The Arrows A1 was the car with which Arrows Grand Prix International competed in the 1978 and 1979 Formula One seasons. It replaced the Arrows FA1, which was banned by the London High Court on 31 July 1978 after a legal protest from the Shadow team on the grounds that it was a carbon-copy of the Shadow DN9.

It commenced on 1 April 1979 and ended on 7 October after fifteen races. The Drivers' Championship was won by Englishman Rupert Keegan who drove an Arrows A1 entered by Charles Clowes. [1] Points are awarded to the top ten …

Designed and built in just 60 days after the FA1 was banned, the Arrows A1 kept Arrows going, but did not match the results of the earlier car. In 1979 and 1980, Rupert Keegan and Guy Edwards won rounds of the British F1 series in Charles Clowes' A1s.

The Arrows A1 was the car with which the Arrows Formula One team competed in the 1978 and 1979 Formula One seasons. It was a replacement for the Arrows FA1, which the team had been forced to withdraw after a legal protest from the Shadow team on the grounds that it was too similar to their own...

After Arrows' first car, the Arrows FA1 was found in a London High Court to be too similar to the Shadow DN9, the Arrows team, built consisting mainly of former Shadow engineers, designed and built the Arrows A1 in a mere 52 days.

Jan 2, 2014 · Dubbed the A1, it was launched the day after the court ruling. Having started the design process halfway through the 1978 season, Southgate had the advantage of taking the …

Feb 7, 2024 · Thus, the Arrows A1, arguably the team’s first F1 car, was born. Like the FA1 (and DN9), it featured an aluminium monocoque with Cosworth DFV and Hewland gearbox. …

Jan 3, 1978 · The new Arrows A1, resumed in general lines the previous FA1 but was a completely different car. The usual Ford Cosworth DFV coupled to a Hewland FG400 gearbox was mounted, as usual, as stressed element on an open-type aluminium monocoque chassis, with the only fuel tank centrally located.

The Arrows A1 was the car with which Arrows Grand Prix International competed in the 1978 and 1979 Formula One seasons. It replaced the Arrows FA1, which was banned by the London High Court on 31 July 1978 after a legal protest from the Shadow team on the grounds that it was a carbon-copy of the Shadow DN9.

This vehicle is one of three fresh iterations of the Arrows A1 produced in the latter stages of 1978 as replacements for the Arrows FA1s, which were returned to the Shadow team due to a copyright dispute.