Oliver Bearman looked left for a moment, then right and then straight into the camera, which was recording the press conference in Austria. Unbeknownst to viewers, next to Bearman, his Formula 2 colleagues Pepe Marti and Paul Aron were slumped on the white sofa, pretending to be in a deep sleep. "Sorry," Bearman said, "I can't help it either that all the questions are for me!"