At their select media day on Monday, Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu implied that Oliver Bearman is the first in line to replace seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari if the young Brit continues to impress the grid during his two-year tenure with the American team. Furthermore, the 48-year-old declared that both Bearman and…
Oliver Bearman captured attention when he scored points during a surprise debut with Ferrari in Jeddah last March. As a FDA member, he was already under Ferrari and Haas’ scrutiny. His F1 debut confirmed Haas’ expectations and all but guaranteed his 2025 seat with them. Bearman’s rookie season in Formula 2 is where his F1…
Only hours after BWT Alpine F1 Formula One Team confirmed that Paul Aron (ARO), would be joining the team as Reserve Driver for the 2025 season, replacing Jack Doohan who will be making his F1 debut, the Estonian will start his penultimate Formula 2 (F2) sprint race from nineth place. Will Aron match Friday’s performances?…
A double podium by Alpine in Brazil was the biggest surprise of the 2024 F1 season to date. This led to a change in the championship standings, where Haas, who has had a phenomenal season, fell behind the Enstone-based squad in the standings. It had garnered enough points to earn them sixth position compared to…
Despite a promising start to the weekend, Oliver Bearman, who made his third appearance in Formula One as a replacement for the ill Kevin Magnussen, ultimately came away from the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix disappointed after finishing P12. While speaking after the race, Bearman described the experience as “tough” and admitted that he had…
For the third time in 2024, Oliver Bearman will be an F1 super sub. The 19-year-old British driver is replacing Kevin Magnussen for the full weekend, Haas F1 Team has announced. The Dane sounded unwell on media day in São Paulo but took part in all the usual duties. However, he got worse overnight and…
An unwell Kevin Magnussen has been forced to sit out FP1 and the Sprint part of the weekend due to sickness, with Oliver Bearman taking his place once again. A 1:14.301 from Esteban Ocon kicked things off in the only practice session of the weekend. On his first lap, Lando Norris smashed in a 1:12.641…
For Alex Albon and Oliver Bearman, the FP1 session came to a quick end with a collision in Turn 9 on the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit. Albon was on the run-up to the high-speed sequence of Turns 7, 8 and 9, where Bearman was driving a Ferrari car at a considerably slower speed. The Williams…
Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Pérez has described the strong performances by Franco Colapinto and Oliver Bearman as “great to see” and has expressed much optimism over the potential of young drivers currently in Formula 2 (F2). Despite having only had three races so far with Williams Racing, Franco Colapinto currently sits 19th in the 2024…
2024 has seen a new generation start to emerge in Formula One. Oliver Bearman, Kimi Antonelli and Jack Doohan have all got full-time seats on the grid next year. Liam Lawson could join them depending on how he does over the final six events at RB. Earlier this year in Jeddah, Bearman replaced Carlos Sainz…
