Haas team with monster look in Austin: Godzilla comeback on the F1 circuit

The Haas team’s partnership with the Japanese entertainment studio ‘TOHO’ continues: Having already competed at this year’s Japanese Grand Prix with a special livery featuring the iconic monster ‘Godzilla’, Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman will also take to the track at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin with a special livery centred on the lizard-like monster.

The timing is well chosen, as the 18th race weekend of this year’s Formula 1 season takes place just a few days before the cinema release of the latest ‘Godzilla’ film, ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’, which opens in cinemas across the United States on 6 November. It’s not just the GP cars that are getting into the spirit of the Hollywood film; the racing kit will also be themed accordingly.

Bereits in Japan war der König der Monster im F1-Fahrerlager zu Besuch

Foto: Batchelor / XPB Images

And for Formula 1 fans, there’s a new fan apparel collection entitled ‘Godzilla x TGR Haas F1 Team’, which will be available from 19 October. What Bearman and Ocon’s racing suits will look like has not yet been revealed. One thing is certain: the look will differ from that seen at Suzuka. The special livery will not be unveiled until Monday 19 October, online.

To mark the unveiling, there will also be an exclusive fan event at the Domain Northside Shopping Plaza, attended by team principal Ayao Komatsu, the two regular drivers Ocon and Bearman, as well as reserve driver Jack Doohan and F1 Academy driver Kaylee Countryman. Fans in Austin will have another opportunity to admire the themed livery up close at Barton Creek Square from 23 to 25 October. A show car will be on display alongside the latest collection of Godzilla fan merchandise.

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“We were incredibly proud of what we achieved together with TOHO and Godzilla at the Japanese Grand Prix, and we’re delighted to bring the King of the Monsters back onto the track at our home race in Austin,” said Komatsu. “With the launch of a follow-up livery, we are breaking new ground in Formula 1, and we are very proud of that. It gives us another opportunity to offer our fans more of what they want to see and to create something that connects Formula 1 with new audiences. Godzilla is a truly iconic figure, and it will be something very special for the team and our fans to see this partnership brought to life again in the United States.”