Haas finished bottom of the constructors’ championship last season,♏ but currently sit unexpectedly in seventh.

They are the surprise package of the F1 season so far, and remain a team e🎶volving into a new era.

Guenther Steiner left his job as team principal 💖in the wake of Haas’ disappointing 2023, and cited a lack of investment from team owner Gene Haas.

But Steiner’s replacement Ayao Komatsu, for🥃merly the team’s trackside engineering director, has fared much better.

“27 points is great – 🌟it’s more than double what we ever had last🌜 year,” Komatsu said.

“But more than that, I think it’s🅷 very encouraging seeing how we are working together as a team.

“That🔯 wasn’t the case up until the end of last year, so for me that’s the biggest positive and for sure, that’s a good sign that we a🥃re going in the right direction.

“From day oneꦇ, I෴ was convinced we’ve got plenty of good people, amazing people, so it’s a matter of putting that together and giving those people an environment that they can perform in.

"Everyone, it doesn’t matter who you are – IT person, software per🤡son, race engineer, driver, or finance person – everybody needs to understand what you’re doing and how it will contribute to the performance on the track.

“Onc𒀰e you start building that and getting the message through, once everyone knows h☂ow they’re contributing, then that promotes teamwork as well.

“There’s no blame culture; when something isn’t working, we’ve got to get to the 🐼bottom of it, 🌄but it’s not a witch hunt.

“Making that safe space for everyone wher🙈e they can m𝓰ove forward is the key.”

Haas have been aided by some inspired drives fro𝔉m Nico Hulkenberg.

He has scored po🥀ints on five occasions and sits impressively 11th in the drivers’ championship.

But ❀both Hulkenberg and teammate Kevin Magnussen will move on in 20ꦬ25 as Haas evolves further.

Hulkenberg chose to go to Sauber, to spearhead the🍬 Audi project, 𓃲while Haas confirmed they won’t renew Magnussen’s stay.

British teenager Ollie Bearman - who impressed racℱing for Ferrari in 🌱Saudi Arabia as a deputy for the unwell Carlos Sainz - will represent Haas full-time next season.

Haas🌞 have also recruited Alpine’s Esteban Ocon for next season.