Oliver Bearman regrets his arrogance on his radio station in China

Struggling in Australia where he had a nightmare weekend, Oliver Bearman reacted perfectly a week later in China, in milder conditions. Even though he was eliminated in Q1 on Saturday, with a distant 17th place on the starting grid, the young Briton was able to take advantage of a winning one-stop strategy as well as a VF-25 that was much more efficient than in Melbourne to make ambitious overtakes under braking on the long straight. His fine performance allowed him to score his first points this season, the first as a regular driver at Haas. If he finished 10th under the checkered flag, the disqualification of Ferrari allowed him to gain two places and officially finish 8th.

It was especially in the hairpin at turn 14 that Ollie Bearman was able to make his mark during the second meeting of the season. Formula 1. During the Grand Prix, his overtaking on the Red Bull by Liam Lawson and on theAlpine Jack Doohan's messages were punctuated by "Ciao" messages delivered by the Haas driver to his engineer over his radio. Messages that the Briton regrets coldly. I feel really bad because I didn't mean to be disrespectful, The Chelmsford native then reacted. I was just happy and wanted to share it with the team. I won't do it again." 

Bearman relieved by his overtaking

The last survivor of the carnage in Australia, the Haas driver was simply satisfied to have managed to overtake in China. "It's difficult to overtake in F1, especially at the moment because we're struggling with top speed. I had to prepare my maneuvers two to three laps in advance to use my battery properly, Bearman explained to justify his punctuations on the radio. When you finally get over the line, it's a huge relief."

However, what may be considered overconfidence is not enough to tarnish the American team's sublime weekend in China. Nowhere in Australia in terms of pace, Haas was able to quickly turn things around by placing both cars in the points. The Frenchman Esteban Ocon, notably unlocked his counter within his new team with a superb 5th place. See you on April 6 in Japan to see if Haas confirms the level of performance displayed in China.

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