Esteban Ocon has hailed future crew mate Ollie Bearman as a “exceptional expertise” following his newest substitute efficiency in Azerbaijan, with the Frenchman assured that the teenager will deliver “good expertise” to Haas when the pair crew up in 2025.
Bearman stepped in to fill Kevin Magnussen’s vacant seat whereas the Dane served a race ban throughout the weekend in Baku, marking the Briton’s second stand-in efficiency of the season after earlier substituting for an unwell Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
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Regardless of a crash throughout FP3, Bearman went on to place in one other good displaying come race day, the place he spent a lot of the latter phases of the Grand Prix battling with the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton earlier than crossing the road in P10, simply behind the seven-time world champion.
Ocon – who ended the race in P15 for Alpine – went on to share phrases of reward for Bearman when he was requested throughout the Singapore Grand Prix weekend if he was trying ahead to partnering the 19-year-old subsequent season, in addition to being quizzed on whether or not he anticipated his new crew mate to push him.
