Footwork Arrows

Footwork
Full nameFootwork Arrows
BaseMilton Keynes, United Kingdom
Noted staffJackie Oliver
Alan Jenkins
Noted driversItaly Michele Alboreto
Brazil Christian Fittipaldi
Italy Gianni Morbidelli
Japan Aguri Suzuki
Japan Taki Inoue
Brazil Ricardo Rosset
Netherlands Jos Verstappen
Formula One World Championship career
First entry1991 United States Grand Prix
Races entered97 (91 starts)
Constructors'
Championships
0
Drivers'
Championships
0
Race victories0
Podiums1
Pole positions0
Fastest laps0
Final entry1996 Japanese Grand Prix

Footwork Arrows was a British Formula One motor racing team which competed from 1991 to 1996. Japanese businessman Wataru Ohashi, who was the president of Footwork Express Co., Ltd., a Japanese logistics company, began investing heavily in the Arrows team in 1990 (having sponsored a Japanese Formula 3000 team), the deal including requiring the cars to display the Footwork logo prominently. The team was officially renamed Footwork in 1991, and secured a deal to race with Porsche engines. Results were poorer than expected, and after just six races, Footwork dropped the Porsche engines and continued with Hart-built Ford engines.

For the 1992 season they switched engine supplier to Mugen. Arrows retained the Footwork name until Ohashi withdrew his financial backing before the 1996 season, whereupon the name of the team reverted to Arrows. Regardless, Jackie Oliver had retained operational control throughout the entire period.