The Arrows A5 was the car with which the Arrows Formula One team competed in the 1982 season. It appeared late in the year and was primarily a development car: the lessons learned with it were to be applied to the A6 for the 1983 season.
Arrows A5 at a glance
| Team | Arrows Grand Prix International |
|---|---|
| Season | 1982 Formula One World Championship |
| Role | development car, appeared late in the season |
| Successor | Arrows A6 (1983) |
| Points | all scored with the Arrows A4 |
| Type | Formula One single-seater |
Based on one source; the English Wikipedia article is very short, so this page is shorter than usual.
History of the Arrows A5
The A5 arrived late in the 1982 Formula One season. It was not built as the team’s main weapon for the year but primarily as a development car, a machine to try ideas that would then be applied to the A6 for the upcoming 1983 season.
Because the A5 came so late, the team’s points that year were all scored with the older Arrows A4. The A5 therefore occupies a modest place in the team’s record: an experimental link between the A4 of 1982 and the A6 of 1983.
Design and features
- Development role: built to test ideas for the following season rather than to win races.
- Late debut: the car appeared only towards the end of 1982.
- Clear successor: its lessons fed directly into the Arrows A6 of 1983.
Arrows A5 versions
- Arrows A5 (1982): the single development car of the late season.
The A5 led to the Arrows A9 line of later seasons and ultimately to the Arrows A21 of 2000. More cars are in the Arrows collection.
Sources
- Arrows A5, English Wikipedia: season, role, results
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