British teenager apologised to his group after a torrid first two days of the 2025 season.
The 19-year-old, who impressed final yr whereas deputising for and Haas, has endured quite a few setbacks on the first race of the season in Australia.
After a heavy crash within the first observe session on Friday, the Chelmsford native then spun his Haas automobile within the first couple of minutes of the ultimate observe session on Saturday.
That left him on the back-foot heading into qualifying and on account of a gearbox concern, he didn’t set a time and can begin Sunday’s race from the again of the grid.
“It’s a bit disappointing, in fact, to not be capable to get a lap on the board, but it surely’s been a messy weekend to this point,” Bearman acknowledged afterwards.
“I haven’t run all weekend. That’s made it powerful for the fellows to truly perceive [what’s happening], as we’ve been working with one automobile all weekend.
“I can solely apologise to the group for that.”
Little question eager to maneuver on to subsequent week’s race in China, Bearman added forward of a race anticipated to be in moist situations: “I feel tomorrow shall be fascinating, anyway, and we will put it to mattress.”
Bearman had, on Friday, defined his heavy crash into the barrier at flip 10 after he slipped into the gravel.
“I simply had a small mistake at Flip 10, which put me a bit broad and on the market it’s very bumpy and I, sadly, misplaced the automobile,” he stated.
“The race shall be a little bit of a roll of the cube it seems to be like in the intervening time.”
Bearman’s teammate shall be alongside him in nineteenth on the grid.
Lando Norris took pole for the Australian GP, with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri alongside him and Max Verstappen in third.
Lewis Hamilton will begin his first race for Ferrari in eighth place.
