Ollie Bearman: ‘There’s nothing that I wouldn’t have done to get to F1’

Leaving home at 16 to pursue his dream has paid off for Britain’s youngest F1 driver as he begins his first full season
There is an unmistakeable air of steely determination about Ollie Bearman; an almost disquieting sense of purpose doubtless instrumental in propelling the 19-year-old British driver into Formula One with an eye-catching opening to his career.
Bearman is about to enter his first full season with the Haas team and while tearing most teenagers away from their friends is a torturous task, since he left home in Essex at 16 to pursue the dream of reaching F1, everything has been subsumed to the cause.
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