This offense has a rather bitter aftermath for Formula 1 Yiver’s Oliver Bearman: Because in the second training session on Friday during a red phase he overtook the Williams driver Carlos Sainz, the 20-year-old was sent a full penalty in the late evening.
As Formula 1 officially confirmed on Friday evening, Oliver Bearman will be sentenced to ten starting places to the back on race Sunday. At the Grand Prix of Monaco on Monte Carlo’s narrow city course, overtaking is traditionally particularly difficult, which is why a good starting position is all the more important.
The punishment against the Haas pilot is all the harder. However, the racing commissioners did not know a sorry after the Brit had overtaken its competitor Carlos Sainz shortly before Rascasse on the way back into the box.
On the TV images, the offense was clearly demonstrated, which is why Formula 1 came to a rapid decision-making.
Bearan was on a quick round in his Haas when the red flags were swung due to an accident from WM-Leader Oscar Piatri and the training session was interrupted. However, the Haas pilot did not immediately delay, but still rolled past the creeping Williams and overtook it.
Beamanans first season as a regular driver in Formula 1
As the commissioners announced, the red flags or the red signals were not only clearly recognizable on the edge of the route, but according to the official message “The red flag was also clearly displayed on the dashboard, and clearly before the overtaking maneuver”.
Bearman is driving his first season as a regular driver in Formula 1 this year, after he had already contested a race for Ferrari and two for Haas the year before. He already drove into the top ten three times this season.
Qualifying in the principality starts on Saturday at 4 p.m.RTL broadcasts live from 3:30 p.m.), the race begins on Sunday at 3 p.m.