Oliver Bearman says he must change his method to keep away from a race ban.
The Haas F1 driver picked up a ten second penalty and two penalty factors on his licence for being judged to have given Carlos Sainz’s Williams inadequate room throughout a battle on the Italian Grand Prix.
Bearman now has 10 penalty factors, which means he’s simply two factors from triggering an automated suspension.
In consequence, the 20-year-old Briton should stroll a tightrope over the subsequent 4 rounds, with two penalty factors not being wiped from his document till the Brazilian Grand Prix in November.
Forward of this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Bearman criticised F1’s racing tips and mentioned he feels “fairly arduous performed by”.
“It’s annoying to be ruled by these tips which I really feel are fairly imprecise in some areas and fairly particular in others,” he advised the official Components 1 channel. “With my incident in Monza I felt like I used to be fairly arduous performed by.
“The rules state that I don’t deserve any area on the within in that particular situation, which in my opinion is a bit harsh. After all, I’m biased in the direction of myself, however I believe lots of people will agree and say that was fairly a harsh situation.
“It’s undoubtedly one thing that I’ve to have in mind. It’s a disgrace to be at this level, however I simply should have just a few clear races.”
On the time, the Monza stewards deemed Bearman to be at fault.
“Automotive 55 [Sainz] tried to overhaul Automotive 87 [Bearman] on the skin into Flip 4 and had its entrance axle forward of the entrance axle of Automotive 87 on the apex, thereby incomes the proper to the racing line,” they mentioned.
“The driving force of Automotive 87 defended his place on the within as a substitute of giving up the place and brought about the collision.
“The Stewards decide that the driving force of Automotive 87 is predominantly at fault and subsequently the usual penalty for such incidents is utilized.”
The place did Bearman get his penalty factors?
Bearman earned his first F1 penalty factors final season for a collision with Franco Colapinto throughout a stand-in look in Brazil when he changed the ailing Magnussen.
Two extra got here at this yr’s Monaco Grand Prix for overtaking underneath crimson flags throughout follow.
Bearman was then given 4 penalty factors for crashing on the pit lane entry underneath crimson flag situations throughout last follow at Silverstone.
The newest factors from Monza have taken Bearman as much as 10 and on the verge of being banned.
