{"id":433955,"date":"2025-09-18T16:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433955\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:01:14","slug":"oliver-bearman-moots-change-in-driving-approach-with-f1-ban-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433955\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Bearman moots change in driving approach with F1 ban looming"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oliver Bearman has discussed how his approach to driving could change, as he sits just two points away from a Formula 1<\/a> race ban.<\/p>\n

The Brit has enjoyed plenty of positive moments in his debut F1 season this year, scoring points among plenty of impressive drives at his new stable Haas.<\/p>\n

But Bearman has accumulated a plethora of penalty points, the most recent coming from his collision with Carlos Sainz at the Italian Grand Prix last time out.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard and the Brit came together at the Variane della Roggia chicane at Monza, causing the Williams to spin, ruining his chances of points.<\/p>\n

This led to the stewards deeming that Bearman didn\u2019t allow the Spaniard enough space, handing him two further penalty points. <\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend, Bearman quipped, in reference to his and Sainz\u2019s on-track placing: \u201cI guess now if I\u2019m on the outside I\u2019ll just go for it, no?\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Bearman disagreed with the premise of the penalty, he admitted that it is under the guidelines, but opined it is not conducive to the principles of drivers in their youth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my fault for getting the penalty regardless of if we agree with the rules or not,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s a tough one to take. That\u2019s not how any of us have grown up racing, really.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rules are the rules.\u00a0I think as a racing driver and as a fan. It\u2019s tough to take that penalty \u2013 because from my side, at no point was I out of control.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was totally just racing to the corner with another driver, and then I didn\u2019t get left any space at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, that\u2019s what the rules state.\u00a0So I do feel a little hard done by.\u201d <\/p>\n

Bearman added: \u201cImagine you\u2019re going into the corner, you have a guy alongside you. <\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re deciding, \u2018OK, I\u2019m going to fight for this corner\u2019. Because in my situation [at Monza] he [Sainz] was a bit faster than me, but it wasn\u2019t like he was catching me one second a lap.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I could have stayed in front in that corner, I would have been able to stay in front until the end of the race. So I had every intention to fight for the move.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"OliverOliver Bearman is just two penalty points away from an F1 race ban following his collision with Carlos Sainz<\/p>\n

Bearman says F1 drivers race \u2018like you\u2019ve been brought up\u2019<\/p>\n

Bearman noted that drivers aren\u2019t thinking about the regulations when they\u2019re driving, theorising that they are focused on getting the move done, keeping in line with how they\u2019ve raced throughout the junior categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd in that split second where you brake and you see how fast you\u2019re entering the corner with respect to your competitor, you don\u2019t then think about the three-page guideline they sent you in January,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo you race to the corner like you know how, like you\u2019ve been brought up doing. In my situation, I expected a bit more space, but that\u2019s how it went.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Bearman, it\u2019s left him on the precipice of a race ban<\/a>, something that plagued his predecessor, Kevin Magnussen. <\/p>\n

The Dane received a race ban for Baku last year, which subsequently allowed Bearman to get behind the wheel of the Haas for the first time, scoring one point.<\/p>\n

However, Bearman is hoping to avoid that for himself, as has four races to keep himself out of trouble, at which point he\u2019ll fall back to ten penalty points. <\/p>\n

Looking to Baku and the coming rounds, the Brit mused that he would be changing his approach to keep himself from a ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would hope to get given space on the inside, but clearly there\u2019s a possibility that that won\u2019t happen. So I can\u2019t take that risk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a shame.\u00a0I guess I\u2019ll just go around the outside now\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

READ MORE \u2013 <\/strong>Oliver Bearman makes stance clear on future Ferrari F1 drive\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oliver Bearman has discussed how his approach to driving could change, as he sits just two points away…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4103],"tags":[147408,4199,707,4200,5234,2008,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-433955","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-f1","8":"tag-azerbaijangp","9":"tag-f1","10":"tag-formula-1","11":"tag-formula1","12":"tag-haas","13":"tag-oliver-bearman","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}