(Photo : GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP through Getty Images) Ferrari’s British reserve driver Oliver Bearman walks within the storage forward of the Saudi Arabian Formula One Grand Prix on the Jeddah Corniche Circuit in Jeddah on March 9, 2024.
Formula 2 driver Oliver Bearman, at present racing for Prema Racing and a reserve driver for Ferrari and Haas, is predicted to safe a full-time Formula 1 seat for the 2025 season.
The 19-year-old driver made his one-off Formula 1 debut on the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in March 2024, substituting for Carlos Sainz Jr. at Ferrari, who was sidelined because of appendicitis. Bearman impressed in Jeddah, qualifying eleventh and ending seventh within the race.
Bearman is now anticipated to hitch the Haas F1 Team full-time for the 2025 season, filling the vacant seat left by the departing Nico Hulkenberg, who is ready to maneuver to Sauber subsequent season.
Haas has proven promise within the 2024 season to date and is at present holding seventh place within the constructors’ title race with seven factors, a major enchancment from ending lifeless final in 2023.
Meanwhile, the second seat at Haas, at present occupied by Kevin Magnussen, can also be drawing curiosity. Zhou Guanyu, Esteban Ocon, and Valtteri Bottas are potential candidates for the seat within the 2025 season.
Kevin Magnussen not eager to mentor Oliver Bearman at Haas
Magnussen, whose seat at Haas shouldn’t be but assured for the 2025 season, shouldn’t be enthusiastic about being a mentor for Bearman in the event that they change into teammates subsequent season.
“I’m not really here to take care of young kids, you know? I do that at home,” the 31-year-old stated.
The Danish driver is at present positioned sixteenth out of 21 within the Drivers’ standings, incomes his lone level by ending tenth within the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.
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