Haas has confirmed Oliver Bearman will step in for the suspended Kevin Magnussen for the subsequent Formulation 1 spherical in Azerbaijan.
The FIA has suspended Magnussen’s superlicence for the upcoming spherical after obtained his twelfth penalty level this 12 months on the Italian Grand Prix. Any driver who collects 12 factors in lower than 12 months receives an automated one-race ban.
Following a mid-race conflict with Pierre Gasly at Monza, Magnussen was handed two penalty factors after the stewards deemed him chargeable for inflicting a collision. He turns into the primary ever F1 driver to be pressured to overlook a spherical on account of reaching the 12 penalty level threshold.
In consequence, Haas have introduced that Bearman will change Magnussen for the upcoming race weekend in Baku. The Ferrari junior is because of be a part of the group as certainly one of their two race drivers for 2025, alongside incoming group mate Esteban Ocon.
Bearman, who races in Formulation 2 with Prema, made his grand prix debut earlier this season. He was known as up by Ferrari throughout the second spherical in Jeddah when Carlos Sainz Jnr was hospitalised with a sudden bout of appendicitis. Regardless of only a single hour of observe within the automobile, Bearman certified eleventh on the grid and scored factors by ending seventh.
The 18-year-old has pushed the 2024 Haas VF-24 on a number of events this 12 months. He participated in Friday observe periods within the automobile at Imola, Barcelona, Silverstone and the Hungaroring. Bearman additionally had two Friday observe outings with the group in 2023 and is because of full extra Friday observe runs earlier than the tip of this 12 months.
“He’s already proven nice promise in his FP1 outings and post-season take a look at, and he carried out very nicely when he drove for Scuderia Ferrari in Saudi Arabia, selecting up factors within the course of,” stated Haas group principal Ayao Komatsu. “That is one other glorious alternative for each Ollie and the group to work collectively, this time all through a whole race weekend, and he couldn’t ask for higher group mate than Nico to supply him with a reference.”
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On account of his call-up by Haas, Bearman is not going to compete within the Formulation 2 races over the Baku weekend. Prema haven’t but confirmed who will fill Bearman’s empty seat alongside group mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who will even graduate to F1 subsequent 12 months.
Bearman sits 14th within the F2 championship standings with three rounds remaining with two race victories this season. He gained the dash race at Monza, the newest spherical of the championship.
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