Former Method 1 driver Romain Grosjean congratulated Haas rookie Oliver Bearman after the British driver secured the staff’s joint best-ever end with a fourth place in Mexico.
After becoming a member of the championship in 2016, Haas has solely scored as excessive as fourth as soon as earlier than. Within the American outfit’s debut season, Grosjean, partnered with Esteban Gutierrez, secured a sixth-place end within the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. The French-Swiss driver went on to say a fifth-place end on the Bahrain Grand Prix the identical 12 months. Nevertheless it was two years later on the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix that Grosjean secured a fourth-place end along with his team-mate on the time, Kevin Magnussen, behind him in fifth.
Bearman efficiently transformed a ninth-place begin to end fourth in Mexico, prompting Grosjean to share a message of assist following the race.
Bearman was emotional after strolling away with 12 factors for the staff.
“Oh it feels nice, you already know I am actually comfortable. That is our joint finest end within the historical past of the staff,” he defined to Sky Sports activities F1. “We had an important race, after all I used to be fortunate to be the place I used to be earlier than the primary cease, however truly we had the tempo to remain there.
“I held off Max within the first stint, I held off the Mercs within the second and I held off the McLaren within the third one, so I used to be beneath loads of strain. I spent I believe extra time trying in my rearview mirrors than in entrance, however you already know that is typically the way it needs to be and I am actually, actually pleased with the staff as a result of that actually validates all of the laborious work we have been doing over the previous few races.”
With 4 rounds remaining within the season, Bearman sits thirteenth within the drivers’ standings with 32 factors.
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