Oliver Bearman revealed he was woken up on Friday morning with the decision to interchange Kevin Magnussen for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
With Haas driver Magnussen taken ailing, Bearman stepped in for the Dane for the second time this season and duly certified tenth for Saturday’s dash, earlier than discovering out he would fill Magnussen’s sneakers for your complete weekend.
Having initially been drafted in for the dash operating in Sao Paulo, Bearman found shortly after the qualifying session that he would begin the third F1 grand prix of his profession on Sunday.
“Kevin Magnussen won’t take part in Friday’s monitor operating on the São Paulo Grand Prix after struggling with illness,” a press release from Haas stated.
“Official reserve driver Oliver Bearman will take over driving duties. The crew needs Kevin a fast restoration and can present an additional replace in the end.”
Bearman, who made his F1 debut as a late stand-in for Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in Saudi Arabia earlier this yr, will race full-time for Haas in 2025 and stood in for Magnussen when he was banned for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Oliver Bearman, Haas VF-24
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The race in Baku was to this point the one time the Briton has been capable of totally put together for a race, however he was delighted to get the decision from Haas crew boss Ayao Komatsu on Friday, no matter how early it got here.
“Ayao woke me up this morning at, like, 6:30 together with his name,” stated Bearman.
“After I noticed his title I wasn’t so mad. If it was my mum or one thing, not realising the time distinction, I might have been a bit extra offended!
“After all, I wish to give my finest to Kevin as a result of I do know he is feeling unhealthy, and he has had lots of success on the monitor and he took pole right here. After all, I’m very comfortable to get into an F1 automotive and it’s a pleasure.”
Bearman is the primary driver in F1 historical past to attain factors for 2 totally different groups in his first two races, having completed seventh in Jeddah for Ferrari and tenth on his Haas debut in Baku.
Brazil presents his first likelihood to participate in an F1 dash race earlier than then lining up for the grand prix on Sunday.
Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Staff, speaks with Mark Slade, Race Engineer, Haas F1 Staff
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He outqualified the sister Haas of Nico Hulkenberg in dash qualifying – just for an error in the beginning of his sizzling lap within the top-10 shoot-out to forestall him beginning even additional up the sphere.
“I imply, the automotive was feeling actually good all day,” he added. “Actually, from the primary lap I did in FP1 I had an excellent feeling.
“So, yeah, comfortable to be in SQ3 and at last make it to the third stage of a qualifying session however I simply made a little bit mistake in sector one which misplaced me lots of time. The remainder of the lap was actually, actually good so I am a bit disillusioned.”
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