'Do you think he can do it?' - 2025 Mexico City GP Preview with Ollie Bearman
F1 Nation
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4.3 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Bearman is on a roll, aiming to score points for Haas for the third weekend in a row. Ollie explains the changes he's made to how he approaches race weekends, the challenge of the high-altitude, low-downforce track in Mexico City and how he's preparing for the long run to the first corner at the start of the Grand Prix.
Tom also asks Ollie his thoughts on the intensifying three-way World Championship title fight between McLaren's Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and a resurgent Max Verstappen at Red Bull. Which driver is in the best position, who copes the best with pressure, and which of the Red Bull or McLaren car would Ollie pick to race in this weekend?
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| 0:00.0 | We have a three-way battle for the championship. |
| 0:03.0 | Three drivers within 40 points. |
| 0:05.0 | It feels that Max's attitude is he's got nothing to lose. |
| 0:09.0 | That's always been Max's attitude, right? |
| 0:12.0 | He's shown many times that pressure is something that doesn't face him. |
| 0:16.0 | Do you think he can do it? |
| 0:20.0 | The air is thin here in Mexico City, but the plot is thickening in the F1 World Championship. |
| 0:26.4 | Welcome to the highest altitude F1 Nation podcast recording of the season. |
| 0:31.6 | I've been training for this four months. |
| 0:34.1 | I'm Tom Clarkson. |
| 0:35.1 | And alongside me, I'm delighted to say is has driver Olly Behrman. |
| 0:38.3 | I've been training for months, have you? |
| 0:41.3 | I've been training all year for this one. |
| 0:43.3 | No, it's really nice to be back in Mexico. |
| 0:46.3 | This place has a bit of a special meaning for me it was the site of my first ever F1 session back in 2023. |
| 0:55.0 | So always a pleasure to return here. |
| 0:57.7 | I like the track, the city is incredible as well. |
| 1:00.7 | The altitude adds another layer of complexity, you know, for the engineers, for the cars, |
| 1:06.6 | but also for us as drivers. |
| 1:08.4 | How does it affect you as drivers? |
| 1:10.7 | It's honestly, I've only done |
| 1:13.1 | free practice ones which obviously less pressure, less grip so the cars are going slower as well. |
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