F1: Oliver Bearman destroyed his haas in Australia

The English lost control of the VF-25 in the tenth curve of Melbourne’s layout and ended against the wall. Pilot, healthy; Auto, very broken.

If there is a pilot manual, something like those that first school children use, without a doubt one of the first lessons would be: never hit the car in the first training of the first date of the championship. That was precisely what Oliver Bearman did at the start of the 76th Formula 1 season in the initial trial of the Australian GP. Result: destroyed his haas.

English integrates the group of five novices that make up the grill, But it is within the group of two who have some experience. Because the pilot who belongs to Ferrari ran three races in 2024: two with Haas and one with Ferrari. Beyond that triplet of competitions, Bearman is Rookie and, probably, committed a sin of inexperience in the career of Oceania.

When 22 minutes were missing for the end of the 60s batch, Ollie’s VF-25 suffered a strange movement, like a whip, which threw it out of the track. Already on the Leca, the pilot seemed to continue accelerating and thus was further out of control. Finally, he entered a trunk and hit hard against the wall.

The damage to the American team car were large: front and rear suspension, rear wing and we will have to see how the gearbox was. Ayao Komatsu’s face, director of the Team de Gene Haas, was a full sample of the moment that was lived. Of course, the team’s task to repair the chassis should be very accelerated to try to get with the car ready for the second round.

Lando Norris was the fastest of the first training session, with 1M17S252 and won by 149 thousandths Carlos Sainz (Williams). Just Grove’s team was very firm. He had already given signs in Baréin’s essays, but Alex Albon’s sixth post, in addition to the second Spanish, are a sample. Although until the classification arrives, everything will be conjectures. Meanwhile, in Alpine, which has Franco Colapinto in the box as a reserve pilot, Jack Doohan beat Pierre Gasly. The Australian was 13th (1M18S232) and the French, 17th (1M18S505).

FIRST TRAINING RESULT