Born in London and raised in Chelmsford, Bearman began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national and continental titles.

[19][20] In his appearances in the Italian Championship, the Briton scored a total of two podiums, with one of them being a race win in Vallelunga, leading to him finishing tenth in the end results.

[31][32] In the penultimate round of the season in Mugello, despite not scoring any podiums, Bearman won the title with a tenth place in the third race, putting the championship out of reach for his closest rival Tim Tramnitz.

[50] Along with his duties in Formula 4, Bearman raced in the GB3 Championship with Fortec Motorsports, partnering Roberto Faria and Mikkel Grundtvig.

[56] However, his chances of victory were slashed after losing his front left wheel on the second lap,[57] which meant that a second place in Race 2 was the highest finish of his weekend.

[59] In the winter of 2022, Bearman signed with Mumbai Falcons to partake in the final two rounds of the Formula Regional Asian Championship.

[61][62] On 31 October 2021 Bearman was announced to be participating in the post-season test of the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema Racing, partnering Jak Crawford, Arthur Leclerc and Paul Aron.

[64] Bearman started his season by controlling the first race of the year in Bahrain, although, having crossed the finish line in first place, he was issued a penalty for multiple track limits breaches, which demoted him to second behind Isack Hadjar.

[86] During the feature race, a penalty for a collision with O'Sullivan meant that Bearman lost his tenth place again, not adding points to his tally.

[93] On 14 November 2022, Bearman was announced as a Prema Racing driver for the 2023 Formula 2 Championship, partnering Mercedes junior Frederik Vesti.

[104] Bearman claimed his maiden pole position the next round in Baku in dramatic circumstances, managing to set the fastest lap despite a shunt just minutes before the end of the session resulted in his steering wheel pointing slightly to the right.

In the closing stages, leaders Dennis Hauger, Victor Martins and Jehan Daruvala crashed out in turn 1 following a late safety car restart.

[108][109] The following day, the feature race, Bearman claimed victory and became the ninth driver in GP2 and Formula 2 history to do "the double" and only the fourth as a rookie.

However, his race slowly unravelled as he spun, before making he dropped to sixth after a mistake into the gravel trap amidst a battle with Jack Doohan.

[122] A strong start saw him up to third, but contact later on with Kush Maini meant Bearman was given a five-second penalty, demoting him from sixth to eighth in the feature race.

[127][128] In the feature race, he lost the lead in the pit stops to Pourchaire, and he eventually finished in fourth at the chequered flag, but contact with Victor Martins earned Bearman a penalty which dropped him to seventh place.

[140] Despite this, Bearman ended his season sixth in the drivers' championship with 130 points, securing four wins, five podiums, two pole positions and two fastest laps.

Bearman remained with Prema Racing for the 2024 season, paired up with Mercedes junior and 2023 FRECA champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

[141] Prema struggled to adapt to the new regulations at the start of the season,[142][143] as Bearman came away without points in the Bahrain opener owing to qualifying down in 18th.

[148] He was set to score his first points in the sprint race with eighth,[149] but received a penalty for forcing Joshua Dürksen wide, dropping him to 14th.

[150] In the feature race, despite being held in a double stack pit stop under the safety car, Bearman finished ninth, scoring his first points.

[153] During the feature race, Bearman took the lead on the opening lap but stalled during his mandatory pit stop, condemning him to 19th at the chequered flag.

[156] A torrid weekend followed in Barcelona, where finished the sprint 21st due to track limits penalties,[157] and finished the feature race 14th, where Valentin Khorounzhiy of The Race described his weekend as "truly turgid, amid balance struggles manifesting what the team described as strong understeer - which then also seemingly translated into the tyres getting absolutely shredded over longer runs".

[158] Bearman finally broke his duck in Austria by winning the sprint race from second, where he held off Pepe Martí for his first victory.

[171] Bearman missed the next round in Baku to replace a banned Kevin Magnussen at Haas for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

[188][189] On 27 January 2024, Bearman was announced as Ferrari's reserve driver for the 2024 season, sharing the role with Robert Shwartzman and Antonio Giovinazzi.

[194] Bearman drove the Ferrari SF-24 during first practice at the Mexico City Grand Prix, but his running ended prematurely following a collision with Alex Albon.

[195][196] Bearman made his Formula One debut at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, replacing Carlos Sainz Jr. after he withdrew from the event with appendicitis following the second free practice session,[197] becoming the youngest-ever driver to compete for Ferrari.

[1][208] Bearman made an early debut for Haas at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after Kevin Magnussen received a race ban.

[213][214] Bearman was involved in several incidents in the wet-weather conditions during the Grand Prix—including a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Franco Colapinto and a high speed spin, he qualified sixteenth and finished twelfth.