Bearman: “Scary incident with a 50 km/h difference. Colapinto didn’t give me much space”

Bearman incident: fear at Suzuka

During the Japanese Grand Prix, the incident that most worried drivers with these new regulations occurred: Franco Colapinto, approaching the Spoon curve, slowed down significantly, in a dynamic that forced Oliver Bearman, who was arriving much faster, to swerve quickly to the left to avoid him. The result was the loss of control of his Haas and a nasty impact with the barriers which saw the young Englishman step out of the car limping due to a knee contusion.
Bearman hit the protections with a force of 50G and at that moment the speed difference between his Haas and Colapinto’s Alpine was 50 km/h.

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Bearman did not appreciate Colapinto’s maneuver

After the race, Bearman recounted the sensations he experienced: “First of all, I am absolutely fine. It was a scary moment, but everything is okay and that is the most important thing. The car is in a bit worse shape and I can only apologize from the bottom of my heart to the team because I gave them a lot of work.”
Regarding the incident, Bearman explained, highlighting a somewhat reckless behavior by Colapinto: “There was a **huge speed difference, 50 km/h**. It’s part of these new regulations that I think we’ll have to get used to, but **I felt like I wasn’t given much space,** considering how much faster I was approaching. And **it was something we had talked about on Friday with both the other drivers and the stewards. We need to be a bit more prepared for these things** because of the large speed differences. We as drivers **warned the FIA about what could happen** and this was the unfortunate result of a huge speed difference that has never existed in F1 before these new regulations.”

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