It wasn’t absurd to think Ollie Bearman would race for Ferrari in F1 one day. But now he’s done so several years ahead of schedule, and exceeded all expectations, which gives Ferrari an interesting headache. Ferrari was going to keep Carlos Sainz alongside Charles Leclerc for the next couple of seasons, then pulled off the blockbuster signing of Lewis Hamilton for 2025 instead. Whichever path Ferrari had taken, Bearman wasn’t in the short-term picture. What Ferrari wanted was for Bearman to win Formula 2 this year, be placed in another F1 team to serve his apprenticeship for at least a couple of seasons, then get a call-up to partner Leclerc once he had proven himself. But after Bearman performed damn close to an acceptable level for an established Ferrari driver in a superb debut in Jeddah, maybe that original plan’s no longer appropriate. 0:00 Intro 1:20 How he really did vs Leclerc 4:09 Undersold? 6:07 Ready for F1 now 7:27 Is Plan A still good enough? READ MORE HERE: Subs