1978 Arrows FA1

Arrows Grand Prix International was a British team based in Milton, Keynes, from 1978 until 2002. For a period of its history was also known as Footwork. In 1977, the team was founded by the Italian financier Franco Ambrosio, Alan Rees, Jackie Oliver, Dave Wass and Tony Southgate. At that time, Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate had recently left the Shadow Formula 1 team.

The name 'Arrows' was formed by the surnames of the founding members. Their first Formula One car, called FA1, was built in only 53 days. Southgate and Wass created an innovative design whitch featured in aluminum monocoque chassis. The suspension was comprised of in-board mounted springs in the front with a single top link and twin lower links in the rear. Power was from a Cosworth DFV V8 engine mated to a Hewland gearbox. The completed car was finished in Warsteiner colors.

In 1978, the swedish Gunnar Nisson signed a contract to became an official driver of the team. Unfortunately he was diagnosticated of testicular câncer and passed away. Due to his illness he never got the chance to guide the car that year.
Due this fact, the drivers were the Italian Riccardo Patrese and the German veteran Rolf Stommelen.

At the second round of the year, Patrese debut the FA1 in Brazil, where he finished at tenth place. Afterwards, the best finish for Patrese was a second place at the Swedish Grand Prix, sixth at Monaco and at The United States Grand Prix West.
While Patrese had success in the gold-colored Arrows, Stommelen struggled and only achieved a pair of ninth place finishes.

In the middle of 1978 the Arrows team was sued by Shadow for copyright infringement, claiming that Arrows FA1 was a carbon copy of the Shadow DN9. The High Court in London banned the team from racing with the FA1 model. After just 52 days, the team built a whole new car that was called A1.

Arrows FA1 Category Formula 1 Developer Tony Southgate, Dave Woss Constructor Arrows Specifications Chassis Monocoque aluminum Suspension (front) Upper rocker levers, lower - triangular, springs inside the case Suspension (rear) Parallel lower levers, one upper lever and torsion bars, Koni shock absorbers Engine Ford - Cosworth DFV 3.0L, 470 HP, V8 , atmospheric, mid-range Transmission Hewland FGA 400, 5 gears + reverse, manual Weight 593 kg Fuel Petrofina, Valvoline Tires Goodyear Performance history Teams Arrows racing team Pilots Riccardo Patrese Rolf Stommelen Debut Brazil 1978 Race Victory Poles BC ten 0 0 0 Unless otherwise indicated, all data are Formula 1 Grand Prix only

Legend to the table The table lists the results of all Formula 1 Grand Prix in which the pilot participated. The rows of the table are the seasons, the columns are the stages of the Grand Prix. In each cell, the abbreviated name of the stage and the result of the rider are indicated, additionally indicated by color. Decoding of symbols and colors is presented in the table below. Example Description one Winner 2 Second place 3 Third place five Finished in the spectacle zone 12 Finished out of the spectacle zone NKL Finished but not classified 15 Participated outside the standings, or according to a separate classification 18 Not finished, but classified Gathering Not finished and not classified NKV Not qualified NPKV Not prequalified DSC Disqualified SUIT Excluded from the protocol test Fridays Tester NA Participated in the Grand Prix as a combat pilot, but did not start the race T Injured or sick QC Opt out NTR Arrived at the Grand Prix, but did not even participate in training NPR It was announced among the participants of the Grand Prix, but did not arrive at the start of the competition ABOUT Race canceled Did not participate Pole position Fast lap

Year Team Engine Tires N ° Pilots one 2 3 four five 6 7 eight 9 ten eleven 12 13 14 15 sixteen Glasses QC 1978 Arrows FA1 Ford cosworth DFV V8 G 11 [1] 9. 35 Patrese ten Gathering 6 6 Gathering Gathering 2 eight Gathering 9 36 Stommel 9 9 Gathering Gathering 14 14 15 NKV DSC

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