Welcome to Saturday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Comment of the day
Ayao Komatsu showed last year Haas were capable of performing better, says Mal:
I really hope Komatsu-san does indeed continue to improve Haas. After years of assuming that the team was restricted by Gene Haas’s funding, and of not knowing how negative Steiner’s influence was, it was a really pleasant surprise to see them do well in 2024.
The only sour note for me was the intentional misuse of Magnussen in races like Miami; that was poor judgement and wholly unnecessary. But on the whole, I’d love to see the team back to fulfilling the potential hinted at in their early years.
@MalRoss
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to Chris Lloyd!
On this day in motorsport
- Born today in 1923: Carroll Shelby, who went on to win the Le Mans 24 Hours, race for Aston Martin’s short-lived F1 team, and manage Ford’s Le Mans 24 Hours programme, as dramatised in the film Ford vs Ferrari (aka Le Mans 66)
- Born today in 1983: Adrian Sutil
- Born today in 1985: Kazuki Nakajima
- 35 years ago today FIA president Jean-Marie Balestre announced Ayrton Senna would not be granted a superlience until he withdrew his claim the governing body “manipulated” the 1989 world championship following his collision with Alain Prost at Suzuka
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Bullfrog (@bullfrog)
11th January 2025, 11:29
Careful now – the reward for extensive rebuilding seems to be a Grand Prix every two years.