Ollie Bearman’s Ferrari F1 hopes boosted by Karu...

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Former Formulation 1 driver and Sky Sports activities F1 analyst Karun Chandhok has urged Ollie Bearman to maintain reminding Ferrari that he’s prepared for when a seat turns into out there on the Maranello outfit.

Thrown into the deep finish on the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as he stood in for Carlos Sainz, Bearman impressed by scoring factors on his debut. His efficiency, and additional outings with Haas in the identical 12 months, secured him a full-time seat with the American outfit in 2025.

Throughout his rookie season, he outperformed his skilled team-mate Esteban Ocon and has continued to take action within the first three rounds of 2026. This, alongside along with his long-standing relationship with the Fred Vasseur-led workforce as a Ferrari Driver Academy member, has linked the 20-year-old driver to a future contract with Ferrari.

“Ollie Bearman has performed a superb job, actually picked up from the place he left off final season the place he outperformed Esteban Ocon,” Chandhok defined throughout the Sky Sports F1 Show.

“I believe Haas has performed job. They’ve come out of the blocks with a bang. They’re one of many smallest groups when it comes to the workforce on the grid, they usually’ve come out with a automotive that’s arguably better of the remaining behind the highest groups.

Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Workforce

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“Ollie’s simply acquired to maintain reminding Ferrari that he is there. That is his objective, proper? Is to remind Ferrari that when the day comes when Lewis [Hamilton] decides he is had sufficient or Charles [Leclerc] decides he would possibly need to transfer on, Ollie’s there in full place to take that seat. And to this point, you’d should say he is performed an important job of it.”

Bearman at the moment sits seventh within the drivers’ standings with 17 factors, whereas Ocon is fifteenth with one level.

The subsequent race is the Miami Grand Prix, which is able to happen on the Laborious Rock Stadium from 1-3 Could.