Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya fara fitowa a gasar 1977 Monaco Grand Prix tare da kungiyar tseren Shadow da dan kasuwar Italiya Franco Ambrosio ya tallafawa, ya maye gurbin Renzo Zorzi. Ya dauki maki na farko a gasar Japan Grand Prix
daga baya a wannan shekarar. Daga baya a wannan shekarar shugaban kungiyar Jackie Oliver da mai tallafawa Ambrosio sun bar Shadow don kafa kungiyar Arrows. Patrese da dan wasan Shadow Alan Jones duk sun sami tayin daga ƙungiyar Williams don 1978: yayin da Jones ya shiga Williams, Patrese ya haɗu da Arrows, tare da Rolf Stommelen. Daga baya Shadow ya kai Arrows kotu, yana mai jayayya cewa Arrows ya saci ƙirar Shadow DN9 wanda Arrows ke amfani da shi kuma suna gudanar da DN9 a ƙarƙashin wani suna daban. Kotun ta amince, ta tilasta Arrows don tsarawa da kuma gina sabon motar, Arrows A1, wanda ya zama na farko na Arrows F1 jini.