South African Food 2024-07-03 South African Food - Last update images today South African Food Wolvaardt: SA 'pretty Close' To Nailing Best XI For T20 World Cup 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. Main 23 1 Sa Food 005 1024x640 4ebaca99c7ab7eb0d97842fcaf2b4741 10 Must Try South African Food Dishes 1.webp Bobotie South African Curried Mince Pie 90508 1 South African Recipes 1664328849207 D343fe47ccb50ed38d858718eb6a9ff3.preview Screenshot 2023 10 16 120054 Africa 1238491 1920 1170x600 818afde7e82472cbbd23bc982e891cd9 0e0b4293a51b2bf839a53c407e42a0ab TOP 800x529 Blackened Carrots Trend 825x550 South African Food 825x550 Fc2f01b02908b349c6f8bfd9d76b2ed0 Sincerely Media GH9vt0v6EHY Unsplash 74964a36610cce1b17c6efe55ec7b3c3 E3efcb53165985d46b53f4f2f8660347 09947f661785c4b6d2db408675fd1650 D9f147f9aaa1b9a7b66bb53e87e21f29 E77500e20ad40ece76c0f2ace67c5c06 C64cad97c5887017a4a12829ae7f213c E5a5b7493e6ed99a3aae9f93fbdea413 E295b14366c06fba9c473ec5d6bf8544 6aae5b39f1c3599970f7fc7ef1df7374 A95b1e14ab7a4dda5f8c32a2e9d17d75 65eed5642f0025bcac8ea0e0ef79bca0 A5d9f5ba26985a0708d63e27a020d60d 84065488f031c078e7c8b921b6b4b95e B7997ff078819349cb2b519b61a02de9 7f905f4858a95164 ?imwidth=600 Screen Shot 2021 09 23 At 10.27.20 AM E4dc3f4119283225c4ce4f938c7853f3