After a little over two decades in Formula One, Japanese engineer Ayao Komatsu will now get a chance to run his own team.
The Haas F1 team on Wednesday announced the departure of Guenther Steiner, the popular, yet foul-mouthed, team principal whose colorful language and heart-on-his-sleeve personality made him one of the stars of Netflix's "Formula 1: Drive to Survive" series.
"Moving forward as an organization it was clear we need to improve our on-track performances. In appointing Ayao Komatsu as Team Principal we fundamentally have engineering at the heart of our management,” Haas owner Gene Haas said in a statement posted on the team's website.