Yip bought the Shadow team at the beginning of 1980, and Kennedy also moved to it, but the results were poor, the team was by then on its last legs, and in the mid-summer, Yip decided to retire the team and to rethink his involvement in racing and ended most of his other activities to concentrate on F1.
Yip comprou os Shadow a principios de 1980, e Kennedy incorporouse á mesma, pero os resultados foron pobres, o equipo estaba por entón nas últimas, e na metade do verán, Yip decidiu retirar o equipo e volver pensar a súa participación nas carreiras, cancelou a maioría das súas outras actividades para concentrarse na F1.