Lewis Hamilton makes Oliver Bearman prediction after ‘phenomenal’ F1 debut
L♋ewis Hamilton has heaped praise on Oliver Bearman for his performance on his last-minu♏te F1 debut for Ferrari.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton has lauded Oliver Bearman’s F1 debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as “phenomenal” and believes t꧙he British teenager will be a “future star” of the sport.
The 18-year-old became the youngest Briton to start a grand prix in a hugely impressive F1 bow in Saudi Arabia, having stepped in as a last-minute replacement for Ferrari regular 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz, who was ruled out with appendicitis.
Bearman qualified 11th on the grid despite having just a single hour of practice to familiarise himselfꦜ with Ferrari’s F1 car, before going on to score points with an outstanding drive to seventh place in Jeddah.
The Ferrari super-sub held off fellow Brit 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris and als🌠o f🌞inished ahead of seven-time world champion Hamilton, who praised the youngster's display.
"To beᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ pulled out of your class and put straight into a Ferrari, a top team, and have to go straight into practice without long runs and all those sort of things, I ꦏthink he did such a phenomenal job this weekend and it just shows that he's really a bright future star,” said Hamilton, who is leaving Mercedes to join Ferrari in 2025.
Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc also heaped praise on Bearman, hailing the F2 racer’s substitut𒆙e performance as “incredible”.
“Everybody has noticed how talented he is,” Leclerc added. “And I guess it's just a matter of time before he comes🎉 here in Formula 1.”
Bearmanꦬ told BBC East that earning a permanent F1 seat in 2025, most likely with Haas, would fulfil a “childhood dream”.
"That's a childhoo♔d dream that I would love to realise,” Bearman admitted. “I nee♈d to keep pushing in F2 to make sure that I can get that F1 seat - that's my main goal for this year.
"I need to keep up the good work and not l🌞et any of this faze m🎃e because you're only as good as your last race.”
Bearman is in action for Ferrari on Wednesday atꦯ Fiorano, taki🅰ng part in a “previous car testing programme” using the team’s 2022 SF-75 car.
Fꦬerrari have not yet confirmed who will partner Leclerc at the Australian Grand Prix next week, but Sainz is targeting a return in Melbourne.
“Obviously now my focus is on recove𒉰ring and trying to be ready, as you can imagine, for the next race,” the Spaniard said. "It will not be easy, it will be tight, but I think I ca✤n hopefully make it.”
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