The small PR01 design team, working at Reynard but nominally employed by Pacific to conform to FIA Regulations, were forced to start a new design based on what little of the Reynard F1 research remained and utilizing a number of minor components from Reynard's F3000 chassis in an attempt to constrain costs.
O pequeno equipo de deseño do PR01, que traballaba en Reynard pero nominalmente eran empregados de Pacific para cumprir cos regulamentos da FIA, víronse obrigados a iniciar un novo deseño baseado na pouca da investigación que Reynard mantiña da F1 e a utilización dunha serie de compoñentes menores do chasis da F3000 de Reynard nun intento de limitar os custos.