Barcelona testing: Pierre Gasly and the AlphaTauri AT01 before F1’s 2020 shutdown

Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri AT01 was circulating normally at Barcelona on February 19, 2020, as the wider world began to confront a virus that would postpone Formula 1’s season and reshape its opening months

AlphaTauri Formula 1 car on track, viewed from the rear.

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September 28, 2026

February 19, 2020

Barcelona-Catalunya, Spain

Pierre Gasly cuts through the air in his AlphaTauri AT01 at F1 pre-season testing, around the time the World Health Organization was declaring a nasty respiratory ailment in China as being an emergency of international concern. Covid would lead to the postponement of the start of the F1 season – Round 1 came in July.