After three impressive races during the 2024 in a reserve rule for both Ferrari and Haas, Oliver Bearman earned a full-time seat at Haas for the 2025 Formula 1 season. But that rookie campaign for Bearman has gotten off to a very difficult start.

Two F1 stars have been hit by a last-minute demotion at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Things could not have gone much worse for Liam Lawson and Oliver Bearman in their first official competitive grand prix weekends with Red Bull and Haas respectively in 2025.

Oliver Bearman is still relatively new to Formula 1 and is now very familiar with the sport's '107 percent' rule after failing to set an acceptable qualification time in Melbourne