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# No compromise at AlphaTauri this year – Mark Hughes’ tech snapshots
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/no-compromise-at-alphatauri-this-year-mark-hughes-tech-snapshots/
- Published: 2020-02-14T15:17:24.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-16T19:40:47.000Z
- Description: Toro Rosso is about to relaunch as AlphaTauri for the 2020 Formula 1 season, but on the technical front there’s a much bigger change than the branding
- Author: Matt Beer
- Tags: Formula 1, #image-bottom-center

**Mark Hughes is evaluating what each Formula 1 team will have been working on over the winter to ensure their 2020 designs fix 2019’s flaws.**

**Ahead of the former Toro Rosso team’s relaunch as AlphaTauri, he explains why it goes into 2020 in a much better position technically.**

What was then known as Toro Rosso based its 2019 Formula 1 car around 2018 Red Bull parts.

That meant a rear end that had designed around the 2018 Renault motor rather than the very different architecture of the Honda Toro Rosso was actually using.

This led to a slightly compromised design, but that limitation won’t apply this time around.

![Pierre Gasly Toro Rosso Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Brazilian Grand Prix 2019 Interlagos](https://storage.googleapis.com/the-race-com.appspot.com/1/2020/02/XPB_1022854_HiRes.jpg)

The form of the 2019 car was somewhat erratic, two podiums notwithstanding.

With a longer lead time and fewer mechanical compromises, the Jody Egginton-led technical team will be shooting to keep the impressive peaks but allied to a greater consistency, even though this remains the only team still operating with a 50% scale windtunnel rather than 60%.