Team Milestones
1977: Arrows Racing Team founded, based in Milton Keynes, UK
1978: F1 debut at the Brazilian GP; Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Riccardo Patrese and Rolf Stommelen
1979: Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Riccardo Patrese and Jochen Mass
1980: Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Riccardo Patrese and Jochen Mass
1981: Team finishes 8th in the Constructors' Championship with Riccardo Patrese, Siegfried Stohr and Jacques Villeneuve
1982: Team finishes 10th in the Constructors' Championship with Marc Surer and Mauro Baldi
1983: Team finishes 10th in the Constructors' Championship with Marc Surer, Chico Serra, Alan Jones and Thierry Boutsen
1984: Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Marc Surer and Thierry Boutsen
1985: Team finishes 8th in the Constructors' Championship with Thierry Boutsen and Gerhard Berger
1986: Designer Dave Wass left Arrows, replaced by Ross Brawn; Team finishes 10th in the Constructors' Championship with Thierry Boutsen, Marc Surer and Christian Danner
1987: BMW, supplier of the powerplant of the Arrows car, pulls out of F1 but USF&G-owned Megatron buys the rights to the engine; Team finishes 6th in the Constructors' Championship with Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever
1988: Team finishes 4th in the Constructors' Championship with Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever; Derek Warwick finishes 7th in the Drivers' Championship
1989: Arrows F1 Technical Centre opened at Milton Keynes; in November the team is bought by Wataru Ohashi’s Footwork Corp.; Team finishes 7th in the Constructors' Championship with Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever
1990: Ross Brawn replaced by James Robinson; Alan Jenkins appointed Technical Director; Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi
1991: In June, Ford Cosworth V8 replaces Porsche engine with which the team started the season with; The 0.4 scale wind tunnel opens at Arrows Technical Centre; Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi
1992: Team finishes 7th in the Constructors' Championship with Michele Alboreto and Aguri Suzuki
1993: Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Derek Warwick and Aguri Suzuki
1994: Previous owners Jackie Oliver and Alan Rees take over the running of the team under its former name of Arrows Grand Prix International Limited; Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Christian Fittipaldi and Gianni Morbidelli
1995: Jackie Oliver and Alan Rees regained ownership of the team with no further involvement from Footwork other than the designation of the chassis; Team finishes 8th in the Constructors' Championship with Gianni Morbidelli, Taki Inoue and Max Papis
1996: TWR Group takes control of Arrows team and moves to TWR Group Headquarters in Leafield, Oxon; Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Ricardo Rosset and Jos Verstappen
1997: In May, John Barnard appointed Technical Director; Team finishes 8th in the Constructors' Championship with Damon Hill and Pedro Diniz
1998: Consortium of Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, Prince Malik Ado Ibrahim and Tom Walkinshaw restructure ownership of Arrows Grand Prix; Team finishes 7th in the Constructors' Championship with Pedro Diniz and Mika Salo
1999: Roger Silman appointed Managing Director and Mike Coughlan appointed Technical Director; Team finishes 9th in the Constructors' Championship with Pedro De La Rosa and Toranosuke Takagi
Related Links
The official Arrows web site
The official Pedro de la Rosa web site
The official Jos Verstappen web site
Arrows F1 Statistics on FORIX