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Ayao Komatsu

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
669 total appearances

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F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

And then once you put everything on the table, then at least that's the start that you can have a chance to solve it.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

No, it was great to see him evolve in that way, actually.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

You know, again, before, when we signed in Oli, right, lots of people asked me, like, oh, but how's having a good history about rookie drivers?

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

Is your team capable of, you know, developing a rookie driver?

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

I said, come on, you know, you cannot ban the rookie driver as one.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

You got to look at individuals.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

I had no doubt Oli Biermann, he had an amazing, amazing talent and potential.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So, and then I had the confidence that,

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

If we do it right, I knew we could do it.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

We can develop him.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

We can nurture the talent, etc.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So I had no doubt.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

But then beginning of the season, again, unsurprisingly, he showed his brilliance in the speed.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

But he made some mistakes, rookie mistakes, silly mistakes.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

But then again, going back to having a hard conversation, you got to have those conversations.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

Then set the expectation, right?

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

Why do we make those mistakes?

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

Why did you make that mistake?

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

you know, mistake or decision, wrong decision at those critical moments or non-critical moments.

F1 Beyond The Grid
Ayao Komatsu: aiming high with Haas

So you got to be able to discuss those things and understand how we can do better in terms of his preparation, mental preparation, or how can teams help?