Ollie Bearman has had a relatively good rookie season at Haas in 2025. He is tied 8-8 in qualifying with experienced and respected teammate Esteban Ocon and has scored a respectable 16 points so far, with a best finish of sixth in the Netherlands.

However, as we enter the final third of the season the British driver finds himself with 10 points on his super license, two away from a race ban. So how has this happened, is it deserved and how long does he need to walk on this tightrope?

The good news for Ollie is that two of these points will be wiped off this season, as he actually accrued them in Brazil last season when he was standing in for Kevin Magnussen. These seem harsh however, as they were given due to an incident with Colapinto in the race, but Bearman himself actually came off worse in the contact.

Bearman attempted to overtake the Argentine but clipped his rear end. The contact actually caused the Haas to spin but despite this the stewards deemed it necessary to penalise him in the race and award him two penalty points, and as such he will have to wait until November to have these removed.

The other eight all stem from this season and six of those come down to red flag infringements. Firstly, in FP2 in Monaco this year he overtook Carlos Sainz at La Rascasse whilst the red flag was being waved following Oscar Piastri’s crash at Saint Devote.

Replays showed the Haas man had plenty of time to stop but he still overtook the Williams and as such was awarded a ten-place grid drop and two points on his license.

The most egregious of his incidents was next, as he was awarded four penalty points for another red flag infringement in practice. In FP3 at his home race at Silverstone, the red flag was once again waving and yet coming into the pitlane Bearman inexplicably accelerated and then hit the brakes hard. He peaked at 260kph before having a pretty embarrassing and very dangerous crash as he spun and hit the barrier.

Unsurprisingly this resulted in another ten-place grid drop which was even more frustrating given that he went on to qualify in P8. The four penalty points gained here took his total up to eight before the most recent incident at Monza.

Once again, Bearman found himself tangling with Carlos Sainz’s Williams, this time in the race at the Italian Grand Prix. The pair barrelled into the Roggia chicane, where Sainz was forced wide by the Haas after contact and lost positions as a result.

Bearman copped a ten-second time penalty for the incident as well as two more points on his license, after the stewards had deemed that he was predominantly to blame after braking too late and not leaving sufficient room for Sainz. Bearman did actualy argue that he had a right to attack and that he was squeezed but it was determined that the move would never have stuck given the speed and angle.

He must now have four spotless races in Baku, Singapore, Texas and Mexico before two of his points can be wiped clean and he can have a little room to breathe. Haas will be hoping he can do so as they remain locked in a tight battle for sixth with Aston Martin, Racing Bulls and Sauber.

Every point will be critical and Haas will need their speedy rookie available for the rest of the season.