Arrows A19

The Arrows A19 was the car with which the Arrows team competed in the 1998 World Championship, driven by Pedro Diniz and Mika Salo, who replaced Damon Hill. John Barnard, the technical director, designed it with a carbon fibre gearbox that proved troublesome, and it ran in an almost completely black livery. Its main weakness was the engine: Tom Walkinshaw had bought into Brian Hart's engine company, making Arrows the first British team to produce its own engines since BRM in 1977, but the budget was too small. The car was unreliable, though it showed its pace at Monaco with a double points finish, and Diniz took fifth at the chaotic Belgian Grand Prix.