Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman isn’t pleased with the hypothesis surrounding his F1 future and a attainable full-time seat with Haas in 2025, calling the conjecture “unhealthy”.
Bearman impressed earlier this season when he made a surprising F1 debut with Ferrari on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the place the 19-year-old was known as in on the final hour to interchange an unwell Carlos Sainz.
On that event, Bearman’s run to P7 within the race demonstrated that his uncooked expertise and talent to adapt to a top-tier automotive had been simple.
The Briton at the moment competes within the FIA Method Championship with Prema, however he has been earmarked by Haas for a number of FP1 outings as a part of his continued F1 preparations.
He took to the observe in FP1 at Imola and can as soon as once more be in motion in Friday’s opening session on the Circuit de Catalunya.
Nonetheless, Bearman now finds himself on the heart of a media frenzy, with whispers turning into roars regarding a possible 2025 race seat with Haas.
Whereas many consider {that a} cope with the US outfit has been signed and sealed, the younger Ferrari junior denounced the rumour.
“I imply, these are all rumours and hypothesis and stuff. There’s probably not any backing to them,” he advised the media in Barcelona.
“However I attempt to simply keep targeted on what I can do, on driving the automotive. And in the long run, I attempt to avoid this hypothesis, as a result of it’s unhealthy.”
Requested if he had set a deadline for his racing plans for subsequent yr, Bearman mentioned: “Personally, no.”
“My objective is, in fact, as a driver to maintain performing nicely,” he added.
“I feel my FP1 in Imola went very well and I used to be pleased with that. So I need to maintain doing that. When it comes to a timeframe, I don’t have something outlined.”
Whereas enjoying down the hypothesis relating to Haas, Bearman did concede {that a} seat with Haas is his major goal for 2025.
“I imply, in fact, that’s my objective,” he mentioned. “That’s what I’m aiming in direction of. There’s no hiding that.
“I’ve a number of issues personally that I’ve recognized that I need to enhance after I’m driving in F1, however that actually comes with expertise and doing extra laps.
“And I feel simply me working in direction of that objective goes to hopefully be sufficient to get me the place I need to be.”
Addressing his private growth as a burgeoning F1 driver, Bearman pointed to tyre administration as an space the place he wants to enhance, calling expertise his finest ally.
“I are likely to rise up to hurry fairly nicely, that’s one in every of my strengths,” he mentioned, “I imply in Jeddah that was the case and even in Imola I appeared to be on the tempo fairly shortly.
“However each time we do a qualy sim on mushy tyres, I don’t make the step that simply, as a result of it’s fairly a giant step, you recognize, the observe is evolving lots, the tyre grip is immediately a lot increased and the gas hundreds are decrease. And I have a tendency to not maximise that but.
“However I don’t want to actually overthink that or fear about it. It’s simply one thing that comes with expertise and it’ll come. I’m not apprehensive about that. It’s simply I’ve recognized it as one thing that I might work on and enhance.”
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