Oliver Bearman has described his high-speed crash at the Japanese Grand Prix as a “really scary moment”, after a 50G impact at Suzuka forced him out of the race.

The Haas driver lost control at the entry to Spoon Curve after running onto the grass while trying to avoid Franco Colapinto ahead. Carrying significantly more speed, Bearman was unable to slow the car in time and hit the barriers on the outside of the corner.

Despite the severity of the crash, the Briton climbed out of the car himself and was later cleared at the circuit’s Medical Centre.

“Everything is good, I'm absolutely fine. It was a really scary moment that happened out there but everything is okay, which is the main thing... The car is a bit worse for wear but we have a month now to reset and come back. I can only apologise from the bottom of my heart to the team for that because it's a lot of work for them," said Bearman, as quoted by offical F1 website.

Bearman had been making progress through the field after starting P18 before the incident ended his race.

When asked about his condition, he added: “Everything is fine. Adrenaline wearing off, it's going to be a long trip home but I'm absolutely fine. The important thing is that everyone is in really high spirits. We have a month now to reset everything and come back stronger in Miami. That will definitely be the goal.”

The 20-year-old pointed to the large speed difference between cars as a key factor in the crash, something drivers had already discussed earlier in the weekend.

“It was a massive overspeed, 50kph which is a part of these new regulations that I guess we have to get used to, but also I felt like I wasn't really given much space given the huge excess speed that I was carrying. It's something that we talked about on Friday with the other drivers and the stewards that we need to be a bit more lenient, a bit more prepared because of these huge deltas in speed. I think as a group we warned the FIA what can happen and this has been a really unfortunate result of a massive delta speed we've not seen before in F1 until these new regulations,” Bearman concluded.

The FIA acknowledged the role of high closing speeds in the incident and confirmed that discussions are ongoing regarding the behaviour of the 2026 regulations.