Haas appoints Andrea De Zordo as Technical Director

Having unveiled the brand new look of their 2024 F1 automotive, Haas have confirmed Andrea De Zordo as their new Technical Director and Damien Brayshaw as their new efficiency chief following their winter reshuffle.

Haas F1 Workforce confirmed off the livery of their 2024 F1 automotive, the VF-24 on Friday afternoon with the brand new automotive set to characteristic the normal black, purple and white color scheme.

The American crew has made key modifications to its construction over the winter after crew proprietor Gene Haas ousted former crew principal Guenther Steiner. The Italian’s position was taken over by former engineering director Ayao Komatsu. On the identical time, the crew additionally confirmed the departure of technical director Simone Resta with out naming the Italian’s successor.

Haas have now revealed that Andrea De Zordo will tackle the position of technical director. The Italian previously labored for Minardi, Pink Bull, McLaren and Ferrari earlier than becoming a member of Haas.

Talking of the brand new appointment, Komatsu added: “Our new Technical Director is Andrea De Zordo. He was the Chief Designer beforehand and is a really technical individual. His communication is nice, he’s very engaged and he listens to individuals, so I’m very joyful about that appointment. We at the moment are recruiting for our Chief Designer, however I imagine we now have good inner candidates, so we’ll look to advertise internally.

“One other key place is the Efficiency Director, it is a place that wasn’t there earlier than, however we’ve created it placing Damien Brayshaw, beforehand the Head of Automobile Efficiency Group, into the position. He’ll oversee and drive the path for the upgrades along with the aero division and all the opposite capabilities that analyze the full-scale automotive, which is trackside engineering, the Automobile Efficiency Group, Tire Group and so on. They’re the important thing modifications – we’re getting everybody on board, speaking collectively, and be part of steering the ship.”

Komatsu commenced his new work as Workforce Principal in the beginning of January, having beforehand managed the engineering division as Chief Race Engineer and subsequently Director of Engineering.

Talking of his new position, Komatsu stated: “It has impacted issues, because it was introduced on January 10, and we’re working our automotive for the primary time on February 11 – that’s a reasonably brief timeframe. Nonetheless, when it comes to automotive construct and preparation for the take a look at, it wasn’t an issue operationally.

“It wasn’t simply my position, we had a Technical Director go away as properly, so there have been two vital vacancies to fill. We formalized and communicated this structural change as quickly as we might. The timing of this transition interval was not very best; nonetheless, I’ve been very impressed with the maturity of everybody’s response. Due to this, we had been in a position to hold the disruption to the minimal. Now we’ve clarified the construction, we needs to be full steam forward.”

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