 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokumhanya kwake kwega kweF1 muna, Giacomelli akapinda mumakwikwi mashanu muna McLaren, apo zvisungo zvake zveFormula Two zvakamubvumira. Akawana mugumo wake wakanakisisa, wechinomwe, muBritish Grand Prix ya1978. Mushure mekukunda zita reEuropean F2, akachinjira kuAlfa Romeo yekudzoka kwavo kugadzira mota dzeF1 muna. Alfa yakangopinda motokari dzavo 177 ne179 mumitambo mishomanana gore iroro, uye Giacomelli aigona chete kuwana nzvimbo yakanakisisa ye 17 mu 1979 French Grand Prix. 