Arrows A11

The Arrows A11 was a Formula One car designed by Ross Brawn which the Arrows team used to compete in the 1989 and 1990 Formula One seasons. It was briefly used in the 1991 season as well under the name of Footwork FA11C.

The car was driven in 1989 by Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever, both retained from the previous year. Cheever would score the highest placing for the A11 by finishing third at that year's United States Grand Prix, held in his hometown of Phoenix, Arizona. The team finished 7th in the Constructors' Championship, with 13 points.

In 1990 the car received some minor suspension upgrades and was dubbed the A11B. The Arrows team had Italian veteran Michele Alboreto, with countryman Alex Caffi (and occasionally Bernd Schneider) occupying the second car. This season was far less successful than the first, with the car failing to qualify seven times, and the team only managing one points finish when Caffi finished 5th at an attritional race in Monaco. The team finished 9th in the Constructors' Championship with just 2 points.

After being powered by the Ford DFR V8 engine in both 1989 and 1990, the car in 1991, like the team, was now called the Footwork and was dubbed the FA11C as the team had been sold to the Japanese Footwork corporation. The team had an engine deal with Porsche to run a new V12 engined car. Unfortunately for the team, the V12 ended up being underpowered and overweight as it consisted of two V6 engines put together to form a single 12-cylinder one. The Porsche engine was reportedly 30 kg heavier than the similar sized and much more powerful Honda V12 powering the McLarens. The FA11C was also, by now, very outdated, and failed to qualify in three of its four attempts that year, before finally being replaced for good at Imola.

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