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.
^Arrows FA1 @ StatsF1
^"CONSTRUCTORS: ARROWS GRAND PRIX". GrandPrix.com. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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Global Information
Riccardo Patrese
Rolf Stommelen