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Norris and Hamilton had been out throughout the preliminary security automotive deployed after the Aston Martin's Lance Stroll crashed on lap six.
He stopped with 13 and 14 laps to go, Hamilton stopped a lap sooner than Norris, and placed on softer tyres, hoping to make use of his further grip to catch these forward.
However after dropping considerably of the benefit to Bearman in the beginning, his tires started to fade, and Norris and Hamilton needed to battle it out for eighth place reasonably than problem {the teenager}.
Bearman began eleventh after being drafted earlier than remaining observe and was twelfth after the protection automotive.
He handed Zhou Guanyu's Sauber after which Nico Hulkenberg's Haas after which benefited from the methods of Hamilton and Norris in a profitable debut that confirmed him as a possible star of the long run.
Bearman was named Driver of the Day in a fan vote and teammate Leclerc paid tribute to him after the race.
“He completely deserves it,” Leclerc mentioned. “He did an unbelievable job. His tempo was straightaway in P3, he did an unimaginable job in qualifying and simply missed out by a bit in Q3.
“To complete seventh in his first race in F1 in a brand new automotive is extremely spectacular. Everybody has seen how proficient he’s, and it was solely a matter of time earlier than he got here into F1.”