Arrows Grand Prix International
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| Full name | Arrows Grand Prix International |
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| Base | Milton Keynes, UK, later Leafield Technical Centre, UK |
| Founder(s) |
Franco Ambrosio Alan Rees Jackie Oliver Dave Wass Tony Southgate |
| Noted staff |
Tom Walkinshaw Heini Mader Ross Brawn |
| Noted drivers |
 Riccardo Patrese Alan Jones Thierry Boutsen Gerhard Berger Derek Warwick Eddie Cheever Damon Hill Taki Inoue Jos Verstappen
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
| First entry | 1978 Brazilian Grand Prix |
| Races entered | 394 entries (382 starts) |
| Constructors' Championships |
0 |
| Drivers' Championships |
0 |
| Race victories | 0 (Best finish: five 2nd places, last one at 1997 Hungarian Grand Prix) |
| Podiums | 9 |
| Points | 164 |
| Pole positions | 1 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Final entry | 2002 German Grand Prix |
Arrows Grand Prix International was a British Formula One team active from 1978 to 2002. For a period of time, it was also known as Footwork.
The Arrows Grand Prix International team was founded in Milton Keynes, England in 1977, by Italian businessman Franco Ambrosio, Alan Rees, Jackie Oliver, Dave Wass and Tony Southgate (from whose surnames' initials the team took its name) when they left the Shadow team.
Team sponsor Franco Ambrosio's initials were used in the name of Arrows' first car, the Arrows FA1. Shadow sued for copyright infringement, claiming that the FA1 was a copy of the Shadow DN9. Arrows designed a greatly revised car, the Arrows A1, in 52 days. It was shown the day after the High Court of Justice in London upheld Shadow's claim and banned the team from racing the FA1.
Ambrosio left the team in early 1977 when jailed in Italy for financial irregularities.
Arrows driver Riccardo Patrese who scored points in the team's third race, the US West Grand Prix at Long Beach.
For the team's first season in Formula One, the team had signed Swede Gunnar Nilsson to be their first driver. However, he would never get to drive the car, since he contracted a fatal case of testicular cancer and died later that year.
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