99 Barber Street Gunnedah 2024-07-06 99 Barber Street Gunnedah - Last update images today 99 Barber Street Gunnedah Dodgers To Honor Longtime Owner O'Malley 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. 2017822401 1 1 220523 054214 W1890 H1417 2017991430 1 1 220809 114831 W1200 H801 2018943866 1 1 231206 015604 W1200 H800 Uploads%252F1653287556530 Rlumer70qy 4af398925e694029dd25fbfc8623e945%252FCBB60B64 5792 40D2 9B79 A6237FED7690 2018337470 1 1 230207 043105 W1200 H800 Main Main 16547123 1 1 230704 055821 W1200 H792 2018254849 3 1 221214 023549 W1024 H768 Main Image Hqdefault 2018337470 2 1 230207 043105 W1200 H800 Main Uploads%252F1695099751789 X1cnwpw308e 62ada9c46769b83b044217d0946d13c1%252F7F9B6991 BE0E 4E06 89BD 79558946688A 2018337470 3 1 230207 043105 W1200 H800 2017034425 1 1 210527 014623 W1200 H900 2aff696cdd65551c9602a2337fe39862 Queensland Moreton Bay Region Daguilar Highway 85 Barber Shop 0412 868 483html 2016402285 2 1 200727 050327 W1200 H900 Main Main 050b137a 9136 4c15 B5af 546737dff7b9 ?class=venue Gallery Mobile 3b474d870595552f6914d8907cf0c32b New South Wales Gunnedah Shire Council Gunnedah The Barbers Way 0417 416 856html 11456466 1 Pi 170619 033627 W1200 H900 Image Main 1663167057846 633 Barber Ext 3 Main Image Uploads%252F1677534528066 Cv3elo0ynzf 0547e49f490a1d9ab6a1b7650a961983%252F9CD561EB EA54 4378 8783 A67FEBE9266E Main Main 3644069 1 HIkuWq1 Main Uploads%252F1704689771830 4lprm169paf Bc899b78e40429ebe20cbef8d6c97a49%252FIMG 5886