Ocon impressed by Bearman: "You can see he's been very well trained"

The integration days continue for Esteban OconThis Thursday, the Norman was in action during the first practice session of the day during which he was able to complete no less than 69 laps.

A great opportunity for him to continue to refine his relationship with his new engineers and adapt a little more to the procedures and operations of Haas. A morning nevertheless finished in 10th and last place in the ranking at 3“692 of the time of Lewis Hamilton. Nothing to ring the alarm bells as the Tricolore and his team have focused on a very specific driving program which is currently preventing him from stringing together fast laps.

« It's going very well, he reassures on Canal+. At the moment in these tests, we are focusing on the long runs. It is the first time that we can really see how the car behaves. We are working on the small details. Every time I get in it I learn new things, my team also learns the way I want to operate. For my part, I also have to get used to the functioning of the team and its methods.

Everything is following its course. It is true that we would like to have performance but the important thing is to concentrate on the things to do during these tests and for the moment it is going well. We are concentrating on the basic work, the race pace, the long stints, we are chaining the laps… We are managing to see more or less where we are. The team continues to work in this way and it is the right one in my opinion. (...) We'll let the horses go when they need to be let go in Melbourne »

In addition to adapting to the team, Esteban Ocon is also getting to know his new teammate, the young Oliver Bearman who impressed last year when he was brought to compete in Grands Prix. On the other side of the garage, the Frenchman has found a very complete driver, capable of performing on the track but also of giving good feedback to the engineers.

« It's going very wellHe says. He is much better prepared than I was when I arrived in F1. Technically, you can see that he has been very well trained. He knows very well how the car will react when we make a setting change. He is very technical, he works very hard and I am very impressed. We work very well and all the dialogues are open on both sides of the garage. When I finish on a note or we need to improve something, he takes over directly for the second part of the day. »

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