{"id":503592,"date":"2026-03-30T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503592\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:55:02","slug":"stop-beating-yourself-up-haas-tells-oliver-bearman-after-50g-suzuka-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/503592\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stop beating yourself up,\u2019 Haas tells Oliver Bearman after 50G Suzuka crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu has pleaded with Oliver Bearman<\/a> not to \u2018beat himself up\u2019, following his Formula 1 driver\u2019s frightening crash in the Japanese Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

After qualifying a lowly 18th and making an earlier pitstop than most, Bearman was approaching 17th-placed Franco Colapinto<\/a>\u2019s Alpine<\/a> with a 45km\/h speed difference coming into Spoon, which came as a surprise to him.<\/p>\n

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The Briton lost control at 308km\/h, crashing into the wall with a 50G impact. He hobbled out of his car and was diagnosed with a right knee contusion.<\/p>\n

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Bearman was apologetic following the accident, but Komatsu was keen to remind the youngster that he has single-handedly hauled Haas up to fourth in the constructors\u2019 championship, thanks to the 16 points he scored in Australia and China \u2013 he took a remarkable fifth-place finish at Shanghai.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s just very, very disappointed in himself,\u201d Komatsu commented. \u201cAgain, that’s the good thing about Ollie, if you like: he’s not making any excuses, he was really beating himself up.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I said, \u2018Look, you know, you’ve done some amazing races, you got us 17 points out of two race weekends\u2019.\u201d Haas team-mate Esteban Ocon<\/a> opened up his account at Suzuka, scoring one point on top of Bearman\u2019s 16. \u201cSo, okay, his accident cost us points today, but as the old saying [goes], we win and lose together.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then I said, \u2018Look, you’ve done so many good things. Yes, today didn’t go very well, but there’s no point beating yourself up, you know, we just got to get up from here\u2019. And then he said, \u2018Yeah, but there’s no excuse, this is a speed delta\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, he’s hard on himself, which is good. But sometimes if you are too hard on yourself, it’s not. But I’m sure he will bounce back, we’ll bounce back. We do it together. That’s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team, Ayao Komatsu, Haas F1 Team<\/p>\n

Photo by: James Sutton \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Komatsu not only wanted Bearman to retain a positive mindset, but would rather not hold his driver accountable for the incident, in light of the aforementioned mitigating circumstance.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, he’s kicking himself, he’s saying like, \u2018I should have done better, no excuse\u2019. But, you know, you look at it, that 50km\/h difference in closing speed is massive,\u201d the Japanese pointed out.<\/p>\n

Asked if the incident was caused by a mixture of driver error and F1\u2019s new rules, he replied: \u201c\u2018Error\u2019 is a big strong word, to be honest. You could say \u2018small misjudgement\u2019, but it’s scary though, that closing speed. When I look on the GPS lap before, it’s totally understandable and the correct decision to go for it there, but it’s just huge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is only the third race in this regulation, so that’s something he’s never experienced. So I don’t even call it \u2018error\u2019, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

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