Max Verstappen romped to another commanding win at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, as rookie British teenager Ollie Bearman completed a dream debut by beating Lewis Hamilton to finish a brilliant seventh.
Despite threatening to quit Red Bull just 24 hours previously, following another twist in the ongoing Red Bull saga, Verstappen followed his win at the season-opening round in Bahrain last Saturday with another comfortable triumph in his all-conquering machine – remarkably his 19th in 20 appearances.
Sergio Perez completed a one-two finish for Red Bull, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third. But for Bearman, just three months old when Hamilton made his debut in 2007, this will be a night he will never forget.
Handed his shock debut as an 11th-hour stand-in for Carlos Sainz, the boy from Chelmsford, 18 years, 10 months and one day, drove into the record books as the youngest British driver to start a Formula One race.
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Max Verstappen wins the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix; Perez 2nd; Leclerc 3rd
Ollie Bearman finishes 7th after brilliant debut drive for Ferrari
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Damon Hill hails Ollie Bearman after impressive debut drive for Ferrari: ‘A star is born’
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F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Max Verstappen wins Saudi GP as 18-year-old Brit Ollie Bearman shines bright on debut
20:36 , Kieran Jackson
Max Verstappen romped to another commanding win at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, as rookie British teenager Ollie Bearman completed a dream debut by beating Lewis Hamilton to finish a brilliant seventh.
Despite threatening to quit Red Bull just 24 hours previously, following another twist in the ongoing Red Bull saga, Verstappen followed his win at the season-opening round in Bahrain last Saturday with another comfortable triumph in his all-conquering machine – remarkably his 19th in 20 appearances.
Sergio Perez completed a one-two finish for Red Bull, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third.
But for Bearman, just three months old when Hamilton made his debut in 2007, this will be a night he will never forget.
Handed his shock debut as an 11th-hour stand-in for Carlos Sainz, the boy from Chelmsford, 18 years, 10 months and one day, drove into the record books as the youngest British driver to start a Formula One race.
Max Verstappen wins Saudi GP as Ollie Bearman shines bright on debut
F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix:Damon Hill hails Ollie Bearman after impressive debut drive for Ferrari: ‘A star is born’
20:59 , Kieran Jackson
Damon Hill said a star was born after rookie teenager Ollie Bearman beat Lewis Hamilton on his shock Ferrari debut at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Bearman drove into the record books by becoming the youngest British driver to race in Formula One and he delivered by finishing seventh, ahead of both Lando Norris, eighth and Hamilton, ninth.
Seven-time world champion Hamilton waited by Bearman’s Ferrari before embracing the 18-year-old as he climbed out of his scarlet machine at the end of the race.
“A star is born now,” Hill, the 1996 world champion, said on X.
“To jump in at such short notice, on a track as intimidating as Jeddah, in a Ferrari of all things, and hold up under immense pressure from Lando and Lewis and keep it together. Wow.”
Damon Hill hails Bearman after impressive debut drive for Ferrari: ‘A star is born’
F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: TOP-10 IN JEDDAH
19:52 , Kieran Jackson
1. Max Verstappen
2. Sergio Perez
3. Charles Leclerc
4. Oscar Piastri
5. Fernando Alonso
6. George Russell
7. Ollie Bearman
8. Lando Norris
9. Lewis Hamilton
10. Nico Hulkenberg
