The focus heading into this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix has understandably centred on how the title fight between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris will play out as the Formula One season enters its final third. That competition might yet go to the wire, but in their wake one of F1’s most highly rated young talents, Britain’s Oliver Bearman, has a chance to make his own mark in Baku.
As Verstappen and Norris go head to head, Bearman, the 19-year-old from Chelmsford who will join them on the grid when he makes his full-time debut in F1 next season, will be looking to live up to the hype that has accompanied his rise.
