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 .
7-520: 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
14-521: A new car, the A1 , whilst the court case was being heard and did not miss a race. ( key ) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) ^1 3 points scored using the A1 . This Formula One –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Shadow DN9 The Shadow DN9 was a Formula One car used by the Shadow team during
21-446: A new paintjob and a series of wind tunnel tests and subsequent aerodynamic improvements were carried out. New side skirts were introduced, helping to lower drag while doubling downforce. The Shadow DN9 was introduced at the 1978 Long Beach Grand Prix for first driver Hans-Joachim Stuck 's use, although he did not start the race. Second driver Clay Regazzoni got the new car for the race after ( Monaco ). Hawaiian driver Danny Ongais
28-467: The 1978 and 1979 Formula One seasons . It is most famous for having been copied by the new Arrows team for their FA1 . Arrows, formed by a disgruntled group of Shadow's staffers, were in the end prohibited from using the design. The Shadow DN9 was developed by Tony Southgate , returning to Shadow from Team Lotus . After racing the last three-quarters of the 1978 season, it returned for 1979. A new sponsor (Holland's Samson shag tobacco ) necessitated
35-610: 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
42-566: The car's last race at the rainy 1979 United States Grand Prix . Interscope Racing, the privateer who had twice entered a DN9 in 1978, was the team fielding de Angelis, Shadow's de facto first driver. The choice of Dutchman Lammers was tied to the Shadows team's main sponsor, the Dutch Samson shag tobacco company. ( key ) (Results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap.) * 2 points scored in 1978
49-402: Was also entered twice, by Interscope Racing , but failed pre-qualifying on both occasions. Ongais also tested at Silverstone, where he went faster than Lammers who was to become Shadow's second driver in 1979. A disappointing 1978 meant using drivers of a lower caliber for 1979, with rookie drivers Elio de Angelis and Jan Lammers scoring only once, with de Angelis' surprise fourth place in
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