Category | Formula One | ||||||||||
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Constructor | Arrows | ||||||||||
Designer(s) | Tony Southgate (Technical Director) Dave Wass (Chief Designer) | ||||||||||
Successor | A1 | ||||||||||
Technical specifications [1] | |||||||||||
Chassis | Aluminium monocoque | ||||||||||
Axle track | Front: 1,651 mm (65.0 in) Rear: 1,524 mm (60.0 in) | ||||||||||
Wheelbase | 2,590 mm (102 in) | ||||||||||
Engine | Cosworth DFV, 2,993 cc (182.6 cu in), 90° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||||
Transmission | Hewland FGA 400 5-speed manual | ||||||||||
Weight | 593 kg (1,307 lb) | ||||||||||
Fuel | FINA / Valvoline | ||||||||||
Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||||
Competition history | |||||||||||
Notable entrants | Arrows Grand Prix International | ||||||||||
Notable drivers | 35. Riccardo Patrese 36. Rolf Stommelen | ||||||||||
Debut | 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
Last event | 1978 German Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
The Arrows FA1 was a Formula One car used by the Arrows Grand Prix International team during the first half of the 1978 Formula One season.
The FA1 was in reality a Shadow DN9, which Tony Southgate had designed for Shadow whilst working as a consultant for them. Southgate mistakenly believed that because he had designed the Shadow DN9 whilst working as a consultant (and not a Shadow employee) that he owned the intellectual rights to the Shadow DN9 design. Based on this misconception Arrows built the FA1, which was essentially a carbon copy of the DN9.
The FA1 was banned by the London High Courts partway through the 1978 season after a legal protest from the Shadow team, on the grounds was a blatant copy of the DN9. The judgement handed down ruled that over 70% of the FA1 was identical to the DN9 and that all four Arrows FA1's should be broken up by Arrows and their parts handed over to the Shadow team.
Knowing it would lose the case, Arrows hurriedly designed and built a new car, the A1, [2] whilst the court case was being heard and did not miss a race.
(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Points | WCC |
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1978 | Arrows Racing Team | Ford Cosworth DFV | G | ARG | BRA | RSA | USW | MON | BEL | ESP | SWE | FRA | GBR | GER | AUT | NED | ITA | USA | CAN | 11 1 | 10th 1 | |
Riccardo Patrese | 10 | Ret | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 8 | Ret | 9 | ||||||||||||
Rolf Stommelen | 9 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 14 | 15 | DNQ | DSQ |
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