{"id":25249,"date":"2024-10-15T06:02:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=25249"},"modified":"2024-10-15T06:02:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:02:35","slug":"haas-to-build-first-f1-simulator-thanks-to-toyota-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/15\/haas-to-build-first-f1-simulator-thanks-to-toyota-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Haas to build first F1 simulator thanks to Toyota assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ayao Komatsu<\/a> has wasted no time in strengthening Haas since becoming team principal. In less than a year, the Japanese engineer is creating foundations for a significantly more competitive and ambitious squad. The team’s partnership with Toyota<\/a> will be key to this, unlocking new infrastructure and technical insights for Haas.<\/p>\n

Toyota partnership will help Haas level-up in all areas<\/h2>\n

Since joining the grid in 2016, the resources and tools available at Haas have been very limited. Not only do they have hundreds fewer personnel than any other F1 team<\/a>, but their infrastructure is lacking.<\/p>\n

Until now, Haas’ partnership with Ferrari<\/a> has been integral in compensating for their own deficiencies.<\/p>\n

Thankfully for the American squad, their new partnership with Toyota (whilst not impacting their existing Ferrari ties) can generate new possibilities moving forward.<\/p>\n

There are several benefits Haas will receive from this collaboration. Perhaps most notably, the Japanese company will play a central role in helping Haas to build their first F1 simulator.<\/p>\n

Until now, Komatsu’s engineers and drivers have been reliant on using Ferrari’s simulator at Maranello.<\/p>\n

In addition to this, Haas can tap into the engineering and technical talent at Toyota. This is a huge boost for a team that, until now, has been stretched thin with its relatively small workforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Haas want to establish themselves as a top 6 team<\/h4>\n

Ayao Komatsu makes no secret of how important this partnership is:<\/p>\n

“To be honest, it’s a no-brainer,” he told the media<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

“It’s just a perfect fit, and it wasn’t difficult to convince Gene [Haas, team owner] of it.<\/em><\/p>\n

“Below the budget limit you have to be cost-efficient, and of course you have to be time-efficient to be competitive. <\/em>With our current model, we are limited in this…<\/em><\/p>\n

“Gene is very committed to his Formula 1 team. And he always asks me what we can do to be better, to be consistently in the top 5 or top 6 – and have a chance of a podium finish at some point.<\/em><\/p>\n

“So no, it wasn’t difficult to convince Gene.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Aside from the resources Haas will receive from Toyota, this partnership is also a statement of intent.<\/p>\n

Whilst Haas have gathered plenty of support from being F1’s unofficial underdogs, a team that needs to punch above its weight to be competitive is bound to hit a ceiling.<\/p>\n

By putting pen to paper with Toyota in this new deal, the American outfit is in a position where it can compete on a more level playing field<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ayao Komatsu has wasted no time in strengthening Haas since becoming team principal. In less than a year, the Japanese engineer is creating foundations for a significantly more competitive and ambitious squad. The team’s partnership with Toyota will be key to this, unlocking new infrastructure and technical insights for Haas. Toyota partnership will help Haas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4927,"featured_media":25135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[2220,68,465,346,447],"class_list":["post-25249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-formula-1","category-news","tag-2024-formula-1-season","tag-f1","tag-f1-news","tag-haas","tag-toyota"],"modified_by":"Jaden Diaz-Ndisang","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4927"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}