Racing History
During the team's tentative 1985 season, they had entered a single car for Jonathan Palmer. For 1986 the team's original intention was to continue with one car for Palmer, but Huub Rothengatter, who brought funding to the team, was entered in a second chassis from early in the year. Only 10 finishes were recorded by the two drivers during the year, the best of them an eighth place finish for Palmer at Detroit, and another for Rothengatter at the Österreichring. The 861 chassis were used in the first two races of the 1987 season, while the team's new 871 was readied. A single 861 was used as a spare until the 1987 Detroit Grand Prix, where Martin Brundle raced it after crashing his 871 in practice. He retired from the race with turbo failure.
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