Arrows F1

[lkjohnson1950]

Courtesy Retro F1, a classic Arrows takes a spin around the salvaged Donington:

http://www.retroformula1.com/Videos/Vid_Greensall.2.html

The sound is fantastic, and I found the G circle very interesting.

[Ian]

Cheers Lonny, thoroughly enjoyed that. 

[John S]

Great Lonny, that's really cheered me up ahead of the season - thanks. 

It's so good I may just watch it again. 

[cosworth151]

Good one, Lonny!  He made quick work of the Caterham 7's, E-Type & Lotus Cortina.

[Scott]

Was that Neil holding him up in his Caterham? 

[Dare]

The Arrow was one of my favorite cars to drive
in Grand Prix 4

[lkjohnson1950]

Besides selling some cool stuff, Retro Formula 1 has a good bit of historical info on the site.

[F1fanaticBD]

The sound of Cosworth DFV, just divine people just divine. Can listen to that all day long baby, all day long.

[Irisado]

It's a pity that the team still isn't around.

[F1fanaticBD]

It's a pity that the team still isn't around.

So true. I still could not believe Hill missed that opportunity to win in that Arrows Yamaha...

[cosworth151]

Arrows fell apart before the 2002 USGP at Indy. Their sponsor, the mobile phone company Orange, still had their booth there. I got a lot of Arrows swag from them at bargain basement prices.

[F1fanaticBD]

Arrows fell apart before the 2002 USGP at Indy. Their sponsor, the mobile phone company Orange, still had their booth there. I got a lot of Arrows swag from them at bargain basement prices.

Didn't the factory Caterham acquire in Leafield was Arrows'?

[Irisado]

So true. I still could not believe Hill missed that opportunity to win in that Arrows Yamaha...

I remember that race well.  I was on holiday, and the television reception was awful, so I had to listen to much of that race on the radio, and then watch the highlights, when the reception had improved slightly.

That would have been one of the biggest upsets ever in a Formula 1 season, but it was sadly not to be.

Didn't the factory Caterham acquire in Leafield was Arrows'?

It was also the old Super Aguri factory if my memory isn't playing tricks.

Arrows was Milton Keynes based originally if I recall correctly, before Walkinshaw moved it to Leafield.

[F1fanaticBD]

Oh remember that clearly, didn't understand much about F1 then, all I knew Hill was the champion and he was driving a car other than Williams, had absolutely no idea why it was so, then I saw breaking down part. I could still see the pictures today when I close my eyes. It took long time to realize Arrows is not as great as Williams, in fact they are a struggling team.

Since then I understood the struggling could never win an F1 race, until Vettel made that fairytale Torro Rosso win. For that win, I will always have a soft spot for Vettel, because somehow he managed to make me believe that fairytale still happens in F1 world.

[Irisado]

There are a few unexpected wins in Formula 1, and I remember fondly when Panis won the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix for Ligier.  That was a truly unexpected triumph.

I have no such feelings about Vettel's victory.  He won in a ghost team, which serves no purpose other than to be a marketing exercise, and driver proving/disproving ground for Red Bull.  Had he won driving for the actual Minardi team rather than this miserable imitation team, then I'd have felt a lot more.

Arrows had their chances.  Patrese got close in their debut year if I recall correctly, or possibly in their second year, and then of course there was Hill, but sadly that's as close as they got.