Haas F1 Revenue Hits Record High ‘By Some Margin’ as Team Plots Major Growth

Haas has spent most of its Formula 1 existence as the sport's budget operation, a team that ran lean rather than fast. But team principal Ayao Komatsu has confirmed that his outfit is seeing record revenue.

Speaking with reporters in Madrid about the team's search for new commercial partners, Komatsu laid out just how much the financial picture has changed for him heading into next season.

The Revenue Numbers Komatsu Is Talking About

Asked directly about next year's budget and whether Haas might finally have room to lean into the sport's cost cap, Komatsu confirmed:

"For next year is a clear decent step up from this year so I'm very pleased about that one," he said. "But in terms of cost cap obviously it depends where we spend it, right? So the our revenue forecast is very good compared to this year, it's the highest we have had for history of Haas F1 team and then by some margin."

Komatsu was quick to separate revenue from spending, though. Having more money doesn't automatically mean Haas will push against the cost cap ceiling, since where that money actually gets allocated determines whether it even counts against the cap in the first place. "But whether we going to spend it within the area that is let's say counted as a budget cap or not is another matter," he explained. "So that's an internal thing but all I can say is we've done the budget part of a multi-year growth plan and then that's what we are committed to. So it's very good."

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – OCTOBER 01: Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal of Haas F1 is interviewed during previews ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Bahrain in Malaysia at Sepang Circuit on October 01, 2026 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Joe Portlock/LAT Images)

Haas Wants to Stop Borrowing Ferrari 's Toolbox

The second part of the conversation got at something Haas watchers have grumbled about for years. The team has long run a patchwork operation, buying in components and technical support from Ferrari and Dallara as a satellite team rather than building everything in-house the way bigger-budget rivals do. A reporter asked whether the growth plan extends to infrastructure, given that fragmented setup.

"Whether you call it infrastructure or not but definitely a the part of the growth plan is to looking at how can we increase our capability and efficiency beyond what we have now," he said.