Photo: Hitech GP
Thomas Bearman, the younger brother of Formula 1 and Formula 2 racer Ollie, will make his single-seater debut in this weekend’s Euro 4 round at the Red Bull Ring.
The 15-year-old will race for British team Hitech GP, which will be making its first appearance in the continental Formula 4 championship with three cars. Bearman’s team-mates will be Hitech’s British F4 dominator Deagen Fairclough and his regular team-mate Reza Seewooruthun, who is currently third in the standings. Bearman plans to race in British F4 in 2025.
Last year Bearman was runner-up in Rotax Max’s Winter Cup, sixth in the Grand Finals and eighth in its Euro Trophy for Rotax Junior karts, and on the senior machinery this year he has come 17th in the Euro Trophy and 35th in the Winter Cup.
On home soil he has remained on a junior class kart, coming seventh in the British championship and also racing in the Ultimate Karting Championship, while in the BNL Karting Series he has been active in the senior class and is currently 15th in the standings.
Hitech’s Euro 4 trio participated in a F4 test at the Red Bull Ring last month that attracted most of the drivers they will be racing against this weekend, which Fairclough and Seewooruthun concluded in 22nd and 25th place while Bearman was 32nd. For all three it was a key two days on track as newcomers to the European scene, as the vast majority of drivers on track had either already raced in Euro 4 this year or appeared in other championships on the continent.