The Mexican Grand prix free practice session opened with a crash by Williams driver Alex Albon as he collided with a Ferrari driven by the Young rookie Ollie Bearman. The Ferrari driver was doing testing at the free practice session and it was cut short after Alex Albon collided with him. The Mexican GP was a testing opportunity for the young Ollie Bearman.
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Albon opens with a Big crash
Alex Albon was running hard while the young rookie was just on his warmup. Albon was in full swing and had a little oversteer at the corner and crashed with Ollie Bearman's front left side and was pushed straight into the barrier. The video seems to be a no-mistake by the young rookie as he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Alex Albon called Bearman an 'idiot' after colliding with the barrier.
The Williams driver didn't expect Ollie Bearman on that side of the track. Usually when a car is doing a hot lap during practice or Qualifying the other cars that are just on their warm-up laps will move aside to avoid any collision or interference with their lap times.
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But this one looks like some sort of carelessness by Alex Albon who should have controlled the car in the first place. Ollie Bearman who looked to make full use of driving a Ferrari car was completely demolished after Albon's crash. The free practice session of the Mexican Grand prix will have many young rookies like Ollie Bearman, Kimi Antonelli, Felipe Drugovich Pato O’ Ward, and Robert Shwartzman.
The same kind of incident happened during the Italian Grand Prix where Kimi Antonelli took George Russell's Mercedes car for a spin at the Italian GP practice session. He was very impressive in his lap times until he crashed straight into the barriers when coming out of the Parabolica corner. Alex Albon's practice session is over with the crash and let's see what Ferrari does with the car repair in the remaining time of the session. But it looks like Ollie Bearman’s F1 testing is over in the Mexican Grand prix.