Ferrari, Bearman accelerates: “Driving and winning with the Red is my life goal”

Is Ollie in Ferrari’s future? While Lewis Hamilton regularly sends out messages to the press that could predict an imminent retirement, only to deny it when asked if he is really thinking of quitting Formula 1, the 2025 season seems to have clearly indicated the name of his eventual successor at Ferrari. The young Academy driver, Oliver Bearman, was in fact the protagonist of a very positive debut World Championship, although conditioned by the inevitable ups and downs to which you are necessarily exposed when you drive a mid-pack car like the Haas. The match won against Esteban Ocon, a driver who is often underestimated but actually very difficult to beat in a challenge with the same cars, however clarified how the young Englishman’s debut season can be considered positive even beyond the 13th place in the Drivers’ standings. Oliver Bearman speaks In short, the future of at least one of the two seats of the Red seems safe, at least judging by the talent and freshness of one of the latest products of the Ferrari Driver Academy. A future that the 20-year-old made no secret of wanting with particular anxiety in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport: “This is my dream and it is what pushes me to always give my all and what gives me energy every morning. I want to race in red, I want to win in red, this is the goal of my life. Gedda’s debut (in 2024, when he was called up on Saturday morning for FP3 to replace Carlos Sainz who was knocked out by appendicitis, ed.)? I was lucky in that case to have a taste of Ferrari. And now that I know what it means, I’m even more motivated.” Clearly it will be important for Oliver Bearman to start the new season well, demonstrating that he is also at ease with the next generation of single-seaters, which will be radically different from the one he just retired: “I want 2026 to be a solid year, especially for my team. I have no control over everything else, but I feel ready for whatever the future holds for me. And next year, with more experience, I want to prove it even more because doing a full season as a starter is completely different. You also have to learn to manage your I also made some stupid mistakes like in Australia. It was a terrible start, not what you want as a rookie, but everything helped me learn. Then in Silverstone, in my home race. But from then on I think I improved a lot and learned the lesson.”