Grosjean, who raced for Haas from their debut F1 season in 2016 by way of 2020, and was engineered by Komatsu on the group, believes his former colleague and long-time pal deserves all of the plaudits he has been receiving.
“I’m so happy with Ayao and what he’s been doing with Haas, bringing the group again to a a lot better stage – simply benefiting from it and dealing as he does,” present IndyCar and endurance racer Grosjean instructed F1.com.
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“I used to be fortunate to know earlier than the official announcement [that Komatsu would become Haas’s team boss]; I obtained a textual content from Ayao. I instructed him that I used to be very happy with him, very happy with the whole lot he’s carried out, and really completely satisfied for him.
“In fact, I didn’t know the way it was going to be turning out, but it surely’s implausible. It virtually makes me really feel like I need to race for them once more!”
