 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Akaita kutanga kwake pa 1977 Monaco Grand Prixnechikwata chemitambo cheShadow chinotsigirwa nomurume webhizimisi wokuItaly Franco Ambrosio, achitsiva Renzo Zorzi. Akatora pfungwa yake yokutanga paJapan Grand Prix gare gare gore iroro. Gare gare gore iroro mutungamiri wechikwata Jackie Oliver uye mutsigiri Ambrosio akasiya Shadow kuti aumbe timu yeArrows. Patrese naShadow mutambi Alan Jones vese vakagamuchira zvinopihwa kubva kuchikwata cheWilliams che1978: apo Jones akabatana naWilliams, Patrese akabatana neArrows, pamwe naRolf Stommelen. Shadow yakazotora Arrows kudare, ichipokana kuti Arrows yakaba dhizaini yeShadow DN9 iyo Arrows uye yaive ichimhanya DN9 pasi pezita rakasiyana. Dare rakabvuma, richimanikidza Arrows kugadzira nokuvaka motokari itsva chose chose, Arrows A1, iyo yakava yokutanga yeropa reArrows F1. 