So there’s some much-needed stability heading into 2025 on the technical facet, with Technical Director Andrea de Sordo, Head of Aerodynamics Davide Raganelli, Chief Designer Tom Coupland and Deputy Chief Designer Jonathan Heal impressing Komatsu.
Consideration then turned to the trackside operation, which Komatsu admitted was “one of many weakest areas”. Sweeping modifications – the most important seen since they entered the game in 2016 – will see a brace of latest race engineers, promoted from inside with Laura Mueller working with Esteban Ocon and Ronan O’Hare teaming up with Ollie Bearman as replacements for Mark Slade and Gary Gannon.
READ MORE: Who are the 2025 F1 team principals?
They’ll work beneath a brand new Chief Race Engineer with Francesco Nenci taking a job that has been vacant for a yr and Haas bolstering with Mark Lowe returning within the newly-created place of Sporting Director, whereas Carine Cridelich fills the empty function of Head of Technique.
Komatsu is conscious there might be rising pains, however equally he is aware of that to take the following step, such modifications are obligatory.
“There are nonetheless so many issues we have to do,” he mentioned. “We completed P7 [in 2024]. Sure, the goal is P6 [in 2025], however we haven’t achieved that constant end result [from one year to the next], so even combating for a similar place, P6/P7, could be an enormous achievement.”
