Footwork FA12

The Footwork FA12 was a Formula One car designed and built by the Footwork Arrows team for the 1991 season. The number 9 car was driven by Michele Alboreto and the number 10 car was shared by Alex Caffi and Stefan Johansson. The team had no test driver.

The FA12 was intended to start the season, but the new Porsche 3512 engine was so large and bulky that the car had to be re-designed to install it properly,^[3] so a 1990-based car called the A11C was used for the first three race meetings.^[4]

The FA12 finally debuted at the San Marino Grand Prix, where Caffi failed to qualify the new car (Alboreto still had an A11C). For the following Monaco Grand Prix both drivers had FA12s - Caffi once again failed to qualify and Alboreto retired from the race. Stefan Johansson replaced Caffi at the Canadian Grand Prix after Caffi sustained injuries in a road accident;^[5] this time both drivers qualified but both also retired from the race. The Mexican Grand Prix was the last appearance of the Porsche engine; Johansson failed to qualify and Alboreto again retired from the race.

Before the next race in France, the team switched to the Ford-Cosworth DFR 3.5 litre V8 engine, in a modified version of the car designated the FA12C.^[6] But results were not much better; the last 10 races of the season yielded only 7 starts and 4 finishes, with a best placing of 10th.

Complete Formula One results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Tyres	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts.	WCC
1991	Footwork Arrows	FA12	Porsche 3512 V12	G		USA	BRA	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP	JPN	AUS	0	NC
					Michele Alboreto				Ret	Ret	Ret
					Alex Caffi			DNQ	DNQ
					Stefan Johansson					Ret	DNQ
		FA12C	Ford DFR V8		Michele Alboreto							Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNQ	15	Ret	DNQ	13	0	NC
					Stefan Johansson							DNQ	DNQ
					Alex Caffi									DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	10	15

References

External links

F1 Rejects article

Cars that competed in the 1991 Formula One season

McLaren MP4/6 Tyrrell 020 Williams FW14 Brabham BT59Y Brabham BT60Y Footwork A11C Footwork FA12 Lotus 102B Fondmetal FA1ME Fondmetal Fomet-1 Leyton House CG911 AGS JH25/JH25B AGS JH27 Benetton B190B Benetton B191 Dallara 191 Minardi M191 Ligier JS35/JS35B Ferrari 642 Ferrari 643 Lola LC91 Coloni C4 Jordan 191 Lambo 291

Arrows

Arrows Grand Prix International	Personnel Franco Ambrosio Alan Rees Jackie Oliver Tony Southgate Cars FA1 A1 A1B A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A10B A11 A11B Notable drivers Riccardo Patrese Derek Warwick Eddie Cheever Thierry Boutsen

Footwork Arrows	Personnel Wataru Ohashi Jackie Oliver Alan Jenkins Notable Drivers Aguri Suzuki Michele Alboreto Cars A11C FA12 FA12C FA13 FA13B FA14 FA15 FA16 FA17

TWR Arrows	Personnel Tom Walkinshaw Cars A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 Notable drivers Damon Hill Heinz-Harald Frentzen

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