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Ayao Komatsu

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F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So we always wanted to have a simulator in the UK where our main factory is.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So we are doing that now.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So again, that's thanks to Toyota.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So then there's a few other areas that we are working with, but it's great.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

We're just looking at what Toyota can offer, what Toyota's good at, what our team needs.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

And then it's those areas where it's easily identifiable we're working together.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

Yeah, some of the manufacturing, yes.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

In Cologne?

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

Some of it in Cologne, yeah.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

But again, it's not the objective to say we need to use the Cologne facilities they need to manufacture.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

It's more, let's say, organic in the sense that, okay, so Akio-san's direction, Akio-san, by the way, is such a great guy, the chairman of Toyota.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

His direction to his guys is basically make House F1 team competitive.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

so it's not objective to in itself to say okay you have to use that colon facility you have to use that facility to manufacture something no what do we need to make the house a fun team go faster what areas are we weak have we got either people or capability or facility that is able to help in that area from toyota side if answers yes let's do it together like tpc you know we wanted to do it but we just didn't have the

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

financial means or anything to do it, then Toyota helped us financially and put the structure in place, etc.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

And they're having that development program.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

Yeah, definitely.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

We need to be constantly evolving.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

And then for me to sit here and talk about the wins is too far away, for sure.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So our medium term target in the next three to five years is basically trying to establish ourselves consistently at the front of the midfield pack, right?

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

That's where we need to be ear in, ear out on the merit, not because some team didn't do a very good job.