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1980 Arrows A3
Formula One
Driven by Riccardo Patrese
Best Finish of 1980, 2nd at the Long Beach Grand Prix
Powered by a Ford 3.0 DVF V8
Arrows Grand Prix
The Arrows Grand Prix International team was founded in 1977, by Italian financier
Franco Ambrosio (A), Alan Rees (R), Jackie Oliver (O), Dave Wass (W) and Tony
Southgate (S) when Rees, Oliver, Wass and Southgate left the Shadow team.
The team was started in Milton Keynes, England and produced their first Formula One car in just 53 days. Arrows signed up Riccardo Patrese who scored points in the US West Grand Prix at Long Beach in the car's third race.
Ambrosio left the team due to being jailed for financial irregularities in Italy. Shadow sued for copyright infringement, claiming that the Arrows FA/1 was just a copy of the Shadow DN9. The team decided to build a new car called the A1. This was completed in 52 days and appeared the day after the High Court in London banned the team from racing the FA/1.
The team constructed this cat the A3 for the 1980 Formula One Championship season.