{"id":206933,"date":"2025-10-12T03:43:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T03:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206933\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T03:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T03:43:10","slug":"haas-team-boss-gives-verdict-on-hinchcliffes-f1-test-run-at-mugello","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/206933\/","title":{"rendered":"Haas team boss gives verdict on Hinchcliffe\u2019s F1 test run at Mugello"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/formula-1\" title=\"Formula 1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Formula 1<\/a> team principal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/ayao-komatsu\" title=\"Ayao Komatsu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ayao Komatsu<\/a> has praised James Hinchcliffe following his outing with the team during a test session at the Mugello circuit.\u201cIt was really nice for somebody like him to get in our car.\u201d- Ayao Komatsu<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media during the Singapore Grand Prix, Komatsu revealed he was impressed with how the former IndyCar driver handled the tricky conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was very tricky conditions when he got in the car. He did it well, he had one run with slick tyres, and he really enjoyed it,\u201d Komatsu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was really nice for somebody like him to get in our car to understand exactly what the current-generation Formula 1 car feels like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/photo-5960808003303229617-y-68d78ea7e7f44.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto\" alt=\"james-hinchcliffe-haas-jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hinchcliffe driving Haas VF-23 in Mugello &#8211; Haas F1 team<\/p>\n<p>Hinchcliffe was part of the recent TPC (Testing of Previous Car) programme held by the Haas outfit in Mugello. The IndyCar race winner, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/grosjean-is-back-in-f1-action-receives-surprise-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Romain Grosjean, took part in testing the VF-23 car for the American team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian driver appeared to relish his maiden run in a Formula 1 car, and he also expressed his feelings after completing his test at the Italian circuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Hinchcliffe on driving an F1 car<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/news\/indycar-legend-left-speechless-after-incredible-formula-1-debut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reflecting on his outing, Hinchcliffe admitted he was left speechless<\/a> he getting behind the wheel of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpblog.com\/en\/f1\" title=\"F1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1<\/a> car. The 38-year-old also expressed his gratitude to the team for allowing him the opportunity to try out the modern machinery.<\/p>\n<p>Since retiring from IndyCar in 2021, Hinchliffe has transitioned into motorsports punditry. He also described how he had the privilege of testing the VF-23 in dry conditions, stating that such an experience cannot be measured in monetary value.<\/p>\n<p>GPblog Paddock update<\/p>\n<p>Stay on top of the action, never miss a scoop of the news with our paddock update. Follow GPblog on YouTube and Spotify and be the first to get the latest editions of our updates.<\/p>\n<p>See our recent episode here \ud83d\udc47<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haas Formula 1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has praised James Hinchcliffe following his outing with the team during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-206933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}