Former Formulation 1 driver and Sky Sports activities analyst Martin Brundle has argued that Haas rookie Oliver Bearman needs to be first in line for the following out there Ferrari seat following his spectacular efficiency on the Mexico Grand Prix.
The 20-year-old driver secured his finest grand prix end, and Haas’s joint finest end, with fourth place on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez after ranging from ninth on the grid.
Bearman impressed on his F1 debut when he stepped in on the final minute for Carlos Sainz, who was driving for Ferrari on the time, on the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Changing into the youngest driver to race for Ferrari, he certified eleventh and completed the grand prix in seventh to carry residence six factors on his debut. He later stepped in for Kevin Magnussen with Haas on the Azerbaijan and Brazilian Grands Prix in the identical 12 months. He signed a multi-year contract with the American outfit from 2025.
In his rookie season to date, Bearman has scored 32 factors and at present sits thirteenth within the drivers’ standings.
Whereas reflecting on Bearman’s efficiency in Mexico throughout the Sky Sports activities F1 Present, Brundle was fast to bathe the British driver with reward.
“Completely excellent. When you give that younger man a chance, he’ll seize it, like he did in Saudi with the Ferrari drive. He saved his head underneath loads of strain, particularly within the closing levels with Oscar Piastri’s McLaren behind him. He put a transfer on Max [Verstappen], made it stick, did not go 4 wheels off the highway, simply.
“The second that there is a seat at Ferrari for no matter cause, then Bearman needs to be in it so far as I am involved. I feel he is excellent and he is studying quick, and he is benefiting from his alternative.”
Martin Brundle
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At this stage, there are not any free seats on the Maranello outfit with Charles Leclerc on a multi-year contract and Lewis Hamilton underneath contract via 2026.
Agreeing with Brundle, 1997 F1 champion Jacques Villeneuve added: “He had an incredible starting then a little bit little bit of a dip and he was rebuilding himself. It is at all times good to see when a driver goes again and comes again stronger – analyses it, research, works with the crew and figures it out. That is what he has been doing.
“You see development and you then at all times surprise ‘OK, when will the development cease?’ It’s totally promising. He was spectacular this weekend as a result of he was the whole deal. He was quick, strain did not have an effect on him.
“He is a really aggressive driver however at all times underneath management, he has an amazing race craft, good 3D house consciousness. And never many drivers in F1 now have that.
“You see it with even a number of the high guys – generally you see some strikes and assume what was he considering? The place did he assume his automotive would find yourself? Or how did not he realise there could be different automobiles on the monitor subsequent to him?
“And he appears to have that, which is nice and it’s totally promising for the long run. He is the form of driver who appears to be higher with the strain, higher within the large groups, higher within the large league. He is higher now than when he was within the smaller classes and that is tremendous necessary.”
Ferrari crew principal Fred Vasseur additionally applauded Bearman for his efficiency in Mexico. “At one stage, I used to be fascinated about a podium for him,” he stated. “No, he did very properly. However when you have a glance from the start of the season, he is doing properly.
“Very often, he had a small challenge within the weekend, both in quali or within the race. And this weekend, he put every little thing collectively. He made zero errors and he is paying off. It is good additionally for the crew to have two automobiles up into the factors. Congratulations to Ayao and to Ollie.”
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