Country Music Stars 2024 2024-07-05 Country Music Stars 2024 - Last update images today Country Music Stars 2024 Euro 2024 Daily: Silence Is Golden For Spain; Ronaldo's Legacy Oliver Bearman, the British teenager who has signed a multiyear deal with Haas, has revealed that Lewis Hamilton sent him words of encouragement over a potential career in Formula One several years ago. The Ferrari-backed 19-year-old, whose contract with the American team was announced on Thursday ahead of his home grand prix at Silverstone, recalled the message sent to him as a young karter from Hamilton on Thursday at the Milton Keynes-based circuit. "I received a video from him in 2015 or 2016 saying like, 'Keep pushing and hopefully you can make it to F1 one day,' and here I am," Bearman told reporters. "I think he met one of my mum's friends and she got him to make a video. It was the most amazing day of my life. I just actually got reminded of it yesterday, I saw the video again. It was a funny moment." Bearman, who will race with the number 87, will be on track at Silverstone on Friday for first free practice before handing the Ferrari-powered Haas car back to Kevin Magnussen for the rest of the weekend. It will be the Formula Two driver's third such outing with the team in 2024. The youngster made a memorable F1 race debut aged 18 with Ferrari in Saudi Arabia last March as stand-in for Spaniard Carlos Sainz, who was sidelined by appendix surgery. Bearman finished an impressive seventh. That made him the third-youngest racer in F1 history, as well as the youngest Briton. Next season he will race against Hamilton, McLaren's Lando Norris and Mercedes's George Russell as the sport's British contingent. Williams' Alex Albon is also British-born but races under the Thai flag. "It's crazy to share this track with these guys who I've watched racing ... it's something pretty special and it's a pinch-yourself moment because these guys are in my eyes huge stars," said Bearman. "It's quite amazing I will share the circuit with them." Bearman has been part of Ferrari's academy since 2021, a path also taken in the past by Charles Leclerc and Michael Schumacher's son Mick, who debuted with Haas but lasted only two seasons. Hamilton will be joining Ferrari at the age of 40 and Bearman recognised that could eventually lead to an opening at the Italian team. Leclerc did one year at Sauber, powered by Ferrari, as a rookie before returning to Italy. "It is every boy's dream to race for Ferrari," Bearman said. "It is not really in my hands but all I can do is perform at my best. I am focused on Haas and I am really excited to get started. "It is hard not to think that, but I am not thinking about it," he said of possibly one day replacing Hamilton at Maranello. The teenager won the 2021 Italian F4 and ADAC F4 championship and moved up to Formula Three in 2022 before his F2 debut in 2023, where he finished sixth overall with four wins. Last weekend in Austria he took his first victory of the season in an F2 sprint race. Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu said Bearman had become "an incredibly mature driver" and the world had seen that in Jeddah. CN ArtistToWatch 1200x800 2023 Maxresdefault 43 10383 Maxres2 ?sqp= OaymwEoCIAKENAF8quKqQMcGADwAQH4Ac4FgAKACooCDAgAEAEYHCAwKH8wDw==&rs=AOn4CLDtyExdYNUietgX 8UzaD39xIdL1g Country Music Awards 2024 .webp Country Music Wh1 1024x1024 BeFunky Collage 2022 12 21T113640.216 ?media Id=100044293996069 Kenny Chesney Tour Stagecoach 2022 Admat Blake 768x768 1tr 768x946 Love Island All Stars 2024 Con As24 Logo Reveal 880x586 A458e8ff32 B813d4b7 2d99 42e7 8bf0 2ae6e97e8dbb 1140x641 Famous Country Singers 1536x806 Hqdefault 4bb2d7ff61f8187d2e7c0c262dae46d8 Webp.net Resizeimage 38 1024x576 Country Singer Small Dancing With The Stars Live 2024 Tour Tickets 03 11 24 17 6528409f9fac5 Top Most Popular Country Singers.webp Cma Fest 2023 Lineup Nashville Tn 317341693 849831323034091 7377004378242926580 N Allstar 2024 221003 George Strait Country Music GMA 2023 Summer Concert 16x9 1689862013628 HpMain 2 16x9 992 E1bfe3d4 22cd 42c5 8846 9945bb9400ee 1855971 RETINA PORTRAIT 3 2 9245d8dc429fcb222438c834fcfa91d6 31d53a18a0010f34c0d856164831e6f4 Country Tour 770x433 Country Singers Controversy 2023 Scandals Jason Aldean 1690489804291