Overview
- Haas handed FP1 in Mexico to reserve Ryo Hirakawa to meet the rookie‑running mandate, leaving Oliver Bearman without track time on a circuit he had never driven.
- Despite missing FP1, Bearman reached Q3 and outqualified Esteban Ocon for the sixth straight race, continuing a run of improved Saturdays.
- Bearman finished fourth behind Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen, matching Haas’s best result since 2018 and only the team’s second P4 since 2016.
- He said racing Verstappen produced the most pressure he has felt in a race, recounting a tense side‑by‑side fight early on.
- Haas credited a recent upgrade package, including a floor introduced in Austin, for its pace gains, as Bearman moved to 13th in the standings with 32 points and the team to eighth with 62.