MINICHAMPS - ARROWS - F1 FA18 YAMAHA N 1 1997 D.HILL

Scale: 1/43
Carmodel code: CAR103929
Manufacturer code: 430970001
Colour: BLUE WHITE
Material: die-cast
Year: 1997
EAN: 4012138026339

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When John Barnard left Ferrari early in 1997, he immediately began a collaboration with the Arrows team. The British designer took care of developing the A18 single-seater that had been designed by Frank Dernie, a former Ligier technician. Barnard worked mainly on the cooling system and weight distribution and the results, after a somewhat disappointing start to the season, were not long in coming. The fresh world champion Damon Hill, with the car number 1, thus obtained a second place in Hungary, finishing five more times in the top ten. However, things didn't get better for his teammate Pedro Diniz, who brought home only two points, finishing in fifth place on the Nürburgring track. A weak point was certainly the engine, a Yamaha V10 of 2.996 cm³ (700 hp at a maximum speed of 14,000 rpm) which proved to be quite unreliable.

By David Tarallo

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