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Komatsu feared “one thing was damaged” on Haas F1 automobile amid “extreme” concern
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Komatsu feared “one thing was damaged” on Haas F1 automobile amid “extreme” concern

Motorsports March 20, 2025
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Haas group boss Ayao Komatsu admitted he thought one thing was damaged when his Formulation 1 outfit logged its preliminary FP1 laps on the Australian Grand Prix, and does not count on a right away repair to its high-speed nook issues.

After following the same run plan in Bahrain testing to what it had run in 2024, by sacrificing all efficiency runs for long-run tempo and tyre administration exploration, Haas didn’t have many indications of its true tempo versus the remainder of the sector.

However the group arrived in Australia propping up the order, which Komatsu revealed had stunned the American squad. A tempo deficit in high-speed corners, significantly Turns 9 and 10, was considered as the principle perpetrator.

Komatsu defined that dropping a smidgen of efficiency within the low-speed corners to use it to the higher-speed activates the circuit was the one approach to deliver the automobile right into a “respectable” efficiency window.

“I do not suppose it is a one-off,” Komatsu stated. “It was an enormous shock, we weren’t anticipating that in any way primarily based on Bahrain testing.

“Bahrain testing wasn’t good, however we weren’t anticipating it anyplace close to as dangerous as Melbourne. In FP1, on a really quick lap when the automobile went out. I assumed both one thing was damaged or one thing is totally out of the ballpark.

“Then once we established, proper, nothing’s damaged, we have an enormous concern. It was fairly clear the issue was in excessive pace, Flip 9, Flip 10. Then we simply labored and labored to make these corners higher with the expense of low pace.

Ayao Komatsu, Haas F1 Crew

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“However even then, low-speed corners are okay, not nice – however in comparison with the difficulty we had in Turns 9 and 10, it is night time and day. So then by Q1, we managed to get Flip 9 kind of respectable. However Flip 10, nonetheless nowhere.

“We perceive why, however with the problems we’ve got, we can’t clear up it for all corners, proper? So I feel at the least we took right steps through the weekend.”

Komatsu stated that the group deliberate to develop its means by means of the issue and “deal with it head-on” quite than surrender on it and give attention to 2026, because the group feels it has an understanding of the place the issue lies.

He reckoned that the outfit wouldn’t be capable of implement an answer for numerous races, given the severity of the issue. Komatsu believes it’s associated to the automobile’s interface with the bottom at low experience heights.

“I feel that is the most effective we might do with the Melbourne circuit traits, that our automobile’s weak point that we found in Melbourne after which traits of Flip 10 as a nook. At the least then we’ve got clear understanding of what the difficulty is.

“Then subsequent level is to grasp which a part of the automobile we have to modify, or which a part of the automobile has the sensitivity to unravel this efficiency concern. So up up to now, we’re moderately clear.

“Then after all, subsequent is, how are we going to discover a answer? A few of them may be moderately short-term options, however a few of them will probably be an iterative course of, each in CFD and wind tunnel.

“So you are not going to see an answer for some races – it is fairly extreme.”

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