Former Haas employee Grosjean praises Komatsu's work at the helm of Haas

If it is far from the paddocks of F1, he who benefits from the American adventure, Romain Grosjean remains very attached to his former loves, like HaasHaving started 2020 on a bad note with his accident in Bahrain, which prevented him from competing in the last two rounds of the year, the Franco-Swiss still closely follows the news of his former team.

The latter appears to be a real surprise in 2024. Internally, satisfaction is total while the new team principal Ayao Komatsu had not been optimistic before the start of the season. The Japanese, recently appointed to replace Günther Steiner, had even warned about the possibility of spending a good part of the year at the back of the grid.

Finally, Gene Haas' team positions itself as the 6th force on the grid, or even the 5th, ahead of Aston Martin, given her recent form and convincing performances. A form that puts a smile on Romain Grosjean's face, happy to see her get her head above water after many difficult years, partly thanks to Ayao Komatsu.

« I'm so proud of Ayao and everything he's doing at Haas, bringing the team back to a much better level, getting the best out of them and working the way he does., greets the latter with from the F1 website.

I was lucky enough to learn this before the official announcement. [that Komatsu would become director of Haas]. I got a message from him. I told him I was very proud of him, very proud of everything he had done, and very happy for him. I didn't know how it was going to go, but it's fantastic. It almost makes me want to run for them again.. » Alas, Haas is preparing to start a new cycle but with Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon. On the other hand, he will be able to continue to support them remotely!

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