Haas has signed a landmark title partnership take care of Toyota for the 2026 F1 World Championship, with the crew changing into often called TGR Haas F1 Staff.
The deal is the subsequent stage within the strengthening ties between the American F1 outfit and the Japanese automotive big, having signed a technical partnership in October 2024.
As a part of the deal, Toyota will double down on its dedication to provide its engineers, mechanics, and drivers invaluable F1 expertise with out coming into its personal works crew, with Toyota taking up the branding of Haas’ Testing of a Earlier Automotive (TPC) program.
“It’s naturally a privilege to deepen our relationship with TGR by means of this new title partnership settlement,” stated Haas crew boss Ayao Komatsu. “Our working relationship to this point has been the whole lot we hoped it will be. It’s been evidenced by means of our profitable TPC working this season, however there’s been a lot extra occurring behind the scenes too – together with the event and set up of the simulator at our Banbury facility for 2026.
“The cultivation of personnel, all working collaboratively between Haas F1 Staff and TGR, has benefited us vastly, and that’s one thing that may solely enhance as our partnership matures. We’re excited to additional develop with the likes of our driver program too, and it’s been encouraging to see the depth of expertise TGR is backing in that course of.”
Ayao Komatsu,Haas F1 Staff Staff Principal, Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor Company Chairman, Tomoya Takahashi, GAZOO Racing President
Photograph by: TOYOTA GAZOO Racing
Toyota Motor Company chairman Akio Toyoda added: “By taking our partnership with Haas one other step ahead subsequent yr, TGR’s ‘Folks, Product, Pipeline’ mantra will speed up in a manner we have now by no means seen earlier than. The time has come for the subsequent era to take their first steps towards the world stage. Along with Gene Haas, Ayao, and everybody at TGR Haas F1 Staff, we are going to construct each a tradition and a crew for the longer term. Toyota is now actually on the transfer.”
As a part of the deal, Toyota is predicted to function closely on the crew’s 2026 automotive, which is able to launch on 23 January with a web-based livery reveal.
Toyota replaces MoneyGram as Haas’ title associate after a deal that ran for the previous three and a half years.
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