“FP2 was amazing, the best session of my life!” Bearman joked after completing the session. “No, it was nice to do a full Friday, build up step by step without having to rush anything. I was quite happy with how the day went, how it finished up. I was confident in the car, which is really important at a track like this, so a good day.”
In his first season in F2 in 2023, Bearman had an extremely successful round in Baku as he claimed pole position as well as victories in the Sprint Race and Feature Race. He admitted to the media yesterday that he still hit the wall in every session last year, but had a much smoother experience in his step up to F1.
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Asked whether it’s trickier to drive in the larger F1 cars, he said: “Yeah, it’s tight. I only hit the wall once today in FP2, but it’s little things, you play with the margins here.
“I really built up the confidence and at the end I felt really good. I was taking it easy, step by step, but now I’ve built some confidence I feel like I can start to increase.
“My goal is to be proud of my performance. That’s going to be done by improving myself, eventually finishing at a level that I know I’m capable of and staying clean – having a clean tomorrow will be important.”
