The first Tyrrell designed by Philippe was the 008 for 1978. Compact and rather conventional, it was equipped with the Ford Cosworth V8 engine. Over the course of the year, the results were decent, although the ground-effect Lotuses proved to be the benchmark of the time. Patrick Depailler won in Monaco and Tyrrell finished fifth in the constructors' classification, thanks also to the points scored by the other driver, Pironi.