danner comfortably qualified his arc2 17th on the grid at the season opening brazilian grand prix and went on to be classified 14th in the race itself despite retiring with gear box issues. this proved to be the car's best qualifying performance all year; from hereon both drivers would struggle to qualify (pre-qualify in weidler's case). danner only managed to qualify for three more races, all in the early part of the season. he finished 12th in monaco but followed this up at the next race in the united states with a finish in the points. from last on the grid, and benefiting from an attrition afflicted race, danner finished in fourth place. at the next race he placed eighth but this proved to be the last classification for the arc2.