Footwork FA12

The Footwork FA12 was a Formula One racing car that the Footwork Arrows team designed and built for the 1991 Formula One season. It was planned around the new Porsche 3512 engine, but that engine proved so large and bulky that the car had to be redesigned to install it properly, so the team began the season with an older 1990-based car, the A11C, for the first three race meetings. The FA12 made its debut at the San Marino Grand Prix, where Alex Caffi failed to qualify it, and Michele Alboreto drove one from the Monaco Grand Prix onward. Stefan Johansson took over the second car at the Canadian Grand Prix after Caffi was injured in a road accident. The Mexican Grand Prix was the last appearance of the Porsche engine. Before the French race the team switched to a Ford-Cosworth DFR 3.5-litre V8 in a modified version of the car designated the FA12C, but results stayed poor, with seven starts and four finishes in the last ten races and a best placing of tenth.