Haas boss Ayao Komatsu has revealed that team owner Gene Haas has been convinced to invest in the F1 team following an impressive 2024 campaign.

Haas have been one of F1's best-performing teams in 2024, relative to the size of the org💯an♒isation.

The American outfit curreꦡntly sits seventh in the F1 constructors' championship with six rounds remaining.

They are just three points behind VCARB, who haven’༒t scored a single p🔯oint since the season resumed in August.

Even though Haas are the smallest team on the grid in terms of personnel and facilities,ജ they’ve punched above their weight this year.

Realistically, this is likely thꦕe peak o𒀰f what Haas can achieve under their current model.

With Haas' midfield rivals investing heavily - Williams are on the rཧise under James Vowles; Sauber will be backed by automotive giant Audi in 2026; VCARB have closer ties to Red Bull - Haas must respond before they’re left behin🎶d.

at the Dutch Grand Prix last month, Komatsu revealed that team owner Gene Haas has agreed to invest in the team as they look to "increase the ceiling".

Komatsu outlined the F1 team needed to prove to Gen🍸e Haas they could "maximise" what they have before getting♊ full commitment from their owner.

“With the current model, how we set up curre𝓰ntly, I don’t think we can do any better than this - much betterꦜ,” Komatsu said. 

“But the good 🐷thing is Gene, he always said he will invest as long as we can show as a team we can maximise what we got. This is exactly what we’ve done.

“Gene has already started investing more after three races.𒁏 After three races in Melbourne, he ag🔯reed on certain things. We need to invest. We need to improve the team. 

“We need to really increase the ceiling of the te🍬am to be able to perform better. We have to do it in parallel.

“Maximising what we got, then that will convince Gene toꩵ invest more which is what happened. With that investment, we will gradually, gradually increase our capability. If we don’t, there’s no way we can fight for P7 [in the future].”