Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An dauki Boutsen a matsayin direba mai ban sha'awa, gwaji ga McLaren da Brabham. Ya kasance ɗan gajeren lokaci a haɗe da aikin F1 na Honda F1 kafin ya rasa ga abokin aikinsa na Formula biyu Stefan Johansson. A cikin 1983 ya biya $ 500,000 don tuki a cikin Formula One kuma ya fara fitowa tare da Arrows a tseren gidansa, 1983 Belgian Grand Prix a gajarta 7 km (4.3 mi) Spa. Duk da yake bai ci maki ba a shekarar 1983 ya yi amfani da hankali da kuma wasan kwaikwayon da ya dace idan aka kwatanta da abokin aikinsa Marc Surer. Tare da goyon baya daga Barclay sigari ya kasance tare da tawagar don ƙarin yanayi uku. Na farko ya ga Arrows suna gwagwarmaya tare da wahalar motarsu ta farko mai turbo, tare da injin turbo na BMW mai ƙarfi amma ba shi da kyau. Boutsen ya ci maki sau biyu a cikin tsohuwar Cosworth DFV mai amfani da A6 da sau ɗaya a cikin injin turbo. Lokacinsa na biyu ya ga wasu sakamako masu ban mamaki, gami da matsayi na 2 a Imola
Ka yi haƙuri. Boutsen ya tsallake layin na uku, a bayan Alain Prost da Elio de Angelis amma bayan tseren, an cire Prost saboda motar sa tana da nauyin kilo 2. Pointsarin maki uku ya sa ya zama na 11 a gaba ɗaya a cikin matsayi. Lokaci na ƙarshe tare da Arrows bai ga maki ga Boutsen a cikin motar da ba ta da gasa, amma a layi daya zuwa F1 ya tuka ƙungiyar Walter Brun a cikin Rukunin C kuma ya sami taken Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya tare da su a 1986, ya lashe Spa 1000 km na wannan shekarar.