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The Haas Formula 1 team’s Trackside Engineering Director Ayao Komatsu was unable to fault Oliver Bearman after his FP1 debut
Francisco Komatsu, a Haas Formula 1 engineer, commended 18-year-old Bearman for his impressive debut in an F1 session, stating that he didn’t put a foot wrong and performed exceptionally well in terms of feedback and engagement with his engineers. Bearman completed 30 laps during the session, the most of any of the five rookies. Komatsu praised Bearman’s professionalism and ease of dealing with throughout the entire process. Bearman ended his outing with a respectable lap time, finishing 1.5 seconds off the benchmark set by Max Verstappen. Komatsu compared Bearman’s performance to that of Charles Leclerc, stating that it’s difficult to make a direct comparison, but Bearman had exceeded his expectations and performed impressively.
Source: Motorsport Week
