Abstract: A method of manufacturing an arc-shaped fiber composite component includes forming a preform with a planar fiber layer arrangement formed along an arc and having an outer edge assigned to a convex outer side of the arc. The outer edge is formed with gaps extending into the arrangement in such a manner that a contour of the gaps is formed at least in sections near a target contour of a respective recess to be provided in the component. The preform is formed such that a first region of the arrangement, adjacent to the outer edge and extending substantially in the direction of the arc, is bent or angled relative to a second region of the arrangement, adjacent to the first region remote from the outer side of the arc. The gaps that the preform has prior to reshaping merge into recesses of the formed preform and remain open.