Guenther Steiner has backed Oliver Bearman as the perfect rookie of the 2025 Formulation 1 season after a formidable fourth-place end on the Mexico Grand Prix.
Talking on The Pink Flags Podcast following the race on the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Steiner joked that the Haas driver might have been a race winner if the previous workforce principal was nonetheless working within the paddock.
“I’ve to say it as a result of I signed him up in ’23, you realize,” he laughed. “Genius signing. Clearly, he must be the perfect rookie of the 12 months. I imply, what else can he be? I signed him up in ’23, you realize, if you happen to do job in FP1, you get extra FP1s in ’24, which he clearly bought.
“However by then, I wasn’t there anymore. So, are you able to think about if I have been nonetheless there, he can be profitable races now, you realize,” he joked.
“Within the second, what he confirmed in Mexico was superb. I imply, he stored it cool, certified good, as a result of earlier than he all the time made… not all the time… just a few instances he made errors. Correct rookie errors, and that is why he has bought so many penalty factors. And it is underneath strain.
Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Staff
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“I believe Ollie forgets that he is solely two away from being banned for a race. However in Mexico he did not put a foot flawed. It was excellent. What extra are you able to do?”
He was additional requested about how he felt watching the younger driver rating Haas’s joint-highest place since Romain Grosjean completed fourth on the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.
“I used to be very pleased for Ollie. The workforce in Mexico particularly, that they had automotive there, Ollie did job, and to complete fourth is okay. Nonetheless the folks that are there, I am pleased for them. Not for all of them. Not for all of them as I carry on mentioning, however for many of them… most of them I am pleased for.”
Bearman narrowly missed out on his and the workforce’s maiden podium after driving as excessive as third earlier than Max Verstappen overtook him. Following his Mexican marketing campaign, the younger Briton obtained the Driver of the Day award.
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