New Haas boss ‘not trying to be Guenther Steiner’ as ethos change strengthens
New Haas manager ‘doing whatever it takes not to be Guenther Steiner’ as ethos change fortifies
Ayao Komatsu has taken over from Guenther Steiner as Haas F1 group chief.
Ayao Komatsu has demanded he is “making an effort not to be Guenther Steiner” in the wake of supplanting the F1 fan #1 as Haas group chief last week.
Haas declared last Wednesday that Steiner had left the group, with Komatsu’s advancement to group manager affirmed in a similar explanation.
The switch comes after Haas completed lower part of the F1 Constructors’ Title for the second time in three years in 2023, with Steiner leaving following 10 years in control.
Komatsu is a long-serving member of the Haas team. He followed star signing Romain Grosjean from Lotus to the F1 newcomers back when the American outfit arrived on the grid in 2016 and is eager to step out of Guenther Steiner’s shadow.
With proprietor Quality Haas guaranteeing the group are needing a designing mindset following Steiner’s leave, youngster group manager Komatsu is unyielding he cares very little about repeating his ancestor’s methodology.
He told the authority F1 site: ” Obviously, I’m making an effort not to be Guenther Steiner.
“He’s a totally different individual. Sincerely, we got along extremely well. We regard one another, we regard each other’s positions and occupation jobs during work and off function also.
“We used to go to supper a considerable amount too over a race end of the week – not to discuss work but rather in light of the fact that we got on lovely well. Be that as it may, haven’t arrived to supplant Guenther Steiner as a person.
“He’s an altogether different person and he has totally different qualities and shortcomings to me.
“I’m doing whatever it takes not to be another person and that’s what quality knows and assuming that Quality needed a Guenther Steiner substitution in like that, he would have designated another person.
“So I comprehend that Quality needs something else and I will attempt to be my best self as opposed to attempting to be another person.”
Steiner turned into a commonly recognized name because of his obscene tirades on Drive to Make due, the profoundly fruitful F1-themed Netflix docuseries.
Furthermore, Komatsu has offered desire to fans that a little piece of Steiner’s heritage will live on, adding: ” This isn’t something I’m glad to say! My language isn’t perfect, I swear an excessive lot. However, once more, I make an effort to avoid that.”
The Tokyo-conceived supervisor uncovered his arrangement has been energetically gotten, with Grosjean among those sending kindly words to Komatsu since his advancement to group head.
He said: ” I’m truly wrecked by the positive help I’ve been given. Everybody’s been truly certain, invigorated, steady, so I’m truly amped up for what we can improve with individuals we have here.
