Oliver Bearman

Haas F1 Team · P13 · 20 p

The Haas F1 Team car currently sits in the back half (1.97 s/lap off the fastest car in race pace). Qualifying and race pace go hand in hand for Bearman (2.16 and 2.06 s/lap off the front). The trend is upward: over the last five races the race-pace gap has shrunk by 0.10 s/lap. In wheel-to-wheel combat Bearman outperforms the car: the driver share of attack is +0.31 s/lap – Bearman gets past cars the pace numbers say should not be passable.

Bearman has 20 points to Ocon's 7. In qualifying Bearman leads the intra-team qualifying battle 11–4, by 0.253 s/lap on average in Bearman's favour. In races where both were classified: 8–3 to Bearman, and in race pace Bearman is 0.052 s/lap quicker over the season. Current form (weighted to recent races) gives Bearman an edge of 0.06 s/lap.