Esteban Ocon managed to secure 10th position at the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, scoring his first point of the campaign. Although he had a decent first stint, teammate Ollie Bearman retired after a big crash at Spoon while trying an overtake manoeuvre on Franco Colapinto. The Alpine man had ended up super clipping and the…
Ayao Komatsu, Haas team principal, spoke about Ollie Bearman’s scary crash at the F1 2026 Japanese GP and how the young driver beat himself up for it. Last Sunday, one of the most talked about aspects after the Japanese GP was Bearman’s and Colapinto’s near miss. Even though the Brit suffered a 50G crash with…
Following Ollie Bearman‘s massive crash at the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, Haas’s Team Principal Ayao Komatsu reflected on the incident as a racing misjudgment shaped by extreme closing speeds. The incident took place on Lap 22 when Franco Colapinto’s Alpine suddenly lost power, creating a significant speed differential as Bearman approached from behind. This forced…
Perhaps the biggest moment of the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, a high-speed near miss between Franco Colapinto and Ollie Bearman heading through turn 12 – as the Alpine ran out of electrical energy from its battery, generating a sudden and unexpected 50+ km/h speed differential between the two cars – resulted in the Haas driver…
Ollie Bearman, Esteban Ocon and engineer Hoagy Nidd shared their thoughts after a productive Friday for Haas, with steady progress being made as the team continues to adapt to F1’s new technical regulations ahead of the 2026 Japanese GP. Bearman recovers after FP1 struggles Friday began on a challenging note for Ollie Bearman, who struggled…
While several special liveries were spotted on the track throughout the Barcelona shakedown week and pre-season testing in Bahrain, eleven F1 teams in 2026 will now introduce one-off designs during the 22-race season as well. F1 cars are built to leave an impression not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense. It’s…
Ollie Bearman has opened up about the difference in how manufacturer Ferrari and customer Haas are handling the intricacies of energy deployment during the early rounds of the 2026 F1 season. While the Brit has scored points in every competitive session of the 2026 campaign so far, the VF-26 still finds itself well off the…
Haas F1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has explained why he’s heavily against what he called “knee-jerk” reactions and further changes to F1’s race start procedures in 2026. With the removal of the MGU-H, teams lost a key component that helped the cars to get away pretty seamlessly most of the time by the end of…
Ollie Bearman delivered a strong performance at the F1 2026 Chinese GP. The British driver secured a P5 finish after being set to start tenth on the grid. Bearman’s F1 2026 Chinese GP weekend has been marked by strong performance throughout. From Qualifying P9 for the Sprint, securing a point after gaining one position in…
Ollie Bearman managed to make it into SQ3 of the 2026 F1 Chinese GP Sprint Qualifying session with Haas. He will start from ninth position on the grid. After placing higher than Haas teammate Esteban Ocon once again in qualifying, Bearman said after the session to F1TV, “Yeah, it was good. Sprint Quali three, we…
