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Haas' new team boss can handle top F1 job – Petrov

Jan.18 Haas' new team boss Ayao Komatsu can handle the big step up from engineering to running a Formula 1 team. That is the view of Vitaly Petrov, who was race-engineered by the 47-year-old Japanese at Renault in 2011. Komatsu then followed Romain Grosjean to the brand-new Haas team for 2016, and there worked his way up the engineering ranks. Team owner Gene Haas decided to oust Gunther Steiner for 2024, with Komatsu named as his surprise successor. 'I spent a lot of time with Ayao,' Russian driver Petrov told SMP Racing. 'At that time, he was still learning and getting the experience to be promoted to race engineer, but he already knew a lot. And it was very easy to work with him. I...
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