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Haas has unleashed what team boss Ayao Komatsu has described as a “huge change” to its Formula 1 race team structure to address a major weakness
Haas has made significant changes to its Formula 1 race team structure in response to identified weaknesses, with team boss Ayao Komatsu calling it a “huge change”. Despite finishing seventh in the constructors’ championship last year, Komatsu felt there were areas of performance that needed improvement, particularly in race weekend execution and strategy decisions. The team has appointed new senior roles, such as chief race engineer Francesco Nenci, head of strategy Carine Cridelich, and sporting director Mark Lowe. These changes aim to bring more robustness and experience to Haas operations. In addition to new appointments, the race engineer roster has been adjusted to enhance performance, involving Laura Muller and Ronan O’Hare working with Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman. Komatsu emphasized the need for improvement in race execution to maximize the team’s competitiveness and performance, highlighting missed opportunities in previous races.
