The Tyrrell 020 was a Formula One racing car designed by Harvey Postlethwaite and George Ryton for Tyrrell Racing and raced during the season, the entire 1992 season and the half of 1993 season.
Overview
1991 The 020 was driven by Satoru Nakajima who brought the Honda engine contract with him and also by Stefano Modena. Its best result was a second place by Modena in the Canadian Grand Prix. Tyrrell scored 12 points to finish 6th in the Constructors' Championship with half the points scored by Modena's 2nd in Canada.
The car was powered by the Honda RA101E V10 engine previously raced by McLaren in and maintained by Mugen Motorsports, which would run Mugen-Honda badged engines the following year for Footwork Arrows.
1992 The car was updated for the season and was dubbed the 020B. For this season the Honda V10 was replaced with the Ilmor LH10 V10 engine and ran on Goodyear tyres. It was driven by Olivier Grouillard and veteran Andrea de Cesaris. The team only scored 8 points for the season but again finished in 6th place.
1993 The 020 was pressed into service again for the first nine races of the season. Again updated it was called the 020C. For the third time in three years the car ran a V10 engine but this time it carried the Yamaha OX10A. It was driven again by De Cesaris who was joined by Japanese driver Ukyo Katayama. Neither driver would score a World Championship point driving the car.
The Tyrrell 020C was replaced by the 021 midway through the 1993 season.
Sponsorship and livery
1991 During the pre-season test, the 020 sporting the similar livery to its predecessor. After failing to deal with a tobacco brand sponsorship, Braun was chosen as the team's main sponsor. The car painted in primer grey colour with white graphics and red pinstripes.
1992 After losing the aftermentioned main sponsor, the livery was changed. The car was painted in white base colour and dark blue. Retaining sponsors including Nippon Shinpan and Calbee. Eurosport joined as their minor sponsor.
1993 The livery was given yet another changes. This time, the car was painted with a same white base colour with red and blue livery. Japanese tobacco company, Cabin joined as the team's main sponsor. In the Grands Prix that did not allow tobacco branding, the text was read as "Challenge Spirit In F1". This livery would be carried over by its successor.
Complete Formula One results (key) Year Entrant Chassis Engine Tyres Drivers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Points WCC Braun Tyrrell Honda Tyrrell 020 Honda RA101EV10 USA BRA SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS126th Satoru Nakajima 5 Ret Ret Ret 10 12 Ret 8 Ret 15 Ret Ret 13 17 Ret Ret Stefano Modena 4 Ret Ret Ret 2 11 Ret 7 13 12 Ret Ret Ret 16 6 10 Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 020B Ilmor LH10V10 RSA MEX BRA ESP SMR MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS86th Olivier Grouillard Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 12 11 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Andrea de Cesaris Ret 5 Ret Ret 14 Ret 5 Ret Ret Ret 8 8 6 9 4 Ret Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 020C Yamaha OX10AV10 RSA BRA EUR SMR ESP MON CAN FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR JPN AUS0NC Ukyo Katayama Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 13 Andrea de Cesaris Ret Ret Ret Ret DSQ 10 Ret 15
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