Bearman: Haas contract talk is just 'rumours and speculation'

"My goal is of course as a driver to keep performing well," Bearman said. "I think my FP1 in Imola went really well and I was happy with that so I want to keep doing that. In terms of a time frame, I don't have anything defined." Despite the young Brit's Haas links, he has yet to put pen to paper, even though reports suggest the opposite. "These are all rumours and speculation and stuff. There's not really any backing to them but I try to just stay focused on what I can do by driving the car and in the end I try and stay away from this speculation because it's unhealthy," Bearman said.

Bearman is ready to gain more F1 experience

Bearman is yet to impress in F2 this season. Driving for Prema, the Brit sits 13th in the standings. Despite this, the four-time F2 race winner knows exactly what he has to work on if he wants to get to F1. "Whenever we do a quali sim on soft tyres I don't make the step that easily because it's quite a big step. The track is evolving a lot the, tyre grip is suddenly much higher and the fuel loads are lower, and I tend not to maximize that yet. But I don't need to really overthink that or worry about it it's just something that comes with experience and it will come I'm not worried about that. I've identified it as something that I can work on and improve."

The Brit believes he is in with a high chance of an F1 opportunity despite his F2 results this season. "That's my goal (F1), that's what I'm aiming towards. There's no hiding that. I have a few things personally that I've identified that I want to improve when I'm driving in F1, but that really comes with experience and doing more laps, and I think just me working towards that goal is going to hopefully be enough to get me where I want to be."