Bearman gets 10-second penalty after US Grand Prix collision with Gasly
NXTbets Pro | Published On: October 28, 2026
Bearman collision
Oliver Bearman left the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix with a 10-second penalty after stewards ruled that his move on Pierre Gasly at Turn 13 led to contact shortly after a Virtual Safety Car restart. The Haas driver went for the overtake as the race resumed, but the attempt ended in a clash that shaped the rest of his afternoon and Gasly’s too. Bearman said he had no regrets about trying for the move and called the incident a racing incident. He also said Haas has to take risks because the team is not fast enough to score points on merit, a view that explained why he attacked the opening rather than settling in behind Gasly. Bearman added that he was trying to avoid contact when he climbed onto the inside kerb, which showed he saw the move as a live racing decision rather than a deliberate hit. Gasly later described the pass as “a little optimistic” and said it was not a completely clean move, which lined up with the stewards’ ruling against Bearman. The penalty was the official outcome, but the incident carried a larger cost once the damage to the Haas began to build. What started as an overtake quickly turned into a race defined by consequences for both drivers.
Bearman retirement
The contact left Bearman’s Haas damaged, and the car got worse as the laps passed. Bearman said the damage made the car progressively worse and too unpredictable to continue, which eventually forced him to retire. Before he stopped, he let teammate Esteban Ocon pass, then brought his race to an end on lap 24 of 56. That sequence underlined how quickly the move at Turn 13 unraveled his afternoon. He had taken the risk because Haas needed opportunities, but the damage turned that gamble into a race against the car itself. Once the handling went away, the penalty became only part of the story. The bigger problem was that the car no longer gave him a stable platform to keep racing at speed. Bearman’s comments after the incident stayed consistent with that view. He said he had no regrets about going for the move, even after the damage and retirement followed. He also criticized the 10-second penalty as excessive and called it “crazy.” That reaction fit the frustration of a driver who saw the clash as part of hard racing and then watched the result spiral into a failed finish. The retirement closed out a short spell after the restart.
Gasly damage
Gasly still finished 10th for Alpine and scored one point, even with floor damage from the clash. He kept going after the contact, but the damage changed the rest of his race by slowing him and cutting into his pace. Gasly said the floor damage cost him about 5-10 seconds and removed his chance to fight Liam Lawson for ninth place. He also said the hit may have denied him a stronger result. In his view, the damage cost him about 10 downforce points, a loss that helped explain why the car could no longer match the pace he needed to move forward. Gasly’s assessment gave the incident a second layer of consequence beyond Bearman’s penalty and retirement. The pass was not just a failed overtake for Haas, it also took away ground from Alpine’s side of the fight. Gasly called the attempt “a little optimistic” and said it was not a completely clean move, which matched the outcome seen by stewards and by the race itself. Even so, he still brought home a point, and that mattered on a day when the contact could easily have cost him more. The final result showed that Gasly absorbed the damage and kept racing, but it also showed how much the collision took out of a chance to climb higher.
