Oliver Bearman rightly stole the headlines with an impressive F1 debut as an emergency stand-in for Ferrari at the Saudi Arabian G🍸rand Prix.

The 18-year-old Briton was drafted in as a last-minute replacement for Ferrari regular168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Carlos Sainz,♛ who was diagnosed with appendicitis and required immediate surgery.

Bearman marked himself out as an F1 star of the future by qualifying 11th on the grid - only narrowly missing Q3 - before keeping fellow countrymen168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Lando Norris and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton at bay in theꦯ race to finish seventh and score poܫints at the first attempt.

Bearman’s mistake-free debut was made even more impressive given his late call-up, having only been notified of his grand prix cameo a couple of hours before final practice got underway on Friday. Before receiving the call from Ferrari, Bearman had been preparing for a Formula 2 race he had claimed pole position fo𝐆r.

Bearman’s performance was rightly lauded, with168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Charles Leclerc hailing his teammate’s d🦹ebut as “incredible”, while Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur wa🥂s equally impressed.

“I think in this situation – and we've had a couple of times good young drivers into the car, not only at , but on the grid – I would say the pace is, I don't🌠 want to say easy to have, but it's something they can achieve,” Vasseur sa💧id.

“The fact he did a short week𝔍end without FP1, FP2 without any mistake, for me it's unrealistic. Honestly, I was completely impressed by this in Jeddah, between the walls, skipping FP1, FP2, directly almost in quali."

Wh♛at Bearman managed to achieve, in such a calm and unflappable manner, was outstanding and underlined that he belongs 🌃on the big stage.

How he handled and embraced the situat𝓡ion that fell his way was arguably♈ even more impressive than the driving aspect. It showed maturity beyond his years. 

Someone who knows what Bearman experienced - albeit not the enormous pressure that comes with driving for Ferrari - is 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Liam Lawson, who debuted for RB (then AlphaTauri) as a late stand-in for the injured 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Daniel Ricciardo last year.

“One of the hardest things is the attention that comes with it,” Lawson said during an appearance on the Sky F1 podcas🔯t.

“The driving part is one thing but we basically spend our whole life driving cars in pr๊eparation for F1 that the driving part itself is not really the hardest part about it.

“It’s everything else that comes with it and one of th🅷ose things is the media attention that you get. There’s no real prep that you can do for that.

“It’s the realisation that you have one race, and your whole future is going to be heavily judged on this one race. This is the one shot you are going to get to pr🐭ove yourself in F1.

“It doesn’t really matter what you’ve done in otheꦦr categories. At the end of the day, all F1 teams want to know is how you drive a For💯mula 1 car. Your whole future’s basically based on how you perform.”

What next for Bearman?

Naturally, the immediate talk after Bearman’s starring display surrounded his future in F1, and wheth𒁏er he had done enough to warrant a place on the grid in 2025.

The feeling and response from ma🌸ny in the paddock was a resounding ‘yes’🌊.

Bearman, who still has the majority of an F2 season to complete with Prema, admitted he hoped “a door could open” for him to make th🍒e full-time step up to𓂃 F1 next season.

"I don't know what else I can do because I don't think I'll be in F1 ꧂for the rest of the year,” Bearman said. "So that was my goal, to do a great showing this weekend.

"I thin♌k I did a decent job, so that's alright and that's all I can do, keep pushing in F2 and cross my fingers, that's it.💦"

One certainty is tha🧔t a permanent seat at Ferrari is out of ꦕthe question for the time being.

Leclerc is tied down to a long-term deal and with Hamilton making a shock switch from Mercede𝐆s in 2025 to take the seat currently held by Sainz, there is currently no room at the Italian team. 

Ferrari customer Sauber could be an option, but with Au♏di taking over from 2026 and holding considerable sway over future driver decisions, such a move seems unlikely.

Haas ther💫efore appears the 🌠most obvious landing spot for Bearman.

The American outfit enjoys a tec൲hnical partnership with Ferrari and receives a🧸 supply of engines and gearboxes, as well as other permitted transferable parts.

With experienced F1 duo 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg both out of contract at the end of the ♊year, there are possibl✱e openings.

But team principal Ayao 😼Komatsu admits it is not a foregone conclusion that Bearman will get a seat at Haas, despite his “amazing” debut.

"Hꦯe deserves a chance next year, I guess," Komats💧u said of Bearman.

"[B🃏ut] penalty aside, Kev's done fantastic today. Nico delivered as well. So how can I sit here and say, [Bearman is] 'our driver for next year’?

"Based on today's performance, ℱ[it's] Nico and Kevin.𒉰"

Bearman has given Ferrari and Haas food for thought, and he could yet furthe📖r strengthen his case in the remainder of 🉐the F2 campaign.