Nico Hülkenberg ended his partnership with Haas on a positive note, achieving his tenth top ten finish of the season in the Abu Dhabi GP. In spite of it being a rather positive position and his best starting spot of the whole season, his happiness is marred by the fact that he had received a…
Ayao Komatsu, team principal of the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team, claims that he was unaware that the BWT Alpine F1 Team had used the post-season Abu Dhabi test with the Kannapolis-based team as leverage to have Esteban Ocon forfeit the final race of the 2024 season to Jack Doohan. Ocon replaced by Doohan for Abu…
Nico Hülkenberg says that he did not expect to keep Red Bull driver Max Verstappen behind in the Sprint race for the Qatar GP. The German had a strong start to the weekend at the Lusail International Circuit. The pace in the sole practice session looked good. In the Sprint qualifying, Hülkenberg showed a great…
A double podium by Alpine in Brazil was the biggest surprise of the 2024 F1 season to date. This led to a change in the championship standings, where Haas, who has had a phenomenal season, fell behind the Enstone-based squad in the standings. It had garnered enough points to earn them sixth position compared to…
The shock departure of Guenther Steiner as Haas F1 team boss ahead of the 2024 campaign saw Japan’s Ayao Komatsu take the reigns. The 48-year-old has worked his way up the ladder in motorsport. Starting out as a performance engineer at Lotus, he worked his way up to the role of chief engineer, then went…
Despite a promising start to the weekend, Oliver Bearman, who made his third appearance in Formula One as a replacement for the ill Kevin Magnussen, ultimately came away from the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix disappointed after finishing P12. While speaking after the race, Bearman described the experience as “tough” and admitted that he had…
The German driver had a relatively positive Saturday in Mexico, advancing to Q3 showing at times a good deal of speed. In spite of the P10 start, Hülkenberg is not completely satisfied with his day, as he feels like he could have had a better performance had he been more in tune with his Haas…
For Alex Albon and Oliver Bearman, the FP1 session came to a quick end with a collision in Turn 9 on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. Albon was on the run-up to the high-speed sequence of Turns 7, 8 and 9, where Bearman was driving a Ferrari car at a considerably slower speed. The Williams…
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu says Ocon was sold on joining the team for 2025 long before the team’s recently announced partnership with Toyota was announced. With the announcement late last week that Haas would be partnering with Toyota Gazoo Racing, the spotlight has been on the American team, as they set their sights high…
On Friday morning, MoneyGram Haas F1 Team announced it has entered a technical partnership with TOYOTA GAZOO Racing, calling it a “new and dynamic collaborative relationship”. Team principal Ayao Komatsu says that using Toyota’s knowledge will be significant in their development path. The Japanese manufacturer is from now on an ‘Official Technical Partner’ of Haas….
