Norris and Hamilton had stayed out throughout an early security automotive, deployed after Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll crashed on lap six.
They stopped with 13 and 14 laps to go, Hamilton a lap earlier than Norris, and fitted smooth tyres, within the hope they may use their further grip to shut in on these forward.
However after initially taking chunks out of Bearman’s benefit, their tyres started to fade, and Norris and Hamilton have been left preventing amongst themselves for eighth place relatively than difficult {the teenager}.
Bearman began eleventh after being drafted in earlier than remaining apply and was twelfth after the protection automotive.
He handed Zhou Gunayu’s Sauber after which Nico Hulkenberg’s Haas after which benefited from the methods of Hamilton and Norris on an achieved debut that confirmed him as a possible star of the longer term.
Bearman was named driver of the day within the followers’ vote and team-mate Leclerc paid tribute to him after the race.
”He fully deserves it,” Leclerc stated. ”He has executed an unbelievable job. In P3 he was straight on the tempo, in qualifying he did an unbelievable job and missed Q3 solely by a little bit.
”To complete seventh in your first race in F1 in a brand new automotive is extremely spectacular. Everybody has observed how gifted he’s, and it’s only a matter of time earlier than he’s in F1.”