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Straits Times
23-05-2025
- Automotive
- Straits Times
Bearman given 10-place Monaco grid penalty for red flag breach
FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 - Emilia Romagna Grand Prix - Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy - May 15, 2025 Haas' Oliver Bearman ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix REUTERS/Jakub Porzycki/File Photo MONACO - Haas Formula One rookie Oliver Bearman was handed a 10-place grid drop for ignoring red flags during Friday's Monaco Grand prix practice. The Briton also collected two penalty points on his licence for the breach. Stewards found that the 20-year-old overtook Williams' Carlos Sainz after the session was stopped and red flag warnings issued. "It is clear from the video footage that there was a light panel directly in front of the driver which showed the red flag; and the dashboard also indicated the red flag well before the overtake took place," they said. "The driver claimed that he saw the red flags but decided not to slow down abruptly because he felt that slowing down abruptly would have been more dangerous and that what he did was a safer way of handling the situation." The stewards disagreed with Bearman's stance and said drivers could not know, on a tight and narrrow track like Monaco, what might be ahead. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Reuters
18-02-2025
- Automotive
- Reuters
No stop signs in F1; Bearman reveals failed driving test
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Haas Formula One rookie Oliver Bearman gave hope to learner drivers around the world on Tuesday after revealing he failed his test first time around. The surprise setback occurred in 2022, before the 19-year-old Briton's grand prix debut. "I did pass second time. I shouldn't have told that. I didn't stop at a stop sign," he explained to reporters ahead of Formula One's unprecedented 10-team season launch at London's 02 Arena. "I didn't blow it. I slowed down. I was crawling but you're meant to stop. We don't have those (signs) on race tracks. "Typical me, or typical racing driver, I thought I could pass my test without having lessons so that's probably where I went wrong. After that I took a few lessons before the second one." Bearman will be starting his first full season in Australia on March 16 after an impressive debut as a stand-in for both Ferrari and Haas last year. One of his rivals will be 18-year-old Italian Andrea Kimi Antonelli, seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton's replacement at Mercedes, who passed his driving test only in January. "I was quite nervous, I'm not going to lie," Antonelli told Reuters separately on Tuesday, although he need not have worried. "After the test we also had a nice conversation because she's really passionate about the sport," he said of the examiner. "But in the test, you know, she was being like my examiner. No matter who I was, she wanted to see me respecting all the rules and everything... she said I did well. Just at the start, I was a bit too aggressive with the steering."
