Kevin Magnussen won’t return to his automobile this weekend after lacking the primary day of working as a consequence of sickness, Haas have confirmed.
Oliver Bearman, who substituted for the workforce’s common driver in the present day, will full the weekend in his place.
Haas initially introduced Bearman would exchange Magnussen on Friday. Beneath F1’s revised guidelines for this yr he additionally needed to stay in Magnussen’s automobile for the dash race on Saturday. The workforce has now introduced he’ll see out the weekend within the automobile.
Bearman realized he can be driving early on Friday morning when Haas workforce principal Ayao Komatsu referred to as him.
“Ayao woke me up this morning at like 6:30 along with his name, however after I noticed his identify, I wasn’t so mad,” Bearman instructed the official F1 channel. “If it was my mum or one thing, not realising the time distinction, I’d have been a bit extra offended.
“However in fact I’ve to offer my finest to Kevin as a result of I do know he’s feeling unhealthy and he has had loads of success on this observe – he did pole right here.”
Bearman certified tenth on the grid for tomorrow’s dash race, forward of the workforce’s common driver Nico Hulkenberg. Nevertheless he stated a mistake on his ultimate run in SQ3 value him a greater beginning place, having been seventh within the previous session.
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“The automobile was feeling actually good in the present day,” he stated. “From the primary lap I did in [first practice], I had an excellent feeling.
“So I’m completely happy to be in SQ3 and at last make it to the third stage of a qualifying session. However I simply did a bit of mistake inside in sector one, which misplaced me loads of time there. The remainder of the lap was actually, actually good, so I’m a bit dissatisfied.”
Hulkenberg, who certified twelfth, stated he lacked confidence in his tyres on his second run in SQ2
“This session was tough,” he stated. “It’s a little bit of a continuation from final week with a battle for me of discovering the rhythm and concord within the automobile.
“I used to be really very pleased with my lap, however I didn’t have anything to search out. So it’s unusual. We have to examine extra what’s happening as a result of I simply didn’t really feel the love from the brand new tyre and didn’t really feel like I had the grip.”
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