Haas Formula 1 Team Announces Multi-Year Partnership with Toyota

Haas will continue to use Ferrari engines after agreeing in July to a contract extension until the end of 2028.

Haas, whose team boss Ayao Komatsu is Japanese, is seventh in the constructors’ world championship with 31 points heading into the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, next week.

The partnership with Toyota Gazoo Racing, the automaker’s motorsport division, begins immediately with the brand on the VF-24 cars driven by Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen at the Circuit of the Americas.

Toyota Gazoo Racing will become the official technical partner of Haas, with both parties sharing experience, knowledge and resources. Toyota will provide design, technical and manufacturing services.

“Having a world leader in the automotive sector supporting and working alongside our organization, whilst also seeking to develop and accelerate its own technical and engineering expertise – is simply a partnership with obvious benefits for both sides,” said the Komatsu in a statement.

“The ability to leverage the resources and knowledge base available at Toyota Gazoo Racing, whilst benefiting from its technical and manufacturing processes, will be fundamental to our own development and our clear desire to further grow our competitiveness in Formula 1.

“In return, we provide a platform for Toyota Gazoo Racing to fully utilize and subsequently enhance its internal engineering capabilities.”

Komatsu thanked Ferrari and team boss Fred Vasseur for supporting the establishment of the partnership, as well as Formula 1 boss and former Ferrari director Stefano Domenicali.

Gazoo Racing president Tomoya Takahashi said the partnership also aims to “cultivate drivers, engineers and mechanics”.

Toyota operates in the world rally championship and endurance racing and has a wind tunnel at its well-equipped headquarters in Cologne, Germany, which F1 championship leader McLaren used until its own came into operation.

Haas will have an entirely new line-up next year, made up of experienced Frenchman Esteban Ocon and British rookie Oliver Bearman, the Ferrari reserve who has already raced twice this season as a replacement for Ferrari and Haas.

Toyota entered Formula 1 with its own team in 2002, but has never won a race despite having one of the biggest budgets in the sport. They also supplied engines to Williams from 2007 to 2009.

Domestic rival Honda, which left Formula 1 in 2008 but returned as an engine manufacturer in 2015, is currently a partner of champions Red Bull. In 2026 they will begin a new and exclusive relationship with Aston Martin.