Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: C3 were oge iji mepụta, nke a dugara na mbipute emelitere nke FC188, FC188B, nke a na-eji ruo 1989 Canadian Grand Prix. Ọ ga-egosi na ọ ga-abụrịrị ihe dị iche iche maka ụgbọ ala ahụ; Pierre-Henri Raphanel kwụsịrị nke ikpeazụ na pre-qualifying, mana ọ bụghị naanị na Roberto Moreno jisiri ike nweta ụgbọ ala ahụ, ọ jisiri ike mezue 57 laps tupu ọ daa n'ihi nsogbu gearbox. Agbanyeghị, ọ nweghị onye ọkwọ ụgbọ ala ọ bụla jisiri ike ruo eru maka agbụrụ na-esote, nke bụ 1989 French Grand Prix. Moreno jisiri ike ruo eru maka asọmpi ahụ.
1989 British Grand Prix, mana ọ dị naanị okirikiri abụọ tupu ọ daa nsogbu ọzọ. Ọ bụ naanị na 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix ka Coloni jisiri ike tozuo ọzọ; ka ọ na-erule mgbe ahụ, Enrico Bertaggia nọchiri Raphanel, ebe Moreno ruru eru nke iri na ise n'ihe ga-abụ nnọkọ kachasị mma nke Coloni. Agbanyeghị, mgbe Eddie Cheever nke Arrows kpochapụrụ C3 na Satọde, e bibiri nku ihu emelitere, Moreno gbasiri ike ruo mgbe ọkụ eletrik na-amanye ya ịla ezumike nká na gburugburu 11. Nke a ga-abụ oge ikpeazụ onye Coloni ga-eme ya na grid na 1989.