Haas’ new tech🍒nical partnership with Toyota is helping the squad in areas where regulations prဣevent Ferrari from getting involved, according to team principal Ayao Komatsu.

Haas inked a deal with Toyota Gazoo Racing in Oc⛄tober last year, bringing the world’s largest car maker back to F1 in some capacity.

Under their tie-up, the Japanese brand has been providing Haas with technical know-how and additional resources, helping it climb up the ladder amids💙t its budget and personnel constraints.

Thanks to the additional sponsorship money from Japan, Haas has been able to start a TPC (testing of previous cars) programme for the first time, giving its 2025 recruits 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oliver Bearman an opportunity t൲o drive old machinery at Jerez in January prior to the start of the new season.

However, the new relationship with Toyota has not affected Haas’ existing contract with Ferrari, which ha𒈔s been supplying engines and other pa🔜rts to the American squad since its entry into F1 in 2016.

In fact, Haas’ Japan-born team boss Komatsu said Toyota is supplementing the efforts of෴ Ferrari and the team is still figuring out how to expand the scope of their partnership.

Technical regulations require each team to design and build certain ‘listed’ component🧸s on their own to be eligible as a ‘constructor’, while other parts can be sourced from other outfits like Ferrari.

. What Toyota is bringing to us is in the areas that Ferrari can’t help us, by the regulations.

“Of course, we are thinking about what we can do short-term, medium-term, long term, but really we are still at the stage of understanding each other. It’s going well, but l🐎ike any big project, any big collaboration with two very different companies, it will take time.

“As we understand each other more and more, we understand each other's capaꦬbilities, strengths and weaknesses,𒁃 and I'm sure we will find more areas to collaborate.”

Toyota also stands to benefit from the partnership, with Haas slated to become a learning ground🐲 for its engineers and mechanics.

Its long-time factory driver Ryo Hirakawa was also appointeꦏd as Haas’ reserve driver after the Japanese Grand Prix, with his role including fo𒐪ur pra🌺ctice outings during the rest of the season.

While Haas is arguably the smallest team on the gr🐭id, Toyota Gazoo Racing director Masaya Kaji feels the partnership makes complete sense for the automaker.

“They have 💦a small amount of people but the results and process-wise, it’s a very amazing performance, and so it’s very attractive,” Kaji said.

“Their strong points and weak points perfectly fit 🦹our weak ✃points and strong points so that we can achieve a strong connection.”

Both Toyota and Haas have made it clear that their partnership will continue for the long-ter꧑m.

Kaji said thඣeir collaboration is “just the beginning”, suggesting that the two parties could strengthen their ties in t൲he future.

“Our drivers and engineers are very motivated th🍸at we are challenging the top category, and they can learn all the things from top-end cars,” Kaji said.

“So the first thing is people’s motivat𓃲ion is a great thing💃 for us and for technology, I think that will be from now.

“It’s just the beginning.”

Toyota preꦿviously entered F1 with a works team in 2002 but wit꧂hdrew from the series before the end of the decade due to mounting losses for the car maker during the recession.

The F1 project was severely criticised, as Toyota failed to achieve a single win in eight seasons despite its astronomical budget.