Oliver Bearman has a long-term ambition to fill Lewis Hamilton’s seat at Ferrari. He’s currently the top prospect in the team’s academy, and there are already discussions about him taking over when Hamilton eventually moves on.
The arrival of rookies on the F1 grid is always exciting. This season, six new faces have graced the paddock. Well, five—if you don’t count Liam Lawson as a rookie, as Kimi Antonelli and Oliver Bearman recently joked.
F1 is a significant step up from F2—not just in terms of the pressure that comes with increased competition, but also the atmosphere that drivers have to contend with.