Haas Boss Clears Colapinto in Bearman Crash

0:00On March 29th, Haas' team boss Iao Komatsu cleared Franco Calapinto of any fault in Oliver Bearman's nasty crash during the Japanese Grand Prix. Bearman, starting 18th after qualifying, pitted early and was pushing hard for 17th when he lost control at over 300 km. Per hour into Spoon Curve, the impact hit 50G's, leaving the young British driver with a bruised right knee, but he's okay overall. The crash came down to a 45 km per hour, closing speed gap between Bearman's Haas and Calapinto's Alpine, all because of different energy, deployment, strategies. Komatsu noted Calapinto ran consistent laps, so the Haas side knew exactly what speeds to expect heading into that tricky turn. Fans and the F1 paddock are buzzing about these massive closing speeds under the new rules, especially since this was only Bearman's third race in the current regs, Komatsu avoided calling it driver air, instead labeling it a small misjudgment in a high stakes battle

1:02that could have gone much worse. Komatsu stressed the knee for the whole F1 community to tackle these dangers head on, maybe tweaking things to cut those scary speed differences. Bearman walked away without breaks or major damage, which has everyone breathing a sigh of relief as Haas eyes the next races. Answer update from F1 News today, powered by AI.