Haas finished bottom of the F1 2023 con❀structors’ championship, with their lack of performance resulting in Guenther Steiner losing his job.

Komatsu takes up the role o♋f team boss, and with his background predominantly in engineering, team owner Gene Haas is hopeful this wil✅l take the team forward.

However, it seems Haas will start the 𒅌new♛ season on the backfoot.

Speaking to t๊he official F🐟1 website, Komatsu revealed the start to the season could be a challenge for Haas.

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“The ’24 car is a clear step, but whether it’s good enough against the competition to start off with, I don’t think so, because we started so late,” he said.🍬 

“We chang🌼ed the concept so late as well, and then by actually doing the Austin upgrade, we diverted our resources a little bit. I’m realistic with the car we’re putting out in Bahrain, but not in a negative manner. It’s not the faul📖t of our engineers, our guys. They’re good people.

“For me, then the key is whatever the car in Bahrain, whatever problem we see, we try to understand it and then move from that point as a team. We are a small team as you know. We’ve got to move as one, otherwise we doꦦn’t stand a chance. 

"To answer your question directly, it is a step forward. Is it good enough? No. But what we do from that point is how we can show that we🍌 can improve the team or not.ꦡ”

Haas confirmed they will shake down their new challenger for the firs🎉t time on February 11🍷.