By Gura Garcia
Jun 19, 2024, 1:42 PM EDT
The highest category of professional motorsports, Formula 1, is ready to receive to a new and promising talent on the grid. This is none other than Ollie Bearman, a teenager from the United Kingdom who has impressed motor sport fans with his quite positive performances with the Italian team, Ferrari.
Bearman will be making the jump to the top category with the Haas team next year. The news was revealed by the British newspaper MailSport, confirming that the 19-year-old driver from Essex will become the fourth Englishman on the drivers’ grid, joining his compatriots Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and George Russell.
How much could Bearman earn at Haas?
Bearman is expected to sign his signature with the Haas team in a contract that will be validated for between $320 and $380 thousand dollars. Currently, as a member of the Ferrari driver academy, he does not receive a salary for competing in Formula 2, although the Italian team bears all the costs of the competition.
It was reported through a source linked to the aforementioned newspaper that Bearman He could manage to double his salary in his second year with Haas, as long as he manages to impress team management enough to keep his seat. However, financial considerations are secondary for the young driver, who has the clear goal of establishing himself and making a name for himself in Formula 1, the dream he has always had since he was very young.
Bearman’s path to a full-time Formula 1 car seat It was facilitated by his outstanding performance at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in March. On that occasion, Ferrari recruited him to replace the Spanish driver Carlos Sainz, who suffered appendicitis a few hours before the start of the race and had to undergo immediate surgery. Bearman also took advantage of Nico Hulkenberg’s departure to the Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber team, which left a vacancy at Haas, who immediately contacted him to offer him the place on his team.
A new star in Formula 1
By becoming the youngest British F1 driver in history and the third youngest Of all the nationalities, Bearman had an excellent performance finishing in seventh place on the fairly fast Jeddah circuit. This performance earned him applause and recognition from the media, fans and especially his teammates and also from the 1996 world champion, Damon Hill, who declared: “A star is born.”
The Englishman will be placed behind Max Verstappen, the youngest to have debuted in the F1 at 17 years and 165 days, in the same way as Lance Stroll, who did it at 18 years and four months with Williams in the 2017 season.
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