Arrows FA1

Arrows FA1

Riccardo Patrese driving the FA1 at the 1978 British Grand Prix
Category	Formula One
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
Races Wins Podiums Poles F/Laps 10 0 1 0 0
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.

Complete Formula One World Championship results

(key) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

^1 3 points scored using the A1.

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Arrows

Arrows Grand Prix International (1978–1990)

Notable personnel Franco Ambrosio Alan Rees Jackie Oliver Tony Southgate David Wass Notable drivers  ITA Mauro Baldi  Austria Gerhard Berger  BEL Thierry Boutsen  ITA Alex Caffi  USA Eddie Cheever  FRG Christian Danner  GBR Martin Donnelly  GBR Brian Henton  Australia Alan Jones  FRG Jochen Mass  ITA Riccardo Patrese  FRG Bernd Schneider  BRA Chico Serra  ITA Siegfried Stohr   SWI Marc Surer  FRG Rolf Stommelen  New Zealand Mike Thackwell  CAN Jacques Villeneuve Sr.  GBR Derek Warwick  FRG Manfred Winkelhock Cars FA1 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A10B A11 A11B

Japan Footwork Arrows (1991–1996)
Notable personnel Alan Jenkins Wataru Ohashi Jackie Oliver Mark Preston Notable drivers  ITA Michele Alboreto  ITA Alex Caffi  BRA Christian Fittipaldi  JPN Taki Inoue  ITA Gianni Morbidelli  ITA Max Papis  BRA Ricardo Rosset  JPN Aguri Suzuki  Netherlands Jos Verstappen  GBR Derek Warwick Cars A11C FA12 FA12C FA13 FA13B FA14 FA15 FA16 FA17

TWR Arrows (1997–2002)

Notable personnel Nick Chester Mike Coughlan Chris Dyer Eghbal Hamidy Laurent Mekies Steve Nielsen Ossi Oikarinen Nicolò Petrucci Mark Preston Sergio Rinland Rob Taylor Tom Walkinshaw John Walton Notable drivers  BRA Enrique Bernoldi  SPA Pedro de la Rosa  BRA Pedro Diniz  GBR Damon Hill  GER Heinz-Harald Frentzen  FIN Mika Salo  Japan Toranosuke Takagi  Netherlands Jos Verstappen Cars A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23

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