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“My first lap in FP3, it was like 12 seconds faster than my pole lap I did in F2 the day before,” Bearman told F1 in a video<\/a> alongside his Haas team-mate Esteban Ocon<\/a>. “On my first run, my neck was gone already. So, I was not really looking forward to that race. And it hurt.”<\/p>\n When Ocon added that nothing prepares a driver for the strain an F1 car puts on your neck, Bearman said: “Exactly. Because F2, for me, was easy physically. The neck was not even a factor. Then I did an F1 race, and my neck was everything. It was a crazy step. But a fun day, fun night.”<\/p>\n Bearman’s drive with Ferrari made him the youngest-ever driver to compete for the Maranello outfit. After qualifying in 11th, missing out on Q3 by just 0.036 seconds, Bearman managed to keep Lando Norris<\/a> and Lewis Hamilton<\/a> at bay in the latter stages of the race to claim seventh place.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n David Bearman, father of Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team, watches on in the garage David Bearman, father of Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team, watches on in the garage<\/p>\n While the 21-year-old explained that he could not allow himself to get stressed by the situation, his father nervously watched on from the Ferrari garage.<\/p>\n “I couldn’t be stressed. I was trying to hold on with my neck. For him to share that experience with me, standing at the back of the garage, I think he was struggling with nerves, but it was very special to share that day with him,” the Haas driver added.<\/p>\n Bearman went on to secure a full-time seat with Haas and impressed in his rookie season with the American outfit in 2025.<\/p>\n![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0193e8372b11e9cb5f108e12771e14c4.jpeg\"\/)
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