Unclear future and F1 exit on the cards for departing Haas technical director Simone Resta
Resta left his job as Haas’ technical dﷺirector just hours before team principal Guenther Steiner followed him out of the door.
His exit has n🐻ow been explained as the expiration of a loan arra𝄹ngement, at the end of 2023, between Ferrari and Haas, report.
That means Resta 🌸has now gone back to Ferrari but he no longer has an obvious role to pl♏ay.
He will not work in Ferrari’s F1 division, it s reported.
Ferrari also have their road car business and a sportscar programme which also operate from Maranelജlo, so they are pote💧ntial landing spots for Resta.
He worked as Ferrari F1’s chief designer between 2014 and 2018ꦡ🌃.
Resta then led Alfa Romeo’s technical department, befo♌re joining Haas as their technical director on a loan agreement from Ferrari in 2021.
A disagreement with teaജm🌠 owner Gene Haas may have also been behind Resta’s exit from Haas, it had been reported.
But he now has no clear job to move into.
An💦d although Haas have replaced team principal Steiner with Ayao Komatsu, they have not yet replaced Resta.
So with just over a month to go until pre🌳season testiඣng begins in Bahrain on February 21, Haas must appoint a technical director.
They also seek a Chief Operating Officer to look after HR, admi♋n, finance, marketing and communications.
It appears to be a major upheaval at Haas, who finished bottom of the 2023 🐷F1 construc🐻tors’ championship.
But the wording of owner Gene Haas’ state💝ment, when replacing Steiner with Komatsu, was perhaps telling.
Despite the business savvy of Steiner of build and maintain an F1 team, Haas now want engineering expertise to drive them forw🌸ards.
They clearly hope that Komatsu can offer theꦰm superior knowledge in developing their car, which is expected to follow a similar concept to Red Bull’s last year, when it is unveiled for the upcoming season.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports 🐓for🅰 a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.