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British Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman once arm wrestled against his compatriot Bella James. James is known for her F1-related content and is actively involved with the sport's media side. In one of her videos, she collaborated with Bearman and challenged the F1 driver in arm wrestling.
James, the presenter and social media content creator with WTF1, uploaded the video from her official Instagram account @bxllajames in July this year. As seen in the video, Bearman and James measured their arms before they got into the act.
Here's a video of their arm wrestling:
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The Ferrari prodigy's arm measured 33 cm, while the content creator had 28 cm. However, the latter was determined to defeat that upcoming Haas F1 driver and challenge the former. In her challenge speech, James informed Bearman that the arm wrestle was going to be the hardest of his life.
"Forget all that; you think you know that you've driven a 200-mile-an-hour car. But this is the hardest thing that you'll do in your life. Let's do it," James warned. "Don't take it easy on me just cause I'm a girl right?"
"I think you're stronger than me, so I'm a bit scared," joked Bearman.
As the arm wrestling went underway, Bearman initially struggled to have his grip on her, but in the end, he defeated Bella James
"That was hard, you're strong," Bearman reacted after the arm fight.
To this, James responded,
"I'm glad I gave you a fight."
Bearman is set to make his full-time career debut with Haas next season. He signed a multi-year contract with the American team and will race alongside Esteban Ocon.
Oliver Bearman wants to be a world champion and drive for Ferrari
Oliver Bearman, in his latest media interaction, has revealed that he wants to compete for the world championship one day and claim the ultimate F1 title. The British prodigy spoke about this with the BBC.
Here is what the current F2 driver said:
"I hope that one day I will be fighting for a world championship - my goal in my life is to win an F1 world championship. I'm young, and I have a lot of time ahead of me to hopefully stay within F1 and these are really the early days that I want to enjoy and learn as much as I can."
Interestingly, Bearman also shared his optimism to drive the Scarlet Ferrari one day. As he shared his wish with the British media, he also congratulated his veteran compatriot Lewis Hamilton ahead of his Ferrari move.
"They put a lot of trust in me," Bearman said. "I'm really happy to see Lewis going to Ferrari. It's a combination that will be hugely successful, I hope. I wish him all the best and one day, of course, I would love to be in red as well."
Oliver Bearman made his F1 debut for Ferrari this year when he replaced Carlos Sainz during the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Sainz was out after an appendicitis surgery, and Ferrari offered the drive to Bearman for the Jeddah race. Bearman qualified in P11 on Saturday and finished the race in P7 on Sunday.
