The car's main weakness was its engine. Tom Walkinshaw, the Team Principal of Arrows, had bought into Brian Hart's engine company and thus Arrows became the first British F1 team to produce their own engines since BRM in . Walkinshaw explained the move as a chance to push the team's engineering further forward and to cut costs on paying for customer engines.
The car's main weakness was its engine. Tom Walkinshaw, the Team Principal of Arrows, had invested in Brian Hart's engine company and thus Arrows became the first British F1 team to produce their own engines since BRM in . Walkinshaw explained the move as a chance to advance the team's engineering further and to reduce costs by not paying for customer engines.