back, and retired on lap 1 with a cracked suspension upright. Dalmas climbed to ninth by the finish, three laps down. The team's problems with damaged cars continued in Canada, where Dalmas crashed heavily in practice and was unable to qualify for the race in the fully repaired spare car that Alliot had used in Mexico. Alliot qualified 17th and climbed to seventh before running out of fuel on lap 67. He was classified tenth. Temporarily with only two chassis at the team's disposal, Alliot qualified 14th at the Detroit Grand Prix with Dalmas down in 25th. Alliot suffered from brake problems during the race and eventually retired on lap 47 with transmission failure. Dalmas finished seventh of the eight finishers, two laps down. In France, the two drivers were evenly matched with Alliot qualifying 18th and Dalmas 19th. Dalmas finished 13th, two laps down, but Alliot retired on lap 47 with engine management issues after running as high as 12th. At the British Grand Prix, Alliot and Dalmas qualified down in 22nd and 23rd respectively and finished 14th and 13th, with both drivers again complaining about a lack of grip. The team struggled again in Germany, with Alliot qualifying 20th and Dalmas 21st. On a wet track, Alliot switched to slick tyres on lap 9, then crashed while being lapped by Ayrton Senna. Dalmas pitted three times with various problems and was ultimately classified 19th, three laps down. At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Dalmas had another big practice accident, this time colliding with Oscar Larrauri's EuroBrun, but managed to qualify the spare car in 17th. Alliot qualified 20th and finished 12th, four laps down, but Dalmas won a battle with Stefano Modena and Gabriele Tarquini to finish ninth, three laps down. In Belgium, with minor developments made to the cars, Alliot qualified 16th and finished 11th, one lap down, while Dalmas qualified 23rd and retired with a blown engine on lap 10. There followed two double retirements in Italy and Portugal, with Alliot retiring at Monza through engine problems and Dalmas with gearbox failure, after they had qualified 20th and 25th respectively. At Estoril, Dalmas qualified 15th but retired with a snapped alternator belt, while Alliot started 20th and was out by lap 8 with engine failure. The Spanish Grand Prix marked little improvement as Alliot crashed again in practice and qualified 12th in the spare car. Dalmas started