Ex-F1 driver Romain Grosjean has hailed Ayao Komatsu for the job he’s done as Haas team principal🎃 in 2024.

Komatsu replaced Guenther S🦩teiner at the start of 2024 in a shock move by Haas.

Under Komatsu’s leadership, Haas a♐re on course for their be🔯st championship finish since 2018.

Prior to Alpine’s double-podium𝔍 in Brazil, Haas sat sixth overall in the standings.

Grosjean, who raced 🔜for Haas between 2016 an🧸d 2020, heaped praise on Komatsu.

He told F1’s official website: “I’m so proud of Ayao and what he’s been doing with Haas, bringing the team back to a much better level – just making the most o🧸f it and working as he does.

“I was lucky to know befor🍸e the official announcement [that Komatsu would become Haas’s team boss]; I got a text from Ayao.

“I told😼 him that I was very proud of him, very proud of everything he’s done, and very happy for him.”

Grosjean joked the progress Haas have made un💜der Komatsu “almost ma꧟kes me feel like I want to race for them again”.

“Of course, I didn’t know how it waꦜs🅠 going to be turning out, but it’s fantastic. It almost makes me feel like I want to race for them again!” he added.

“No, you never know. It’s a 🎃different role, it’s a differ🦄ent approach, there’s also a bit of political games and media.

“I had no idea about that part. I knew he could set everything up [to succeed], but that part was the unknown, and he’sꦚ been doing really, really well.”