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Arrows A20 Arrows A20 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 Japan's Toranosuke Takagi, who moved from the defunct Tyrrell team. The team was short of funds with the lack of a major sponsor (Danka's sponsorship having ended at the end of 1998) 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