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Haas “have to be happy” if Ferrari poaches “faultless” Ollie Bearman for F1 2027
Ollie Bearman has continued to impress Haas and is putting himself in the frame for a Ferrari promotion
Haas Formula 1 team boss Ayao Komatsu hopes he can keep Ollie Bearman long-term, but says the squad “have to be happy that we’ve done our job” if he’s poached by Ferrari.
The 20-year-old British driver has been a member of Ferrari’s Young Driver Academy since 2022, the same year he finished third in the FIA Formula 3 standings.
He spent the next two years in Formula 2, though made his F1 debut in 2024 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with Ferrari as an injury replacement, with Ollie Bearman an impressive seventh.
He also scored points in his debut for Haas later that year in Azerbaijan in 10th, before making his full-time F1 step in 2025 with the American outfit.
Though scoring points in three of the first four rounds, Bearman had a difficult mid-part to the 2025 campaign, before an impressive rally late on, which saw him score a career-best fourth in Mexico.
He has continued to impress at the start of 2026, with seventh and fifth-place finishes in Australia and China.
Haas: ‘There’s no point worrying’ about Bearman’s future
Bearman beat race-winning team-mate Esteban Ocon in the standings in his rookie year, and currently leads him by 16 points after three rounds in 2026.
Speaking to the media, including Crash.net, in Japan, Komatsu branded Bearman’s start to the new campaign as “faultless”, both on and off the track.
“Extremely impressed,” he said.
“But, to be fair, we set a very high bar for Ollie, because every time he improves and the way he can learn and improve so quickly is what makes him amazing.
“He always, always has this amazing speed. There’s no doubt from day one.
“But I think the reason why I’m so excited is that I don’t see this [stopping] with him, because again Mexico last year was unbelievable, and the way he’s been conducting himself in the pre-season testing, brand-new regulations, the way he has been working with the team in the simulator, etc, away from the track has been very good.
“And if you look at those first two race weekends, I would say they were faultless, brilliant: his attitude, his work with the engineers, his execution. So, very, very pleased.”
Inevitably, Bearman’s performances only shine the spotlight brighter on his potential Ferrari future in F1.
Lewis Hamilton’s current deal is set to expire at the end of this season, opening the door to a potential driver change at the Italian outfit.
On F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast, in March, Komatsu acknowledged the prospect of losing Bearman to Ferrari but admitted “there’s no point worrying about it”.
“He’s got huge, huge potential,” he began.
“There’s no point worrying about it. I’m a strong believer in controlling what you can control.
“Ferrari has been investing in him for many, many years. We got him last year and this year.
“We’ve got to focus on what we can control.
“And if we’ve done a great job with Ollie and Ollie performs so well that Ferrari wants to take him the following year, we have to be happy that we’ve done our job.
“So, we’ve got to focus on our job.”
Asked if there is a timeline on talks with Ferrari about this, he replied: “Yeah, but that’s just a discussion between us and Ferrari.
“But, seriously, we are all just focused on getting the best performance out of the car and out of Ollie.
“If that means we lose him for next year – hopefully not, but that’s not something we can control.”
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Ollie Bearman has continued to impress Haas and is putting himself in the frame for a Ferrari promotion
Haas Formula 1 team boss Ayao Komatsu hopes he can keep Ollie Bearman long-term, but says the squad “have to be happy that we’ve done our job” if he’s poached by Ferrari.
The 20-year-old British driver has been a member of Ferrari’s Young Driver Academy since 2022, the same year he finished third in the FIA Formula 3 standings.
He spent the next two years in Formula 2, though made his F1 debut in 2024 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with Ferrari as an injury replacement, with Ollie Bearman an impressive seventh.
He also scored points in his debut for Haas later that year in Azerbaijan in 10th, before making his full-time F1 step in 2025 with the American outfit.
Though scoring points in three of the first four rounds, Bearman had a difficult mid-part to the 2025 campaign, before an impressive rally late on, which saw him score a career-best fourth in Mexico.
He has continued to impress at the start of 2026, with seventh and fifth-place finishes in Australia and China.
Haas: ‘There’s no point worrying’ about Bearman’s future
Bearman beat race-winning team-mate Esteban Ocon in the standings in his rookie year, and currently leads him by 16 points after three rounds in 2026.
Speaking to the media, including Crash.net, in Japan, Komatsu branded Bearman’s start to the new campaign as “faultless”, both on and off the track.
“Extremely impressed,” he said.
“But, to be fair, we set a very high bar for Ollie, because every time he improves and the way he can learn and improve so quickly is what makes him amazing.
“He always, always has this amazing speed. There’s no doubt from day one.
“But I think the reason why I’m so excited is that I don’t see this [stopping] with him, because again Mexico last year was unbelievable, and the way he’s been conducting himself in the pre-season testing, brand-new regulations, the way he has been working with the team in the simulator, etc, away from the track has been very good.
“And if you look at those first two race weekends, I would say they were faultless, brilliant: his attitude, his work with the engineers, his execution. So, very, very pleased.”
Inevitably, Bearman’s performances only shine the spotlight brighter on his potential Ferrari future in F1.
Lewis Hamilton’s current deal is set to expire at the end of this season, opening the door to a potential driver change at the Italian outfit.
On F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast, in March, Komatsu acknowledged the prospect of losing Bearman to Ferrari but admitted “there’s no point worrying about it”.
“He’s got huge, huge potential,” he began.
“There’s no point worrying about it. I’m a strong believer in controlling what you can control.
“Ferrari has been investing in him for many, many years. We got him last year and this year.
“We’ve got to focus on what we can control.
“And if we’ve done a great job with Ollie and Ollie performs so well that Ferrari wants to take him the following year, we have to be happy that we’ve done our job.
“So, we’ve got to focus on our job.”
Asked if there is a timeline on talks with Ferrari about this, he replied: “Yeah, but that’s just a discussion between us and Ferrari.
“But, seriously, we are all just focused on getting the best performance out of the car and out of Ollie.
“If that means we lose him for next year – hopefully not, but that’s not something we can control.”
Haas Formula 1 team boss Ayao Komatsu hopes he can keep Ollie Bearman long-term, but says the squad “have to be happy that we’ve done our job” if he’s poached by Ferrari.
The 20-year-old British driver has been a member of Ferrari’s Young Driver Academy since 2022, the same year he finished third in the FIA Formula 3 standings.
He spent the next two years in Formula 2, though made his F1 debut in 2024 at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix with Ferrari as an injury replacement, with Ollie Bearman an impressive seventh.
He also scored points in his debut for Haas later that year in Azerbaijan in 10th, before making his full-time F1 step in 2025 with the American outfit.
Though scoring points in three of the first four rounds, Bearman had a difficult mid-part to the 2025 campaign, before an impressive rally late on, which saw him score a career-best fourth in Mexico.
He has continued to impress at the start of 2026, with seventh and fifth-place finishes in Australia and China.
Haas: ‘There’s no point worrying’ about Bearman’s future
Bearman beat race-winning team-mate Esteban Ocon in the standings in his rookie year, and currently leads him by 16 points after three rounds in 2026.
Speaking to the media, including Crash.net, in Japan, Komatsu branded Bearman’s start to the new campaign as “faultless”, both on and off the track.
“Extremely impressed,” he said.
“But, to be fair, we set a very high bar for Ollie, because every time he improves and the way he can learn and improve so quickly is what makes him amazing.
“He always, always has this amazing speed. There’s no doubt from day one.
“But I think the reason why I’m so excited is that I don’t see this [stopping] with him, because again Mexico last year was unbelievable, and the way he’s been conducting himself in the pre-season testing, brand-new regulations, the way he has been working with the team in the simulator, etc, away from the track has been very good.
“And if you look at those first two race weekends, I would say they were faultless, brilliant: his attitude, his work with the engineers, his execution. So, very, very pleased.”
Inevitably, Bearman’s performances only shine the spotlight brighter on his potential Ferrari future in F1.
Lewis Hamilton’s current deal is set to expire at the end of this season, opening the door to a potential driver change at the Italian outfit.
On F1’s Beyond the Grid podcast, in March, Komatsu acknowledged the prospect of losing Bearman to Ferrari but admitted “there’s no point worrying about it”.
“He’s got huge, huge potential,” he began.
“There’s no point worrying about it. I’m a strong believer in controlling what you can control.
“Ferrari has been investing in him for many, many years. We got him last year and this year.
“We’ve got to focus on what we can control.
“And if we’ve done a great job with Ollie and Ollie performs so well that Ferrari wants to take him the following year, we have to be happy that we’ve done our job.
“So, we’ve got to focus on our job.”
Asked if there is a timeline on talks with Ferrari about this, he replied: “Yeah, but that’s just a discussion between us and Ferrari.
“But, seriously, we are all just focused on getting the best performance out of the car and out of Ollie.
“If that means we lose him for next year – hopefully not, but that’s not something we can control.”
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