This F1 is dangerous
It was not at all edifying to see how much Oliver Bearman was suffering once he got out of the cockpit of his Haas after the accident that forced the entry of the Safety Car at the moment when the drivers had started to make their only pit stop.
Above all, the dynamics that led Bearman to lose control of his car can only cause anger: the English driver, in fact, suddenly found himself in front of Colapinto’s Alpine which slowed down visibly approaching the Spoon curve. Bearman could do nothing but try to overtake, Colapinto defended himself and for the Englishman there was nothing else to do but end up on the grass and consequently against the barriers.
Blaming Colapinto for what happened is excessive, so much so that Race Direction did not penalize the Alpine driver. Neither driver expected to attack, nor the other to defend. The current regulations can lead to situations when one least expects it, and these episodes where two cars have clearly different speeds, and when it happens in a fast corner like in this case, this can be the result.
Here’s the moment Bearman went into the barriers at Spoon #F1 #JapaneseGP pic.twitter.com/XmurXApWkp
— Formula 1 (@F1) March 29, 2026
Fortunately, at least Bearman seems to have gotten away with only a bruise, the ‘immediate’ images were not heartening at all.
