Ahead of the Singapore GP, Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu spoke at length about Romain Grosjean returning to F1 during the team’s testing day in Mugello. After a fiery crash in the 2020 F1 Bahrain GP, Grosjean, who suffered from burns to his hands and legs, was unable to compete in the final two rounds…
Haas Team Principal Ayao Komatsu discussed two heated talking points, the heat forecasted for the weekend and Horner speculations ahead of the F1 Singapore GP. Extra hardships in store for Haas’s 2025 driver lineup It will be a challenging weekend for drivers Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman. In fact, for the 2025 F1 Singapore GP…
Back behind the wheel after his terrifying accident at the 2020 F1 Bahrain GP, Romain Grosjean will return to Haas for a test at Mugello on Friday. The Frenchman will drive the VF-23, last piloted by Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen, in a Testing of Previous Car (TPC) test. A patron of the American team…
Haas F1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has come out strongly against suggestions of shorter races on Sunday afternoon, as well as reverse grid races for Sprints. In separate interviews this month, Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has talked about the short attention spans of viewers watching the sport, the big numbers for highlights on social…
Team principal of Haas Ayao Komatsu spoke in a print media session at the F1 British GP about the upgrades coming to the VF-25 and why the car appears to be performing so differently than the VF-24. Haas has had a difficult start to the season, currently sitting 9th in the championship. Haas has scored…
Haas will celebrate their milestone 200th F1 race at the Canadian GP this weekend, with a special livery that pays homage to their inaugural season in the sport. The Ayao Komatsu-led team, which still remains the newest squad on the F1 grid until the arrival of Cadillac in 2026, has competed in 199 races to…
Ollie Bearman delivered a punchy performance at the Japanese GP, dragging his Haas to 10th place and into the points, much to the delight of team principal Ayao Komatsu. The Suzuka Circuit wasn’t meant to be a happy hunting ground for Haas, but thanks to Bearman, they left with a valuable point in their pockets….
Led by Ayao Komatsu, Haas and the VF-25 did not have the best start to the 2025 Formula One season. Despite ending the 2024 season on a much better note, placing P7 in the Constructors’ and making a more consistent appearance in points, it seemed this momentum hadn’t quite followed the American outfit over into…
Just after a week to forget for Haas in Melbourne, where they finished with no points, the team delivered a surprise in Shanghai with Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman scoring a double points finish at the F1 Chinese GP, and team boss Ayao Komatsu was beaming after it. Finishing P5 and P8, Haas have been…
Though one of only a handful of teams to have both drivers finish Sunday’s race, the 2025 Australian GP weekend was, ultimately a disappointing one for the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, with drivers Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman finishing at the back of the pack in P13 and P14 respectively. While speaking with the media…
