"This is the American dream": Inside Haas’ shock F1 debut 10 years on

Come to Formula 1, they said. It's going to be fun, they said.<br>"Honestly, the first car build in 2016... that was hell," Ayao Komatsu, who was one of the first Haas hires, joining from Lotus ahead of the team's first season, exclaims. "It just completely destroyed all of us. I remember driving from Dallara factory to the airport in a van with a bunch of mechanics.<br>"It felt like we'd done ...<a class='more' href='https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/this-is-the-american-dream-how-haas-rocked-the-formula-1-world-10-years-ago/10799694/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-F1&utm_term=News&utm_content=www'>Keep reading</a>