After three impressive races during the 2024 in a reserve rule for both Ferrari and Haas, Oliver Bearman earned a full-time seat at Haas for the 2025 Formula 1 season. But that rookie campaign for Bearman has gotten off to a very difficult start.

Oliver Bearman feels he “wanted a bit too much, too soon” after crashing his Haas Formula 1 car heavily in opening practice for the Australian Grand Prix. With about 20 minutes remaining in FP1, full-season rookie Bearman lost control of his car going into Turn 10, running wide over the gravel trap before slamming heavily into the wall.

Two F1 stars have been hit by a last-minute demotion at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Things could not have gone much worse for Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman in their first official competitive grand prix weekends with Red Bull and Haas respectively in 2025.