Footwork FA17

The Footwork FA17 was the car with which the Footwork team competed in the 1996 World Championship, driven by the Dutchman Jos Verstappen and the Brazilian Ricardo Rosset. Tom Walkinshaw bought the team from its founder Jackie Oliver early in the season, so 1996 became a write-off while the focus moved to 1997, and the technical director Alan Jenkins left for Stewart and was replaced by Frank Dernie. The car was competitive at the start of the year, but with little development and a lack of power from the Hart V8 engine the team slid to the back of the grid. Verstappen was the faster driver but finished only one race in the first half of the year, and a stuck throttle caused a huge accident at Spa.