Claim: The Porsche 3512 did not perform well, but a V10 replacement was built and used in the Porsche Carrera GT mid-engine sports car.
Evidence: A V10 replacement for the 3512 was in development at the time of Porsche's withdrawal from Formula One. The engine eventually became mass-produced when a further variant was chosen as the powerplant of the Porsche Carrera GT supercar. Then at Monaco, Caffi suffered a crash of his own and once again failed to make the grid, while Alboreto again qualified 25th before his 3512 failed at half-distance. By this stage, Footwork had already given up hope in the Porsche engine, and had decided to go back to the Ford Cosworth DFR V8 that had been used in 1989 and 1990.