Oliver Bearman feels his top 10 result in the Japanese Grand Prix wasn’t on pure pace, but sug♈gested that Haas still deserved to finish insid🅠e the points.

F1 rookie Bearman successfully made it through Q3 in qualifying and then held ✱his position in a processional race on Sunday, scoring the final championship point in 10th.

It was an important result for Haas at the high-downforce Suzuka circ꧃uit, where the team had prཧeviously struggled.

The American squad had even fast-tracked a floor update for Japan to combat the aero oscillation issue that it suffered in Australia, despite being aware of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:“catastrophic” risks it carried.

Asked if Haas had made a genuin𝐆e step in performance or if the result was more down to circumstances, Bearman told F1’s official website: “Well it was definitely tough to overtake today but I didn't see anyone in my rear views that close. So it was not out of position let's say.

“Maybe an RB or a Williams maybe would have been faster than me if they qualified where they shoul🌞dꦐ have.

“I think we are not quite her༺e on merit. I don't think we are the fifth-fastest car at the moment.

“But if I can put a clean qualifying lap and put the car there then it looks like we can hold on to 📖it. Our race pace s꧒eems really strong. A few more good quali laps and then we will see where we are.”

Bearman said he knew Red Bull’s new hire168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Yuki Tsunoda had the potential to deny him a points finish in൩ Japan.

But afﷺter starting 14th on the grid, Tsunod꧃a was never able to make enough inroads in a race that featured little overtaking, allowing Bearman to ease to 10th place.

“After a few laps I realised we didn't have the pace to fight the guys in front and the guys behind me reallyꦯ didn't have the pace to fight me,” said the Briton⛎.

“My only fear was Tsunoda who was only in a faster car coming through, but it was really tough to 🦩overtake today.

“I did tell them[ the team], ‘Let's try and do anything crazy, not try and un💝dercut too far’. In the end this is our pace, this is where we should finish.

“It's a bit of a bad feeling to almost give up points but I felt like P1🧸0 is our maximum today, so let's just holജd on to it.

“We did a really good job with strategy, with pitstops and I was just managing my gaps and everything. It waꦛs a bit boring honestly but that's okay.”