After a headline-grabbing, exceptional F1 debut, can super sub Oliver Bearman earn a seat for 2025?
Bearman marked himself out as an F1 star of the future by qualifying 11th on the grid - only narrowly missing Q3 - before keeping fellow countrymenBearman’s mistake-free debut was made even more impressive given his late call-up, having only been notified of his grand prix cameo a couple of hours before final practice got underway on Friday. Before receiving the call from Ferrari, Bearman had been preparing for a Formula 2 race he had claimed pole position for.
How he handled and embraced the situation that fell his way was arguably even more impressive than the driving aspect. It showed maturity beyond his years.“One of the hardest things is the attention that comes with it,” Lawson said during an appearance on the Sky F1 podcast. “It’s everything else that comes with it and one of those things is the media attention that you get. There’s no real prep that you can do for that.
“It doesn’t really matter what you’ve done in other categories. At the end of the day, all F1 teams want to know is how you drive a Formula 1 car. Your whole future’s basically based on how you perform.”Naturally, the immediate talk after Bearman’s starring display surrounded his future in F1, and whether he had done enough to warrant a place on the grid in 2025.
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