▁encourag ing ▁but ▁it ▁lack ed ▁reli ability ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁eight ▁starts ▁and ▁only ▁managed ▁one ▁finish , ▁a ▁low ly ▁ 1 0 th . ▁However , ▁Bar rich ello ▁had ▁come ▁close ▁to ▁scoring ▁a ▁pod ium ▁in ▁the ▁wet ▁at ▁the ▁European ▁Grand ▁Prix . ▁Having ▁run ▁near ▁the ▁points ▁for ▁the ▁whole ▁race , ▁Rub ens ▁looked ▁set ▁for ▁third ▁when ▁the ▁car ▁ran ▁out ▁of ▁fuel ▁in ▁the ▁dying ▁stages . ▁ ▁Despite ▁heavy ▁revis ions ▁to ▁the ▁car ▁throughout ▁the ▁year ▁– ▁such ▁as ▁improved ▁aer od ynam ics , ▁alter ed ▁susp ension , ▁and ▁more ▁powerful ▁Hart ▁engines ▁– ▁its ▁relative ▁performance ▁stayed ▁roughly ▁the ▁same ▁throughout ▁the ▁year . ▁The ▁one ▁bright ▁spot ▁occurred ▁at ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Grand ▁Prix , ▁where ▁first - timer ▁Edd ie ▁Ir v ine ▁to pped ▁a ▁practice ▁session ▁before ▁both ▁drivers ▁drove ▁br illi antly ▁in ▁the ▁race ▁to ▁finish ▁ 5 th ▁and ▁ 6 th , ▁scoring ▁the ▁team ' s ▁only ▁points ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁Ir v ine ' s ▁debut ▁made ▁head lines ▁when ▁ir ate ▁winner ▁A yr ton ▁Sen na ▁p unch ed ▁the ▁Northern ▁Irish man , ▁who ▁had ▁un la pped ▁himself ▁during ▁the ▁race . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁team ▁was ▁officially ▁class ified ▁as ▁equal ▁t enth ▁in ▁the ▁Con struct ors ' ▁Championship ▁with ▁three ▁points , ▁had ▁the ▁car ▁been ▁reliable ▁the ▁team ▁could ▁have ▁finished ▁in ▁sixth ▁place ▁with ▁around ▁the ▁same ▁number ▁of