Rial ARC2
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| Category | Formula One | ||||||||
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| Constructor | Rial Racing | ||||||||
| [[automotive design|DesignerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Stefan Fober | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Rial ARC1 | ||||||||
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| Chassis | Carbon fibre/Kevlar monocoque | ||||||||
| Axle track | Front: 1,800 mm (71 in) Rear: 1,600 mm (63 in) | ||||||||
| Wheelbase | 2,800 mm (110 in) | ||||||||
| Engine | Ford-Cosworth DFR 3,494 cc (213.2 cu in), 90° V8, NA, mid-engine, longitudinally mounted | ||||||||
| Transmission | Rial 6-speed manual | ||||||||
| Weight | 500 kg (1,100 lb) | ||||||||
| Fuel | STP | ||||||||
| Tyres | Goodyear | ||||||||
| Competition history | |||||||||
| Notable entrants | Rial Racing | ||||||||
| Notable drivers | Template:Flagicon Christian Danner Template:Flagicon Gregor Foitek Template:Flagicon Bertrand Gachot Template:Flagicon Pierre-Henri Raphanel Template:Flagicon Volker Weidler | ||||||||
| Debut | 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||
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| Constructors' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
| Drivers' Championships | 0 | ||||||||
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The Rial ARC2 was a Formula One racing car manufactured and raced by Rial Racing for the 1989 Formula One season. It was powered by a Cosworth DFR V8 engine. Its best finish was at the 1989 United States Grand Prix when Christian Danner drove it to fourth place.
Development
Rial Racing had run the tidy Rial ARC1, designed by Gustav Brunner, in 1988 and had scored three points with it. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.For 1989, a new chassis, largely based on the previous year's car and designated the ARC2, was designed by Stefan Fober, with input from Bob Bell and Martin Goodrich.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The chassis was configured with double wishbone pullrod suspension, front and rear, with Koni dampers. The wheelbase of the chassis was 2,840 millimetres (112 in) and it had a front track of 1,800 millimetres (71 in). The rear track was less, 1,600 millimetres (63 in).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
The ARC2 was powered by the Cosworth DFR 3.5 litre V8 engine.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The engine was rated as having 595 bhp with a maximum rpm of 11,000.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. A Lucas ignition system was usedLua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. and the car ran on Goodyear tyres. It carried sponsorship from Rial, the parent company of Rial Racing, the tobacco brand Marlboro, and La Cinq.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. A total of three chassis were built for the 1989 season.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Racing history
Having run a single car for Andrea de Cesaris the previous season, Rial Racing expanded to two entries for 1989. De Cesaris had moved to BMS Scuderia Italia for 1989 and was replaced with the relatively experienced German Christian Danner. Driving the second car was Formula One novice Volker Weidler.[1]
Danner comfortably qualified his ARC2 17th on the grid at the season opening Brazilian Grand Prix and went on to be classified 14th in the race itself despite retiring with gear box issues. This proved to be the car's best qualifying performance all year; from hereon both drivers would struggle to qualify (pre-qualify in Weidler's case). Danner only managed to qualify for three more races, all in the early part of the season. He finished 12th in Monaco[1] but followed this up at the next race in the United States with a finish in the points. From last on the grid, and benefiting from an attrition afflicted race, Danner finished in fourth place.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. At the next race he placed eighth but this proved to be the last classification for the ARC2.[1]
Danner failed to make the grid for the next seven races and left the team after the Portuguese Grand Prix. His replacements, first Gregor Foitek for one race and Bertrand Gachot for the last two races of the year, both failed to make the race proper. Weidler, in the other car, did not pre-qualify for nine races and was excluded from a tenth. He was replaced by Pierre-Henri Raphanel who did not fare any better.[1]
Danner's three points scored in the United States saw Rial Racing place 13th in the Constructors' Championship.[1] Following the end of the season, the team withdrew from Formula One.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pts. | WCC |
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| 1989 | Rial Racing | Ford DFZ 3.5 V8 | Template:Tfm/datedG | BRA | SMR | MON | MEX | USA | CAN | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | POR | ESP | JPN | AUS | 3 | 13th | |
| Christian Danner | 14* | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | 4 | 8 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||
| Volker Weidler | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | DNPQ | EX | DNQ | ||||||||||||
| Pierre-Henri Raphanel | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| Gregor Foitek | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bertrand Gachot | DNQ | DNQ |
* classified but not running at finish
Notes
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- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rial ARC2". Statsf1. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Henry, Alan (1989). Autocourse 1989/90. Richmond, Surrey: Hazelton Publishing. ISBN 0-905138-62-7.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nye, Doug (1992). Autocourse History of the Grand Prix Car 1966–1991. Richmond, Surrey: Hazelton Publishing. ISBN 0905138945.
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