Haas Method 1 workforce principal Ayao Komatsu has accomplished a monitor outing, driving a 1990 Footwork Arrows A11B forward of the Italian Grand Prix.
The Japanese workforce chief took the wheel of the Cosworth-powered chassis earlier this week. The A11B, an evolution of the Ross Brawn-designed A11, was pushed through the 1990 F1 season by Michele Alboreto, Alex Caffi and Bernd Schneider.
Powered by a 3.5-litre naturally aspirated Ford Cosworth DFR V8, the A11B scored factors solely as soon as, with Caffi's fifth place on the 1990 Monaco Grand Prix.
Komatsu's outing got here forward of the thirteenth spherical of the 2026 season. Whereas Haas obtained off to an honest begin, selecting up factors in 5 of the six opening rounds, it has since failed to attain. The American outfit at present sits seventh within the constructors' standings with 21 factors.
Ayao took to the monitor this night within the historic Footwork Arrows A11B F1 automobile 🤩11Px
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Drivers Ollie Bearman and n went 14th and 18th quickest within the first observe session at Monza, eighth and 18th quickest in second observe and 14th and seventeenth quickest within the third observe session, respectively.
"The Italian Grand Prix is all the time a particular one for us with our design workplace positioned in Maranello, Italy," Komatsu defined within the workforce's preview forward of the race weekend. "We take the chance to welcome a lot of our team-mates to Monza and have them expertise what they’re working for day-after-day, and benefit from the environment, which is really particular.
"We’ll be arriving in Italy eager to place a irritating weekend in Zandvoort firmly behind us. There have been positives for positive operationally, however in the end, we have been nonetheless trying to discover extra efficiency from the VF-26.
"This weekend, we’re bringing one other improve bundle to the automobile, so once more, it’s crucial we maximise our observe time, consider our information comprehensively, and try to maintain pushing within the midfield.
"The races within the second half of the season come thick and quick – which is nice – however it’s a problem for positive. We confirmed final 12 months that we will proceed to seek out efficiency deep into the season, and that’s our continued focus."
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