Haas boss Ayao Komatsu makes shock Coventry Metropolis FC coaching go to after Japanese GP

April 3, 2026

in Racing

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Haas System 1 crew principal Ayao Komatsu has made an sudden look at Coventry Metropolis Soccer Membership.

Komatsu, who took the reins on the American F1 crew forward of the 2024 season, took benefit of a uncommon hole within the race calendar after the Japanese Grand Prix to return to his outdated stomping floor.

Talking beforehand to Autosport about his ardour for soccer, the Japanese crew chief defined how his connection to Coventry Metropolis Soccer Membership first blossomed when he lived within the metropolis and began supporting the membership together with the locals.

“I used to stay in Coventry, and everybody round me supported Coventry Metropolis Soccer Membership, so I began supporting them too!” he stated on the time.

“I am fairly positive I used to be the one Japanese particular person supporting the membership for a very long time. However final yr, we had our first Japanese participant ever within the historical past of Metropolis, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, and that is modified. After I was in Tokyo final yr earlier than the Japanese Grand Prix, I even noticed a random Japanese man carrying a sky-blue Coventry Metropolis prime!”

Throughout his go to to the soccer membership, Komatsu took half in coaching and spoke to Sky Sports activities F1 concerning the World Cup. “Oh, it is wonderful. That’d be excellent if Tats is within the crew, proper? I imply, the way in which Tats is performing, his work price right here is unbelievable. His psychological resilience, I’ve an enormous respect for.

“You may really feel it, by coming to coaching periods like this, the place he is built-in into the crew, how he is revered, after which the icing on the cake could be him getting chosen for Japan, proper?”

Haas has had a robust begin to the 2026 season. It at present sits fourth within the constructors’ standings after three rounds, with 18 factors, behind leaders Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren.