escaped unhurt after a heavy crash in follow on the season-opening .
The 19-year-old, making his full-time debut with after three races as a reserve final yr, misplaced management of his automotive popping out of the high-speed flip 10 part.
His automotive entered the gravel after a snap of oversteer, earlier than the automotive spun into the wall with one tyre coming free from the automotive.
Bearman, who hails from Chelmsford in Essex, shortly let his race engineer that he was OK, earlier than including: “I’m sorry.”
The crash stopped the primary follow session in Melbourne for 10 minutes, with Lando Norris topping the timesheets for McLaren late on.
Carlos Sainz was second-fastest, with Charles Leclerc third-quickest. Lewis Hamilton, in his first grand prix session as a Ferrari driver, may solely end twelfth.
Talking about Bearman’s crash, Sky Sports activities pundit Martin Brundle stated: “He simply missed the apex, ran huge. Was in all probability a bit too gun-ho.
“It was a little bit bit overconfident and it’ll have knocked a few of his confidence. He’ll lose some monitor time this weekend.”
Bearman, who impressed for Ferrari in Saudi Arabia final yr earlier than two extra appearances for Haas, instructed The Unbiased of his ambitions to change into a F1 world champion sooner or later.
“My final aim is to have a really lengthy profession in F1,” he stated.
“It’s my final ardour and I understand how fortunate I’m to be on this state of affairs. I need to show that I deserve it and, in the end, I need to change into a world champion.
“However my future for the time being lies with Haas and my foremost aim now’s to only drive quick and ship nice outcomes.
“And from there? Let’s see the place that brings us.”
It stays to be seen whether or not Haas can restore Bearman’s automotive in time for the second follow session at 5am (GMT) on Friday.
