Chequered Flag Extra: Ayao Komatsu On The Rise Of Haas

F1: Chequered Flag

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🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Haas currently sit in fourth in the F1 constructors’ standings. So how are F1’s smallest team performing so well? Izzy Hammond and Harry Benjamin visit the team’s HQ to speak with Team Principal Ayao Komatsu about their success. Plus, just how did Ollie Bearman escape from that huge accident in Japan unharmed and what are the team’s ambitions for the future? Izzy and Harry also answer your F1 hot takes. Could Gianpiero Lambiase become McLaren’s Team Principal in the future, following the announcement of his switch from Red Bull in 2028? And which driver is the most likely to be a reality TV star? F1 returns next for the Miami Grand Prix at the start of May, with live commentary across the 5 Live network and BBC Sounds.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	Your time starts now.
0:07.2	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.4	Absolutely right.
0:11.5	So, you might like to know that the BBC makes loads of other podcasts.
0:15.6	Really?
0:16.4	Wow.
0:17.2	Many of them are very funny.
0:19.1	Which I think means...
0:20.3	A hatful of ha-hars. And energy. Even if we do very funny. Which I think means... A hatful of ha haas.
0:21.7	And energy.
0:22.9	Even if you do say so ourselves.
0:24.3	I agree 100% of that.
0:26.7	Find them all on BBC Sounds.
0:28.6	Just tell us a joke.
0:29.3	Come on. Tell us a joke.
0:30.5	Tell us a joke. Come on. Tell us a joke. Come on.
0:33.6	I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in.
0:38.3	To deal with this huge regulation change is monumental task.
0:42.3	So yeah, I wasn't expecting us to be sitting where we are now.
0:46.3	That was a big, big accident. You know, the speed delta was huge.
0:50.3	But now, these guys are athletes and then the safety standards of
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