Kevin Magnussen will miss the Sao Paulo Grand Prix as a consequence of sicknesss with Britain’s Oliver Bearman changing the Dane for the entire weekend, the Haas System 1 workforce mentioned on Friday.

Bearman was in spectacular type in Friday follow, lapping third quickest, and dash qualifying at Interlagos with the 19-year-old set to line up tenth for Saturday’s 100km race.

He has already raced for Ferrari and Haas this yr as a stand-inand was known as up on Friday initially for follow and the dash.

“Kevin Magnussen won’t compete within the Sao Paulo Grand Prix and Oliver Bearman will race for the workforce for the rest of the weekend,” Haas mentioned in an announcement.

Qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix follows the dash on Saturday.

Magnussen took pole, the one certainly one of his profession, at Interlagos in 2022 after George Russell spun off for Mercedes and the climate then deteriorated.

Bearman stood in for Magnussen in Azerbaijan final month, after the Dane was banned for a race, and changed Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Saudi Arabia in March after the Spaniard suffered appendicitis.

The 19-year-old scored on each events, ending seventh and tenth respectively.

“Ollie is spectacular, contemplating he is had minimal preparation, and it was a last-minute call-up,” mentioned workforce boss Ayao Komatsu.

“His first timed lap in FP1 [practice] was already spectacular after which he constructed from there. His driving in SQ1 [the first sprint qualifying phase] and SQ2 was superb.

“In SQ3 we had a difficulty on our facet regarding the tyre temperature management field, so the tyres weren’t as much as temperature, so the very fact he went off in flip two, was not his fault.”