{"id":25912,"date":"2024-10-28T13:34:33","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=25912"},"modified":"2024-10-28T13:34:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T17:34:33","slug":"how-ayao-komatsu-is-leading-a-haas-renaissance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2024\/10\/28\/how-ayao-komatsu-is-leading-a-haas-renaissance\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ayao Komatsu is leading a Haas renaissance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Currently 6th in the standings, Haas are on track for their best F1 season since 2018. In less than a year since becoming team principal, Ayao Komatsu<\/a> has transformed Haas<\/a> into one of the best midfield teams.<\/p>\n

Komatsu addresses all major weaknesses at Haas<\/h2>\n

Prior to Komatsu’s appointment, several limited the team’s ability to compete in Formula 1. Perhaps the biggest problem was the consistently poor development at Haas.<\/p>\n

Only last season, Haas<\/a> were guilty of virtually a non-existent development programme. They only introduced one significant upgrade package in the entire season (in COTA), and even this failed to produce an impact.<\/p>\n

The American squad have also suffered from a large staff and resource deficit compared to other teams.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Ayao Komatsu negotiating a landmark partnership with Toyota<\/a>, Haas will receive an influx of much-needed personnel and technical facilities in the coming years.<\/p>\n

Speaking after Magnussen and Hulkenberg’s fantastic results in Mexico (P7 and P9 respectively) the Japanese team principal gave his verdict:<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know what to say, it\u2019s another amazing result for this team. I\u2019m so happy that everyone\u2019s hard work is paying off, with the updates and the car getting better.<\/em><\/p>\n

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