Berman: I was really scared of being disqualified.
Oliver Bearman — the leader in penalty points over the past 12 months — has ten out of a possible twelve. After the Saturday sprint the stewards could have given him another two — for an incident battling Kimi Antonelli — and he admitted he was genuinely scared of being disqualified.
Oliver Bearman: "I don't know, guys, what you thought, but I genuinely felt awful about the possibility of being disqualified. For a minute I thought I would be forced to miss the next race, so I was very, very upset. Fortunately, the stewards limited themselves to only a 10‑second penalty.
Obviously, after everything that happened there's still a fire in me — I fought my way into the qualifying final and I'm starting eighth today.
You can imagine how tough this weekend has been for me. I'm a rookie, competing at this rough, bumpy circuit for the first time. The weekend runs with a Saturday sprint format, where we only have one practice, but the upgrades to my car were only fitted for the sprint qualifying. I knew it wouldn't be easy. And being eighth on Saturday, I was happy. I'm really very proud of myself and of what the team has achieved."
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