akaramba achishanda kusimudzira vatsigiri vake Marlboro naOlympus. 