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Guenther Steiner believes the increasingly high rate of turnover of Formula 1 team bosses is a “new trend” that is
Steiner’s departure as Haas team principal was announced last week, making way for Ayao Komatsu to take over. This follows a trend of several changes within F1 teams, including new appointments at Ferrari, McLaren, Sauber, and Williams. Red Bull’s second-string squad, AlphaTauri, also saw a change in leadership with the retirement of Franz Tost and the introduction of Laurent Mekies. Only Christian Horner of Red Bull and Toto Wolff of Mercedes remain as long-serving F1 bosses. Steiner believes that changing management is seen as the easiest way to address poor results, but acknowledges that the impact of a new manager is limited in F1 due to long-term planning and development. The decision to have a technical mind, such as Komatsu, at the helm is influenced by the success seen by McLaren and Williams with a similar leadership structure.
