NOT SO FANCY FOOTWORK! The Story of Footwork Arrows (1991-1996)

[@samiraperi467]

"There are probably some connections you haven't thought of." Roberto Moreno connects about half of your videos. :D

[@PaperBanjo64]

And Flavio Briatore the other half

[@Andre_The_Millennial]

@@PaperBanjo64 Tom Walkinshaw is always lurking in the background too.

[@RANDOMZBOSSMAN1]

@@Andre_The_MillennialWith his fingers in many pies

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

He's the Kevin Bacon of Motorsport

[@jamessteel9016]

80s and 90s small team stories are always my favourites of Aidan's videos.

[@Rager1981]

Team 1989 F1 season is the GOAT season checking in.

[@SoftBank47]

I lived in Japan for three years, and I never once saw Footwork in the areas I lived. I only saw Yamato Takkyubin and Japan Post. Also, I’ll never forget the name Sega gave Footwork in Super Monaco GP 2: “Feet.”

[@palm92]

May I ask what years? They had a rebrand in 2009 to Toll.

[@kevinprior3549]

The all gold look of that Arrows in the late 70s was just beautiful. But reliability was their biggest achilie's heel.

[@anthonyhastings5961]

My sister went to play with a neighbour friend and when Mum and I went to collect her, there was a gold Warsteiner nose cone in the back garden that the tortoise lived in. My sister’s BFF is Dave Wass’ daughter. I grew up in Bletchley where the Arrows was built back in the late 70s and 80s. There was a non championship race at Brands Hatch that Alan Jones led for a while

[@smith2781]

I live near you. Jackie Oliver lives just 5 minutes away from me. My brother installed sky tv in his house about 20 years ago. He showed my brother his office where he had drivers helmets from Mansell, Prost, Senna and Damon Hill and Schumacher etc.

[@mrterp04]

Max Papis! Best known in the U.S. for two things: 1.) owning his namesake steering wheel company 2.) being slapped in the face by another driver’s wife after a NASCAR race

[@reptongeek]

I only have one race that featured the Footwork team which was the amazing Monaco GP of 1996. Footwork lasted 2 laps or something. Jos Verstappen crashed at the first corner and Ricardo Rosset crashed at La Rascasse on Lap 2. They also left Monaco with no front or rear wings. Jos Verstappen was saved at Spa by the higher cockpit sides that had been introduced as a safety feature. One team principal actually complained to Sid Watkins he had cost him an extra $100,000 because of this, and F1's doctor simply told him to take it off the salary of the driver!

[@Tita_]

Ye, it saved his live and Max was born a year later... So without it we wouldn't have had Max as an F1 driver and World Champion...

[@Leahi84]

The lockdown sim racing times were crazy and amazing. Getting to share the track with actual NASCAR drivers on iRacing was awesome.

[@AJZulu]

Those Orange ARROWS from the 2000s were beautiful.

[@TheAlphaDingo]

I don't know where it sits in the pantheon of F1 liveries but the first model car kit I ever got was the Footwork FA14 ('93 season) and I've always thought it was a good, simple and clean design (but maybe that's the nostalgia talking).

[@TheBrainSpecialist]

Hey Aiden, I know it's a minor part of the video, but Kyushu is pronounced "Cue-shu" as is Pool Cue. It's the westernmost of Japan's main 4 islands.

[@bwoahman]

ah damn it, i got beaten by the bot

[@TomGS]

Ditto. Beat them at Twitter, tho.

[@gerarduspoppel2831]

Rise of the machines😂

[@davesouthword1298]

Reminder to cover the 95 Australian GP. I remember you said once that no one wanted to finish the race.

[@CyanRooper]

The 1994 Footwork FA15 looked so good. It had a weird looking rear wing but the livery more than made up for it.

[@joribremer5260]

The Stake F1 team car should have looked like that ( black car But with Green and white blocks )

[@Stroke2Engineering]

The rear wing shape was introduced by Footwork the year before, as the maximum height of the wing was reduced by 5cm in 1993. But only BEHIND the rear axle. These appendages where then banned in 1995.

[@nehylen5738]

Indeed, I loved the look of it too. It was the better Ford client team: looked pretty nimble (as it showed in Monaco), the drivers were both solid, esp. Fittipaldi.

[@davidporeilly1]

Thanks Aidan. The Damon Hill season with Arrows showed some of his great talent. Pushing like a madman to qualify the car in Melbourne. Then his p2 at Hungary. The orange and black livery captured my imagination and I race in those colours whenever I can (sim and IRL) hence my avatar pic.

[@stephenpointon]

@Aidan Millward you need to do a Derek Warwick video "mr. wrong team at the wrong time"

[@Athrun82]

The funny thing about the first Arrows: Arrows had presented their car first . Shadow was beginning the 1978 season with a pre-year car. Then during the non-championship race at Silverstone (ironically the last of it's kind) Shadow presented their new car and a journalist was visiting at the time and he exclaimed "My god! It's an Arrows!" Which then led to this whole kerfuffel

[@Hammerhead547]

I suppose you could say that Footwork-Arrows had two left feet.

[@Dat-Mudkip]

Another reason "Mad Max" earned his nickname was because as that 1996 Daytona race was drawing to a close, he had to make a late pit stop for fuel. He proceeded to blast his way down into the pits at top speed. Funny enough, pit road speed limits were introduced the following year...

[@skxj]

Great video as usual. Love the Bruins hat. !!

[@chrisdavidson911]

1:08 see how the ground effect elements of aerodynamics are basically sucking the water off the track and making the spray? 2 minor streaks of spray are coming from directly behind the wheels, but the overwhelming majority of it is diffuser oriented. That's what F1 is trying to fix by covering the wheels a bit.

[@chlcrk]

If you're looking for video ideas, McLaren-Honda's duality of being brilliant in the 80s/90s and awful in the 2010s while being convinced it was the second coming of their 80s/90s spell could be worth a deep dive

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

A team with a history of dodgy owners was only going to end one way...

[@nolancain8792]

4:32 we need a Ross Brawn story video stat.

[@ConfusedGamerNZ]

I'd love to see you doing a video on Can-Am. I'm strongly of the opinion that the Porsche 917/10 & 917/30 did NOT kill Can-Am. The ongoing gas crisis and ridiculous cost meant many of the previosuly dominant teams like McLaren had already left the sport and Porsche was just the final straw that broke the camels back.

[@MostlyParked]

Anyone interested in the Can-am series should read at a minimal “CAN-AM 50th Anniversary” by George Levy w/ Pete Biro.

[@minibus9]

nice video. Would it be possible to do one on John Surtees?

[@conormcphilemy5487]

I once mentioned that you should do a video of the Stewart grand prix story…. And you shot me down 😂 And then on a recent video you said you must do a video on that sometime….. you’re welcome 😂😂

[@don_k20]

@Aidan Millward look at the amount of not totally bots you got. Holy shit

[@AidanMillward]

At least they’re not spamming crypto or nudes in bio.

[@RobDover]

​​@@AidanMillward why would you say this?! The temptation of fate!

[@karendarrenmclaren]

Footwork Mugen Honda is actually one of teams I loved when I started to watch F1 back in the day. Probably because it was McLaren 2.0 on the greed😂 don't know why, but I loved it. I can't remember half of 1992 starting list, except for big names. But I definitely remember footwork

[@alaricbragg7843]

The 1991 engine failure nearly closed down Porsche.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

The FA13 looks great in that livery

[@kansaicamera]

Only in this video you said, a video I have to make about: 1995 Taki Inoue medical car crash 1995 Adelaide, a race nobody wanted to win. ...more to come

[@michaelmaclean6965]

Most of the team's misfortune can be traced to James Hunt spiting Patreses team from beyond the well deserved grave. He probably haunted them for daring to call him out on his bullshit

[@craigbradley7301]

Isn’t a shame that f1 has its head up its ase and we don’t have these sort of teams no more

[@MrSniperfox29]

One video you mentioned might be interesting, bizarre disqualifications or if there aren't enough of them, just bizarre penalties as well

[@ZoidPickle]

Great series Aidan, I think the odd shady company in F1 Is whats needed frankly lol. And a few ciggy brands. (One in the same thing I guess) spice it up with some Rubber bullets. 👍

[@mbgmadbull1141]

you mentioned how there might be a graph showing how all these videos are connected and it made me think about that video that talked about the gretzky trade, maybe something similar for Schumi and his career is an idea aidan?

[@sjoerdwillems2725]

I would love a story time/informational video about the group 5 cars on le mans

[@ToroRosso20]

A video of Pierluigi Martini? Minardi's Lad

[@thirdwheel1985au]

16:14 Iya, keisatsuda yo... Japanese for "crikey, it's the rozzers!"

[@alaricbragg7843]

Papis was also accused of drug cheating by taking cough syrup before one of his GP finishes!

[@EddieVanAidan]

Every time the current RB/Alpha Tauri is shown on TV it reminds me of the 94/95 Footwork liveries

[@paulmcmullen3267]

Videos you need to do... The Story of Stewart F1 Team The 1982 Monaco GP where all the leaders crashed out at the end. The 2006 Turkish GP2 race... The one where we learnt Hamilton had something special Canada GP 1997 and Canada GP 1998 (Both eventful) And the story of F1's greatest villain... Flavio Briatore

[@Colin_Pole]

Alex Zanardi

[@gdkey8025]

love the 1995 livery

[@IrishPartizan]

Do a livestream with Roberto Moreno or any other retired F1 drivers. There are other ex drivers with interesting backgrounds as well. Perhaps a storytime on Pacific (1994-95).

[@formulafish1536]

Ooh. New Outro music!

[@heliumtrophy]

The whole business with Caffi after he had a crash was something else. Caffi had another accident after the Monaco GP which Jackie Oliver blasted as unprofessional behaviour and they get Johansson in. When Caffi comes back, Oliver effectively tells him to bugger off because they wanted Johansson instead. Caffi takes a court order against the team which when Caffi's lawyer brings this to the attention of Jackie Oliver, JO promptly slaps the lawyer in the face. To be a fly on the wall there!

[@bram5825]

Trying to be faster than your own shadow is best left to Lucky Luke.

[@martso9288]

Lucky Luke, damn man, nostalgia overload.

[@palm92]

Another connection - Aguri Suzuki won the 1988 with the Footwork Team, which used a March and then a Reynard. The engine? A Yamaha V8 5V OX66, which would become the horrendous OX88 that was seen the in the Zakspeed 891 driven by Suzuki.

[@pavelbartek8784]

Stories of interesting racing/testing/reserve drivers from '90s and '00s, those who are behind successful teams? Paffet, Wurz, Badoer, Gené, Davidson, de la Rosa...

[@harmkuijpers6642]

About that BMW engine from 86. I can't recall ever hearing a number other than 1400 BHP.

[@stewartbailey1653]

When they were being supplied by Asiatech engines my ex gf helped develop one of the oils they used. In return Asiatech sent the company she worked for a box full of goodies, and I still have an Asiatech mouse mat today. She was never really into F1 before that, as she'd just leave me to it whilst I watched the race, but she always followed the Arrows team from then on, especially as she loved the look of the car with the Orange sponsorship. She was gutted when they ended up going bust. You missed a sub story about Tom Wilkinshaw trying to get Renault engines for 97, but being blocked by Williams because they didn't want their ex driver having a chance of beating their current drivers in a car using the same engines. It was also rumoured that it was someone from Arrows who leaked the news that Renault would be pulling out of the sport at the end of 97, as someone from Renault told them that that was one of the reasons why they wouldn't supply them, but told them it was off the record. It wasn't long after that, however, that the rumours started to leak out Renault were leaving, so it was suspected that someone from Arrows tipped off the press as a bit of payback.

[@chrisguardiano6143]

As it relates to Christian Fittipladi, after the 1994 season, he would go to CART to drive for Walker Racing (where he finished 2nd in the 1995 Indy 500) & then Newman-Haas where he won 2 races during a 7 year stint. Fittipladi likely would have won a few more if he didn't break his leg in 1997. In 2002 he went to NASCAR & was a back marker driving for Petty Enterprises in both the #44 & the iconic #43. It did not help one bit that Petty was easily the most underfunded team in the Dodge portfolio at the time even though they had NASCAR legend Richard Petty (a 7 time NASCAR champion) as an owner.

[@AndrewGeierMelons]

A video you haven't done - Mario and Michael Andretti's careers specifically. I'd say it's topical/relevant, too.

[@JSmith19858]

Letting them run what they want was pretty much the rule book to Group C, and that worked until Bernie sank it. A loose set of rules with some limits on aero, crash worthyness tests, and a set quantity of fuel. F1 just needs to keep the fuel capacity and flow limts, and they can free up engine configurations.

[@AidanMillward]

To be fair, Bernie killed it before it killed itself. It wasn’t going to be financially sustainable beyond the mid 90s

[@JSmith19858]

@@AidanMillward That can't be true as that's the BPR, FIA GT and the GTP era. A McLaren F1 GTR Longtail effort can't have been cheaper than a Group C car. Plus Mercedes pivoted the budget in to DTM and then in to that later, so the cash was there for them.

[@madmaxWoT]

Finally ❤

[@fondu-design]

1995 Australian Grand Prix. I wrote it down.

[@josephotoole9088]

Maybe it's time to do a video on Tom Walkinshaw himself. Dude was everywhere in the 90s

[@palm92]

The A11 is the last F1 car to have a 5-speed Manual Gearbox. Interesting.

[@kevinprior3549]

Like Brundle & Blundell, Panis & Papis was a little confusing.

[@AidanMillward]

Panis and Papis in Paris

[@RACECAR]

Discovering that both of these guys were F1 commentators at the time when I started watching completely confused me.

[@TheAlmin]

What was the horsepower of the Porsche engine in 1991 ?

[@chrisccc22]

I wish we could go back to top six scoring points. I'm tired of everybody gets a trophy.

[@Stroke2Engineering]

Please check the 1978-spec if the Shadow DN9. Then you can see, that the Arrows FA1 is a copy of it.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

Not sure what the best looking of the Footwork era Arrows cars are, 94 is a strong contender, 96 is up there, but not sure what the very best one is however. Just love the 96 scheme for how bright and bold it was and the 94 livery was somehow standing out in a sea of good liveries (and then you had Pacific)

[@kevinprior3549]

I often thought the Footwork liveries from 1994 to 1996 looked a mess. When Arrows became Arrows again the cars looked a lot better, especially the all black one in 1998.

[@BlueSkyBS]

Arrows was the only F1 team to have the stones to run cars in beige, thanks to their Barclay sponsorship.

[@MadHatcher77]

Power Horse and Phillips Car Systems in 96

[@mike04574]

Taki inoue video?

[@KingofWolvesii]

one team of this era that I don't think you have covered is Pacific Grand Prix ( which was the Local F1 team)

[@derrickstorm6976]

Two left feet

[@AeroGuy07]

The only race I think should be "run what you brung" is the Indy 500. I'd like to see names like Offenhauser make a comeback.

[@chrisstephens6194]

What about the year brabham used cosworth and bmw engines 82 I think

[@jelmerf1jelmerf185]

Larousse!!!

[@williamgrounds6911]

Sounds like it was more a story of fancy bookwork for the Footwork company.

[@BurningmonkeyGTR]

Let them run what they want, but with a max power to weight and downforce to weight ratio, and a max energy consumption rate (any fuel, just maximum flow rate or electric would also be fine)

[@mike04574]

Bourdais or ronnie peterson next?

[@elithornton6276]

Pay me in 🍻

[@captiannemo1587]

Drivers that were injured in F1 and unable to continue to drive due to injuries. Suggested in response to the F1 deaths video.

[@AidanMillward]

Did that last year.

[@captiannemo1587]

@@AidanMillwardI must have missed that. Sorry.

[@privateinformation2960]

"Australian Company Toll Logistics" yep. Tons Of Lost Luggage. Security used to be provided by Chubb. Cant Help U Bye Bye.

[@huwgrossmith9555]

When did Porche Tag motors power McLaren?

[@LamboCoin_Cars]

1983-87

[@overvieweffect9034]

noteworthy might be word you're looking for at the end, idk

[@dod_the_angel]

Puerile I know this comment will be, but Footwork Arrows Racing Team's acronym is FART. Whenever I read something about Footwork I can't help laughing to myself about it

[@simulacra007]

Puerile works for me dude! 😊 The now convicted nonce, sausage thief and former UK TV broadcaster of 'Its a Knockout' and Granada news fame, Stuart Hall, once decided against naming his idea for a coach travel company Stuart Hall International Travel based on what the first letters of each word would spell 💩

[@palm92]

Last one, the Porsche 3512 is the one of, if not the worst engine from a major manufacturer in the modern era. Motorsport revealed about a decade ago it never saw more than 510-520HP on a dyno. Meaning it was over 100HP down on even the customer Ford DFR V8s. And 180HP-200HP to the top engines.

[@CD-Gaming]

You realise with the "Mad Max" bit alone, there are about three videos REET there, jus from what you mentioned! And i tried to think of an example of someone stocking somert bizarre for you, but I could only think of what GAME sell, seemingly to make up for the meagre profit they make from, well, games! Plushies, TCG stuff and even what our store in Leeds has as part of it! They have a section cordened off with PCs that you can rent out! I believe it is £5 for an hour, £10 for four hours and £15 for the whole day!

[@jakeylad7072]

As a certified weeb, your pronunciation of Kyushu...well, it just hurts. Not that I don't blame you in any way, Japanese is a weird language if you're used to Western languages, but that was a double take for sure near the end of the video.

[@privateinformation2960]

I like how you sigh about never being in a footlocker the way aussies with too much money sigh about how theyve never been to Disneyland. You can get everything theyve got far cheaper in a dozen other places! Hell i picked up a McLaren team shirt from sportsco (footlocker rival) for half the price they were being sold the same day at Albert Park for $150

[@privateinformation2960]

lol my $70 Etsy Red Bull Racing jacket with a "Genuine Red Bull Sauber Merchandise" (i desparately want to know the story behind this... did they have a load of shit ancient sauber gear they couldnt sell? Did they find a load of tags?) tag is a far far far far far better detailed and made jacket than the official Red Bull jackets you could get in 2014 for almost triple that price.

[@duncansnowden6857]

Yeah, I thought it was shoes too. But - nothing to do with F1 - I can tell you a mind-blowing thing about Foot Locker. Get this: it's *Woolworths*. Seriously. Foot Locker, Inc. is the legal successor to the F.W. Woolworth Company. Wild, huh?

[@WRC-FAN]

Me too!