Ayao Komatsu has a big job on his hands. The Japanese engineer will this season take the helm of the Haas F1 Team, stepping up into the Team Principal role for the first time as a replacement for Guenther Steiner and tasked with pulling the American squad off the bottom of the constructors’ championship.
Haas have been causing shocks since they entered Formula 1 in 2016, from scoring a brilliant points-finish on their debut and taking a remarkable fifth in the constructors’ championship in only their third season to a shock pole in Sao Paulo in 2022.
by former chairman colin graves. the 75 year old was chair of yorkshire from 2012 2015. that was part of the period for which the club was fined for failing to address the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language. the club s members will now vote on whether to approve the takeover. let s have a quick look at some of the other stories making the headlines today.. steve smith will replace david warner as australia s test opener despite having never batted in the position during his career. he ll open alongside usman khawaja in the first test against west indies later this month one of the most charismatic bosses in f1 has left his role. haas team principal guenther steiner, who has been with the team since its inception in 2016, has been replaced by former director of engineering ayao komatsu. royal and ancient chief executive martin slumbers is to step down from his role at the end of 2024, after nine years as one of golf s leading administrators. he succeeded peter dawson as t
2024 was just days old when news broke that Guenther Steiner – the unlikely star of Netflix’s F1 docuseries Drive to Survive – had parted ways with the Haas team he helped build from scratch and entered into Formula 1 in 2016, with Ayao Komatsu promoted to the role.