"He was mega," Komastu reflects on Bearman's performance at Mexico City

Hot on the heels of Haas' best weekend so far in the 2025 F1 season, team boss Ayao Komatsu was left to praise Ollie Bearman who "has been putting weekends together" since the Singapore Grand Prix.

On the back of his strong performance in qualifying, Ollie Bearman started ninth, but he jumped to sixth after a strong start.

When Max Verstappen banged wheels with Lewis Hamilton, the Haas driver then made a brilliant, opportunistic move on the Dutchman to climb to fourth. He was expected to struggle with tyre degradation against the top drivers, but he managed to hold the Dutchman at bay and inherited third when Hamilton served his penalty.

Although he looked on for a stunning podium, Bearman made a second pit stop which allowed Verstappen to take over the last podium spot. Bearman still managed to hold Piastri behind in the closing stages to finish the Mexico City Grand Prix in fourth place, claiming his his career-best finish.

His team-mate Esteban Ocon made it two cars in the points by coming home ninth, after managing to keep out of all the first lap chaos.

Reflecting on thr American team's race in Mexico, Haas team boss Ayao Komatsu said: “What an amazing race and result. A massive congratulations to everyone at this team, they work so hard – every week, every race. The car has been competitive at every race excluding the opening round, and that’s credit to the team.

"We knew a big result would come one day, but we couldn’t force it, we had to focus on our own race, and that’s what we did today," Komatsu added.

Reflecting on rookie driver Ollie Bearman's performance at Mexico City which saw the former Ferrari junior driver go wheel-to-wheel with reigning champion Max Verstappen, Komatsu said that the young Briton has been consistently impressive since Singapore.

"We always saw huge talent, and every single time, we are learning and improving, and since Singapore, he has been putting weekends together," said Komatsu on the young Briton's efforts.

"Austin, there were a couple of things in the Sprint race, but other than that, he was mega. But here, what can I say? He hasn’t put a foot wrong. It’s just amazing.

"After the pit stops, we were fighting against [George] Russell and Piastri – a Mercedes and McLaren. What a privilege to fight those guys. And just to hold him, what a fantastic job.”