On television, during an F1 Grand Prix, several radio conversations are heard between a pilot and his track engineer, but there are others that are not broadcast. However, at the end of the race, they come to light. And some are surprising.
This is the case of those maintained by Alex Albon, by Williams, during Sakhir’s appointment, on account of his constant fights with Ollie Bearman, by Haas.
The rookie achieved something that is almost a feat and is to score for the third time with that car. He was eighth in China, tenth in Japan and, again, tenth in Bahrain. To achieve that last point, he had to fight it with Albon, which, angry, saw how he did not add for the first time in this course, at the end of 12, after the British and Antonelli, who was weighed by Mercedes’s strategy.
First skirmishes
The first ‘litigation’ arrives when Carlos Sainz’s partner approaches English on the line to try to pass him in curve 1. The Haas sees and covers the interior, forcing the Anglo-Tailandés to go abroad. “The way it defends itself, Bearman is too much,” is heard saying to Albon. Your career engineer, James Urwin, replies: “Yes, understood.”
Ollie Bearman.haas
Then, Alex achieves, finally, to pass to Ollie, but he reacts and moves to the left. That makes Albon have to take two wheels out of the track. “Yes, then he threw me out at the exit of the 3. Very dangerous,” releases by radio.
Albon explodes
Williams’s is already ‘hot’ and explodes on Tour 39. Alex uses the DRS (mobile spoiler) to approach Bearman in curve 4, but the British can also use the DRS by being close to another rival ahead. Albon goes to the right to take the inside, but Ollie crosses him in the braking. Albon explodes and asks his engineer to communicate the action to the career address. “I think this uncle wants to kill me.” It’s very dangerous. James, you have to do something, colleague, “he proclaims. Urwin replies:” It’s already scored. “
Subsequently, when Alex is behind Antonelli, he has a last complaint about the ‘Rookie’. “Bearman continues to move in the braking,” he says.
Bearman had a great time
At the end of the race, the Ferrari Junior program pilot was delighted with his performance. “It was a real race. Those last 10 or 15 laps reminded me of the Karting, the F2 or the F3: to the top, giving everything and seeing where we ended. I was very happy to have taken the points,” he concluded.