The first version of the car was presented largely incomplete at the Italian Grand Prix and didn't race during the season.

Later a new better build chassis was built and debuted at the 1984 San Marino Grand Prix, while the first was later newly modified as "101C" to adopt the Ford Cosworth DFV (third type of engine in few months), with the previous year side pods, and after the Detroit was refitted with Hart engines to be used as T-Car.

[6] The Belgian Grand Prix saw Baldi retire with broken suspension[7] and at the San Marino the Italian finished eighth.

[10] Baldi was replaced by Dutchman Huub Rothengatter for the Canadian Grand Prix, who was fourteen laps down and was not classified.

[12] Rothengatter retired from the Dallas Grand Prix with a Fuel Leak,[13] At the British race the Dutchman was nine laps down and was not classified.

Money was even tighter, however, and after three rounds John Wickham, the co-founder of Spirit, decided to take up an offer from Toleman to buy out the team's tyre contract and folded the F1 outfit.