He had been with the team since their first season in F1 2016. “In appointing Ayao Komatsu as team principal we fundamentally have engineering at the heart of our management. “We need to be efficient with the resources we have but improving our design and engineering capability is key to our success as a team. Komatsu, 47, who has 20 years of F1 experience, has been charged with taking over and leading the Banbury-based team forward. He added: “I’m naturally very excited to have the opportunity to be team principal at MoneyGram Haas F1 Team. “Having been with the team since its track-debut back in 2016 I’m obviously passionately invested in its success in F1.

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