Haas boss Komatsu satisfied Bearman is a future Ferrari F1 driver

Haas workforce principal Ayao Komatsu is in little question that Oliver Bearman will probably be a future System 1 driver for Ferrari.

The Italian workforce has began working with Lewis Hamilton this week, however fellow Briton Bearman, who’s a part of the workforce’s driver programme, can be getting into this season as a full-time F1 driver.

Bearman has been shipped out on mortgage to Haas after a string of spectacular performances throughout FP1 classes for the Banbury-based workforce in 2023 and 2024.

Bearman additionally crammed in for the stricken Carlos Sainz to drive for Ferrari within the 2024 Saudi Arabian GP when the Spaniard had appendicitis.

He defied expectations to deliver the SF-24 house in seventh place incomes the plaudits, however Komatsu stated he by no means doubted Bearman from the second he had his debut for Haas when he drove in FP1 on the 2023 Mexico Metropolis GP.

When requested by Motorsport.com if he noticed Bearman as a future Ferrari driver, Komatsu stated: “Sure. He’s a Ferrari driver and we have him for 2 years – plus an choice for an additional one – but when we do job and if Ollie does job, there is no means Ferrari can ignore that.

“It is humorous about Ollie being a rookie as a result of I do not deal with him as a rookie within the sense, as a result of we pay a number of consideration to what he has to say.

Ayao Komatsu, Workforce Principal, Haas F1 Workforce, Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Workforce, Mark Slade, Race Engineer, Haas F1 Workforce

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“After all he is received good expertise in Ferrari’s training, simulator, and so on. And he is been driving our automobile – VF-23 and VF-24.

“Each time he will get within the automobile, his suggestions’s been wonderful. The strategy has been wonderful, velocity has been nice.

“You noticed in Baku and Interlagos, each qualifying classes he out-qualified [former Haas driver] Nico [Hulkenberg], who was our reference.”

Komatsu has made it clear that he has been impressed by Bearman’s suggestions and his angle, shelving his personal try to point out his velocity by working via the workforce’s programmes throughout his FP1 outings.

The Haas workforce principal is now desperate to see how the 19-year-old progresses along with his F1 profession and can see Ferrari to debate how it will likely be monitoring his improvement.

Komatsu added: “I am certain Ferrari need common suggestions. I am truly going to see them within the first week of February so I can perceive precisely what sort of suggestions they want.

“However I might like to offer them suggestions as nicely, as a result of they’ve been an important a part of his profession, so that they know Ollie higher than us, so any assist we are able to get from that aspect could be useful as nicely.

“I might wish to work fairly intently with the man who has been coping with Ollie.”

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