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Formula One's Smallest Team Explains Its Push to Make American F1 History
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Formula One's Smallest Team Explains Its Push to Make American F1 History

SI·Zach Koons·about 1 month ago
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No one would argue Ayao Komatsu is the most physically imposing figure in Formula One. The Haas team principal certainly won’t tower over anybody in the paddock, even in a sport not known for its tall personalities. But that didn’t keep him from adopting rugby as a hobby, one that he carried with him from his native Japan to the United Kingdom. His size also never impacted the way he approached playing one of the most physical sports on the planet. “When I’m the smallest guy and this massive guy’s running at me and maybe I don’t feel like tackling this guy,” Komatsu tells Sports Illustrated . “But if I don’t tackle this guy, I hold my teammates down.” In many ways that’s been the same mentality of Haas, which has come to embody Komatsu’s tackle-the-massive-guy ethos over the past two-plus seasons.…

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