Race our Writers! – How Oliver Bearman became the F1 Fantasy MVP

Oscar Piastri could have received two of the final three Method 1 grands prix however, very similar to within the drivers’ championship, it’s his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris who nonetheless leads the way in which on the prime of the F1 Fantasy factors scorers.

Victory final trip in Bahrain for Piastri does make the Australian an intriguing prospect forward of the subsequent race, in Jeddah this Sunday, particularly given Piastri stays the cheaper possibility – costing gamers $23.4million versus the lofty $30million required to have Norris.

The F1 Fantasy algorithm respectively lists Norris and Piastri because the second and third worth for cash drivers to this point on this yr’s recreation – however neither of them comes near Oliver Bearman, who continues to impress for Haas.

Factors finishes in his final three races have seen the 19-year-old catch the attention and he’s presently one of the best worth driver on this planet of F1 Fantasy. Bearman can be presently owned by 53% of gamers (solely Isack Hadjar has extra), whereas his valuation has elevated by $1.2million because the begin of the season.

Right here, the present best-performing journalist within the Race our Writers league, Filip Cleeran provides his recommendation for this weekend – as does Mark Mann-Bryans, who is a few 163 factors behind his colleague.

Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Crew

Photograph by: Peter Fox – Getty Photographs

Filip Cleeran, F1 reporter, Motorsport, Any individual Gas Fil: “I just lately swapped out Norris for Piastri and that change paid dividends in Bahrain. Do not get me unsuitable, I do again Norris to search out his kind once more with the 2025 McLaren, however with Piastri being cheaper it makes the Aussie a simple choose.

“Alongside Piastri and McLaren, the opposite slots are tougher to fill resulting from finances constraints. For Jeddah, which is a vastly totally different circuit than Bahrain, I might be hedging my bets slightly than going all in on Racing Bulls. I’ve switched from Alex Albon to his Williams colleague Carlos Sainz, which is giving me the finances headroom to each preserve Pierre Gasly and draft in Esteban Ocon.

“Hadjar stays in, however I’ve gone for Haas as my second constructor to have a pleasant unfold of midfield groups in my line-up.”

Mark Mann-Bryans, F1 enterprise correspondent, Autosport, MMB Racing: “I used to be nicely up with the frontrunners after the primary couple of races however have fallen off a cliff when it comes to level scoring in current rounds, nicely finished to Fil…

“I’m going to maintain religion with Norris this weekend as a result of I’ve a sense that he is aware of he must ship to shake off any questions surrounding him for the time being. Piastri is the person on kind, however I believe his McLaren team-mate might be on the highest step come Sunday evening.

“By way of precise adjustments, I’ve dropped Fernando Alonso as even he’s struggling to get a correct tune out of the 2025 Aston Martin, leaping on the bandwagon by changing him with the altogether extra upwardly cellular Bearman. My different change is bringing in Alpine to exchange Racing Bulls as my constructor, though having Sauber as my second group is changing into a rising concern.”

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The race in Jeddah wraps up the primary triple-header of the season, examine again on Motorsport.com on Monday to try the most recent standings and see how groups carried out after the primary triple-header of the 2025 F1 season. 

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