Haas has two other partners, Ferrari and Dallas. Toyota is a new partner that will not touch anything the other two are working on, specifically, “Ferrari, obviously, the PU partner, gearbox, suspension, hydraulics, et cetera. Those areas, obviously, Toyota’s not touching.”

That doesn’t seem like a lot leftover for Toyota to touch in this partnership. Komatsu kept saying that the Haas team isn’t for sale and that Gene Haas has no intention of seeking the team. Toyota not having much in terms of work on the car speaks volumes that it is using the partnership to test the waters for a buyout of Haas.

What do you think?

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Toyota ‘first refusal’ on Haas buy-out raised after partnership deal struck

Haas and Toyota have joined forces, and team principal Ayao Komatsu was asked if Toyota have 'first refusal' if the team goes up for sale.

^{Henry Valantine (PlanetF1)}