{
  "id": 123199,
  "title": "Oliver Bearman takes 'huge confidence' from Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar's F1 rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/oliver-bearman-takes-huge-confidence-from-kimi-antonelli-and-isack",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-04T09:14:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motorsport.com",
    "slug": "motorsport-com",
    "url": "https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/oliver-bearman-takes-huge-confidence-from-kimi-antonelli-and-isack-hadjars-f1-rise/10844023/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Oliver Bearman draws significant confidence from the impressive rise of his former junior category rivals, Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar, in Formula 1. Haas, Bearman's current team, has struggled to keep pace with the competition, causing them to slip down the standings. Meanwhile, Antonelli and Hadjar have been at the forefront of the F1 grid. Antonelli leads the drivers' standings with 219 points, while Hadjar occupies eighth place with 68 points. Bearman, speaking on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, admitted that seeing his former peers excel gives him assurance. He stated, \"I take a huge amount of confidence in that, and that's probably why I can sleep well at night. Knowing that Kimi, even Isack, these are guys who are performing incredibly well in cars that are also very fast. It proves to me that I have what it takes because I've raced these guys throughout my junior career and have stacked up positively against them.\" Bearman, who scored his first points in F1 with Ferrari during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, remains focused on his personal performance, acknowledging that he has no control over the speed of his competitors or his own car.",
  "summary": "Haas driver Oliver Bearman says that watching his former junior category rivals Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar thrive at the front of the Formula 1 grid gives him a \"huge amount of confidence\" for his own future. While Haas began the year capable of fighting for top-five finishes, the American outfit has since lost ground in the mid-season development race. The Briton currently sits 13th in ...…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Motorsport.com",
        "title": "Oliver Bearman admits Lewis Hamilton resurgence complicates Ferrari F1 dream",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/oliver-bearman-admits-lewis-hamilton-resurgence-complicates-ferrari",
        "published": "2026-08-02T12:58:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}