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Founded by: Franco AmbrosioAlain ReesJackie OliverDave WassTony Southgate

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History: 1977 -  Arrows Grand Prix founded. 1978 -  Riccardo Patrese scores Arrows first point with sixth at Long Beach; Patrese takes second in Sweden - the team`s best finish to date; Patrese banned for involvement in the accident that killed Ronnie Peterson. 1981 -  Patrese takes only pole position to date at Long Beach. 1984 -  Arrows switch to BMW Turbo engines. 1987 -  Megatron supply engines to Arrows after BMW pulls out. 1989 -  Arrows are bought by Wataru Ohashi`s Footwork Corporation, and open new $10 million technical centre in Milton Keynes. 1995 -  Jackie Oliver takes control after Footwork pull out. 1996 -  Tom Walkinshaw buys controlling interest in team and relocates works, Reigning World Champion Damon Hill signs for team. 1997 -  Damon Hill equals team`s best ever finish - 2nd after leading Hungarian Grand Prix. 1998 -  Both drivers in the points at Monaco, but the team suffers from lack of power. 1999 -  Again, Arrows get in the points but remain at the bottom of the pack. 2000 -  Arrows finish seventh in the Constructor`s championship with seven points. 2001 -  Arrows finish tenth in the Constructor`s championship with one point (by Jos Verstappen).

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Statistics

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Statistic	#	Percentage	First	Last
Number of Grand Prix	295	100%	1978	2002
Number of starts	585	99.32%	1978	2002
Number of finishes	273	46.35%	1978	2002
Number of finishes on podium	8	1.36%	1978	1997
Number of finishes in points	70	11.88%	1978	2002
Number of retirements	286	48.56%	1978	2002
Number of pole positions	1	0.17%	1981	1981

Seasons:	19 (1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Leading:	5 times during 127 laps in 4 Grand Prix with a total of 493.446 Km
Points:	141 (Average per start: 0.24)
	Points per season - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11 5 11 10 5 4 6 14 1 11 23 13 1 9 6 1 7 1 2 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Team:	Arrows Grand Prix 1999, Arrows Grand Prix 2001, Arrows Racing Cars 1982, Arrows Racing Team 1978, Arrows Racing Team 1981, Arrows Racing Team 1982, Arrows Racing Team 1983, Arrows Supertec 2000, Arrows-Hart 1996, Barclays Arrows BMW 1985, Barclays Arrows BMW 1986, Barclays Nordica Arrows BMW 1984, Danka Arrows 1998, Danka Arrows Yamaha 1997, Orange Arrows 2002, US F&G Arrows 1989, US F&G Arrows Megatron 1987, US F&G Arrows Megatron 1988, Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team 1979, Warsteiner Arrows Racing Team 1980
Driver:	Mauro Baldi, Gerhard Berger, Enrique Bernoldi, Thierry Boutsen, Eddie Cheever, Christian Danner, Pedro Paulo Diniz, Martin Donnelly, Heinz-Harald Frentzen, Brian Henton, Damon Hill, Alan Jones, Jochen Mass, Riccardo Patrese, Pedro de la Rosa, Ricardo Rosset, Mika Salo, Chico Serra, Siegfried Stohr, Rolf Stommelen, Marc Surer, Toranosuke Takagi, Patrick Tambay, Mike Thackwell, Jos Verstappen, Jacques -Uncle- Villeneuve, Derek Warwick, Manfred Winkelhock
Chassis:	Arrows A1, Arrows A10, Arrows A10B, Arrows A11, Arrows A18, Arrows A19, Arrows A1B, Arrows A2, Arrows A20, Arrows A21, Arrows A22, Arrows A23, Arrows A3, Arrows A4, Arrows A5, Arrows A6, Arrows A7, Arrows A8, Arrows A9, Arrows FA1, Footwork FA17
Engine:	Arrows 3.0 V10, Asiatech V10, BMW 1.5 L4T, BMW 1.5 L4T, BMW 1.5 L4T, Ford Cos. DFR 3.5 V8, Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8, Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8, Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8, Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8, Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8, Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8, Ford Cos. DFV 3.0 V8, Ford Cosworth CR-4 3.0 V10, Hart 3.0 V8 (Type 830), Megatron 1.5 L4T, Supertec 3.0 V10, Yamaha 3.0 V10 (Type 0X11A)

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