British
Oliver Bearman is a British racing driver who progressed through the FIA junior single-seater ladder with PREMA Racing as a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, impressing as a race winner in both Formula 3 and Formula 2 before an early call-up gave him a Formula 1 debut while still a teenager.
Formula 3
Bearman contested the FIA Formula 3 Championship in 2022 with PREMA Racing and immediately put himself in title contention. He took a sprint-race victory at Spa-Francorchamps and racked up eight podium finishes across the season, accumulating 132 points. Strong results at the Monza finale left him third in the standings, only seven points behind champion Victor Martins. Finishing on the rookie podium in his first F3 campaign confirmed his status as one of Ferrari's most promising juniors.
Formula 2
He was promoted to FIA Formula 2 with PREMA Racing for 2023 and made an immediate impact in his debut season. Bearman took four race wins, including a memorable weekend in Baku where he qualified on pole and completed the double by winning both the sprint and the feature race. He added three pole positions and five podiums in total, finishing sixth in the championship with 130 points and ranking among the standout rookies of the year.
Bearman remained with PREMA Racing for a third consecutive season in 2024, his second in F2. He again won races during the campaign, but his title bid was disrupted: he withdrew from the Jeddah F2 round to step up to Formula 1, and his season ended with 12th in the standings.
After F2
The Jeddah withdrawal came because Bearman was called up to substitute for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari for the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, making his Formula 1 debut at 18. He scored points on debut and impressed in further substitute outings that year, performances that earned him a multi-year deal with Haas for the 2025 Formula 1 season.