The Arrows A20 was the car with which the Arrows Formula One team competed in the 1999 Formula One season. It was driven by Pedro de la Rosa, a Spanish débutant, and Toranosuke Takagi, who moved from the defunct Tyrrell team.
The team was short of funds with the lack of a major sponsor and the chassis was a development of the A19, which had not been too competitive itself. Engine builder Brian Hart supplied in-house engines, but it became clear that his small resources were insufficient to compete in modern F1, and he left the team after an ownership dispute with Tom Walkinshaw. The Nigerian Prince Malik was also linked with buying the team, although this came to nothing.
The year proved to be a disaster for the team, as the cars were slow and unreliable, and the team ended up battling with Minardi at the back of the grid. Only newcomer BAR's poor finishing record, and the team's only point at Melbourne, kept them from finishing last in the standings. While de la Rosa proved promising, scoring the team's only point, Takagi struggled with communication issues and left at the end of the season; he was replaced for 2000 by Jos Verstappen.
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