Arrows - Formula One Constructor's Team Information

Official name Arrows Grand Prix
Main Sponsor Orange
Team Chief Tom Walkinshaw
Tech. Director Mike Coughlan
Designer Eghbal Hamidy
Driver 1 Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Germany)
Driver 2 Enrique Bernoldi (Brazil)
Test driver (s) Johnny Herbert
The Car: Arrows A23
Engine Ford Cosworth V10 engine
Tyres Bridgestone
Fuel
2001 drivers: Jos Verstappen; Enrique Bernoldi

Constructor Address
Office/Factory Arrows Grand Prix International
TWR Group Ltd.
Leafield Technical Centre
Leafield
Witney
Oxon
OX8 5PF
Internet http://www.arrows.com

Starts 371, poles 1 (Riccardo Patrese (Italy), USA-West, 1981), wins 0, points 165.

First GP entered: Brazil 1978.

Arrows hold the Formula One record for number of races contested by a team without a single win.

2001 season (Jos Verstappen / Bernoldi): 10th, one point. sixth x1, seventh x1, eighth x2, ninth x2, 10th x4, 12th x3, 13th x2, 14th x2, 15th x1, retired x16.

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Team history:

1977 - Arrows Racing Team founded.

1978 - Formula One debut, Riccardo Patrese leads in second race (South Africa) before retiring.

1986 - Ross Brawn arrives as designer.

1989 - Footwork buy team.

1990 - Ross Brawn leaves.

1994 - Team changes name back to Arrows.

1996 - Walkinshaw takes control of team.

1997 - John Barnard appointed technical director.

1998 - Barnard leaves for Prost.

2002 - secure Cosworth engines.

Season by season (year, standing, points, drivers):

1978 - ninth equal, 11 (Riccardo Patrese/Rolf Stommelen)
1979 - ninth, 5 (Patrese/Jochen Mass)
1980 - seventh equal, 11 (Patrese/Mass)
1981 - eighth equal, 10 (Patrese/Siegfried Stohr)
1982 - 10th, 5 (Mauro Baldi/Brian Henton/Marc Surer)
1983 - 10th, 4 (Surer/Chico Serra/Thierry Boutsen)
1984 - ninth, six (Surer/Boutsen)
1985 - eighth, 14 (Boutsen/Gerhard Berger)
1986 - 10th, 1 (Surer/Boutsen/Christian Danner)
1987 - sixth equal, 11 (Derek Warwick/Eddie Cheever)
1988 - fourth equal, 23 (Warwick/Cheever)
1989 - seventh, 13 (Warwick/Cheever/Martin Donnelly)
1990 - ninth equal, 2 (Michele Alboreto/Ivan Capelli)
1991 - no points (Alboreto/Alex Caffi/Stefan Johansson)
1992 - (as Footwork) seventh equal, six. (Alboreto/Aguri Suzuki)
1993 - (as Footwork) ninth, four (Warwick/Suzuki)
1994 - (as Footwork) ninth, nine (Christian Fittipaldi/Gianni Morbidelli)
1995 - (as Footwork) eighth equal, five (Morbidelli/Taki Inoue/Massimiliano Papis)
1996 - (as Footwork) ninth, one (Ricardo Rosset/Jos Verstappen).
1997 - eighth, nine (Damon Hill / Pedro Diniz).
1998 - seventh, six (Pedro Diniz / Mika Salo)
1999 - ninth, one (Pedro de la Rosa, Tora Takagi)
2000 - seventh, seven (Verstappen / Johnny Herbert)

Arrows Grand Prix has been competing in Formula 1 since 1978. They made debut at the Brazilian GP in a Cosworth-engined FA/1 chassis, with drivers Ricardo Patrese & Rolf Stommelen. Patrese finished 2nd at Sweden and the team completed the year 9th in the Constructors Championship.

Patrese stayed with the team until the end of 1981, when his team member was Villeneuve. The team finished 9th in 1978, 1979 & 1980 and 8th in 1981.

In 1983, Australian Alan Jones drove for Arrows with team mate Thierry Boutsen when they finished 10th in the Constructor's Championship. Boutsen was with the team until 1986.

From 1984 until 1988, Arrows was powered by BMW engines until they pulled out of F1. 1987 was their best ever year, finishing 6th.

Footwork Corporation purchased the Arrows Team in 1989 who placed a Cosworth DFR V8s engine in the A11 chassis. Drivers Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever took Footwork Arrows to 7th in the 1989 Constructors Championship.

Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi were the team drivers in 1990 & 1991, with Aguri Suzuki replacing Caffi for the 1992 season. The 1993 season had the Mugen V10 powered Footwork Arrows driven by Suzuki and Derek Warwick. In 1994 the pilots were Christian Fittipaldi and Gianni Morbidelli, when they finished 9th.

1994 saw previous owners Jackie Oliver and Alan Rees take over the running of the team under its former name of Arrows Grand Prix International Limited. These men bought the company again in 1995, with Footwork staying on as chassis suppliers.

In 1996 Tom Walkinshaw assumed control of the team, and moved it to the TWR Group headquarters at Leafield, Oxon, near Oxford in England. Drivers Ricardo Rosset & Jos Verstappen drove the Hart powered cars.

Yamaha played a major part of the Arrows team in 1997, supplying their OX11A engine and chassis. Damon Hill finished 2nd in Hungary and teammate Pedro Diniz came 5th in Luxembourg, Arrows finishing the Constructor's Championship in 8th place.

An Arrows F1 V10 engine in the A19 chassis completed the 1998 season, with pilots Pedro Diniz and Mika Salo.

Two newbie drivers in Pedro De La Rosa of Spain and Toranosuke Takagi of Japan take to the track in the 1999 F1 season for TWR-Arrows Grand Prix.

TECHNICAL DATA:

Chassis A20 - Arrows manufactured Carbon Monocoque
Suspension Pushrod operated 5 damper system with Dynamic dampers
Cooling System Secan oil and water radiators
Transmission Arrows 6-speed semi-automatic, in-line configuration
Gearbox Arrows; Gear Selection Electro-hydraulic Gear Selection & Throttle
Clutch A.P. Racing (Carbon)
Brakes A.P. Arrows calipers; Carbone Industrie discs and pads
Wheels B.B.S. one piece 13x12 front, 13x13.7 rear
Tyres Bridgestone
Drivers Seat Arrows carbon fibre
Extinguisher System Arrows twin bottle system
Front Track 1465.0mm
Rear Track 1410.0mm
Wheelbase 2995.0mm
Weight 600kg including driver and camera(s)
Overall car length 5140.0mm
Height 1 metre
Width 1798.0mm
Electronics TAG 2000; Dashboard/Instruments Arrows/TAG
Fuel System ATL/Arrows; Fuel Tank Capacity 130 litres

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