Piemme Motors bought one car for Giambattista Busi, who usually started near the back of the grid and never managed to finish a race.
[1] He then won the next two rounds in Germany as other teams scrambled to catch up, either by switching to the dominant Mader-tuned Cosworth DFVs or with monodampers, now available as an upgrade from Reynard.
His car went into the barriers backwards, and Badoer's head hit the steel roll hoop, which broke his helmet and knocked him unconscious.
At Nogaro, Badoer took pole position drove away to a convincing victory to clinch the title with a round to spare.
[6] R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(6)=disqualified after finishing in eleventh place (25)=place after practice, but grid position not held free