Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman will race full time in System 1 subsequent yr with Haas, however the younger Briton is already being singled out as Lewis Hamilton’s most certainly successor on the Scuderia.
Bearman loved a dream F1 debut with Ferrari earlier this yr on the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix when the 19-year-old changed an unwell Carlos Sainz on the final hour and went on to complete a outstanding seventh.
That achievement seemingly weighed closely on Haas’s determination to supply the younger gun Nico Hulkenberg’s upcoming vacant seat on the US outfit, with Ferrari’s help.
However with Hamilton shifting from Mercedes to the Scuderia in 2025, on the age of 40, it has been steered that Bearman may return to the Home of Maranello after serving his two-year apprenticeship with Haas.
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Nonetheless, the teenage charger stays grounded and intends on protecting his head right down to benefit from his full-time promotion to the large time.
“It is arduous not to consider it, however I’m not interested by it,” Bearman advised the media final week at Silverstone, quoted by RacingNews365.
“I really feel like all I can do is carry out at my greatest, and that’s my purpose.
“Something that comes after that isn’t actually inside my management, however I’m specializing in my future with Haas in the meanwhile – and I’m actually excited to get began.”
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Whereas Bearman sees Haas as an important stepping stone in his F1 profession, he’s evidently protecting his long-term Ferrari dream near his coronary heart.
“The long run dream stays the identical, I need to achieve success in F1,” he added.
“I need to win races and championships, and with the help and loyalty Ferrari have proven me, it is just proper that I’d need to do this with Ferrari.
“It’s each boy’s dream, and making my debut with them made that even stronger, however by the identical token, I’m additionally this within the brief and medium time period.
“My short-term is ending System 2 and searching in direction of subsequent yr [in the medium] with Haas, and, I’m actually excited for that.”
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