“A huge challenge” - Romain Grosjean’s reaction to his ex-F1 engineer replacing Guenther Steiner at Haas
Haas announced Steiner’s surprise departure on Wednesday even൲ing.
Komatsu was previously Grosjean’s race e𓆉ngineer at Lotus before making the switch to the American outfit in 2016 - the same year Grosjean joined the team.
The 47-year-old has played a key role at Haas as their trackside engineeri💎ng director, but will know l♈ead the team in F1 2024.
Re📖flecting on the news that his former race engineer has replaced his old team boss, Grosjean said during an IndyCar media ꦓday.
“Yeah, I saw the news as most of us. “I’m very ha🔴ppy for Komatsu. First of all, he's a very good friend of mine. I competed at every of my 181 Cup and Formula 1 (races) with him working on my car somehow.
“His kids are the same age as my kids, so we've been very good friends, and I'm excited for him. It's a huge challenge in front of him, so I'm excited fo🐓r him.
“I don't know what happened. I don't know more details than yo𝔍u do, but I wish Guenther all the best in his next chapter. He's definitely a man that's got a lot of ideas and things to do, 👍but for me the main thing is very happy for Ayao.”
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