Haas have announced that current Formula 2 driver Oliver Bearman will join the squad from next season onwards. Bearman has signed a multi-year agreement with the Haas squad. It is still unsure who his teammate will be next season.
Bearman impressed a lot of people during his F1 debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix earlier in the season. The young Briton replaced Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz after the Spaniard suffered appendicitis.
In his debut race Bearman managed to qualify just outside of the top ten in eleventh place and during the race he managed to climb up to seventh place. This performance together with his strong Ferrari links, convinced the Haas team to give Bearman a contract for the 2025 F1 season.
A happy Bearman for 2025
Speaking to the team, Bearman says he is very happy with his Formula 1 job next year. "It’s hard to put into words just how much this means to me. To say out loud that I will be a Formula 1 driver for MoneyGram Haas F1 Team makes me so immensely proud. To be one of the very few people who get to do the thing what they dreamed of as a child is something truly incredible", Bearman began.
"To Gene, Ayao and everyone at Haas, thank you for believing in me and for trusting me to represent your team. I’ve really enjoyed working with everyone since the first time we met in Mexico and I can’t wait to enjoy this moment with them and hopefully many more in the future. To Fred, Marco, Jock, Alessandro and everyone at the Scuderia Ferrari Driver Academy, quite simply, I wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you for preparing me since F4 for this incredible opportunity and know I will give it everything I have", said the British Formula 2 driver.
BREAKING: Ollie Bearman will make the step up to F1 in 2025, signing a multi-year deal with @HaasF1Team!#F1 #RoadToF1 @OllieBearman pic.twitter.com/JVGbwU8XvE
— Formula 1 (@F1) July 4, 2024
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