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Veteran team manager Peter Crolla has departed Haas ahead of the new season, joining the Cadillac F1 project.
Peter Crolla, who was the team manager of Haas, has left the team to take on a similar position with the new Cadillac F1 Team. He has been a key figure at Haas since its F1 debut in 2016, initially joining the team in May 2015. In 2017, Crolla took on the team manager role and worked closely with Guenther Steiner and Ayao Komatsu. Crolla has now joined Cadillac’s F1 project for their entry in the 2026 season, where he will help in designing the team’s first F1 car and adapting to the Ferrari power unit. Haas will not directly replace Crolla, instead dividing his responsibilities between Mark Lowe as sporting director and Neil Hanley as trackside operations manager.
