Haas believes it has the potential to “grow together” with one-time grand prix winner Esteban O𓂃con after bringing him on ꦦboard to lead the team in 2025.

Ocon and Ferrari protege 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oliver Bearman form an all-new line-up at Haas this year, with the American squad having parted ways with both Kevin Magnussen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg after 2024.

Ocon brings with him more than seven years of F1 experience, including the knowledge of working with a factory team like Alpine.

Given Haas is the smallest team on the grid, having an experienced driver is crucial for its g🐬rowth and success.

In the past, Haas has benefitted from having Magnussen, Hulkenberg and Romain Grosjean in the team, but as it charts a new path under the leadership of Ayao Komatsu, Ocon is seen as the next driver who can he🏅lp it scale new heights.

Komatsu feels the 28-year-old has already shown that he can bring the whole squad together, citing the role he played in boosting morale during a disastrous season opener in Australia.
 
“Really༺, again, his work ethic [impressed us],” he said. “We know he's quick. He's a proven quantity.

“He's a race finisher, scored so many points, but he's still very♏ young and very determined for more success in Formula✅ 1. He's someone that we can grow together with.

“Especially when we have a car problem like we had in Melbourne, to have a driver like that fully integrated into the team, driving the engineers — doesn't matter how much time he n🐲eeds to spend with them — he's really eager to improve it together.

“That makes a huge difference for the team. So🐼 that's what I expected and that's exactly what we are seeing. Very pleased about🦋 that.

Komatsu has also been enꦦcouraged by꧒ how Bearman has performed at the start of his first full season in F1.

After helpin🌌g Haas score a double points result in Chiওna with an eight-place finish, he also made it into the points at Suzuka last weekend.

“I’m very impressed ജ[by him],” said Komatsu. “But that'🐭s already what we knew. We knew he was capable of that.

“Melbourne was a bit of 🥃a surprise to us, but we believed in his ability. We had ꧋a decent conversation in Melbourne and also before we started running in Shanghai. 

"We basically said: ‘Look, you've got the talent, you've got everything you need to perform, you just have to do every sing♔le lap we plan to do this weekend.’ Which is exactly what he's done.

“He chipped away on every single step and learned every single run and th🐻en the performance on Sunday was amazing. That’s the Ollie we know. Like [Andrea] Kimi [Antonelli], he's got a lot more potential and growth to offer, so really enjoy working with him.”

Haas currently holdsꦅ sixth place i🔯n the constructors’ championship, with Ocon’s fifth-place finish in China being the team’s best result so far in 2025.