Rookie outshines Hamilton in debut
The Straits Times|March 11, 2024
JEDDAH - British teenager Oliver Bearman savoured a dream debut for Ferrari on March 9, making Formula One history and hailed as Driver of the Day as well as a talent for the future.
Rookie outshines Hamilton in debut

Ferrari's British reserve driver Oliver Bearman, who drove in place of the ill Carlos Sainz, finished seventh at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, ahead of Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton.

The Italian team's youngest-ever rookie, aged 18 years and 305 days, started 11th and finished seventh as a Saudi Arabian Grand Prix standin for the appendicitis-stricken Carlos Sainz.

When he took the chequered flag he had McLaren's Lando Norris, previously Britain's youngest driver, and Mercedes' seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, the sport's most successful, in his rear mirrors.

"I don't even know what happened in the race," Bearman said as praise for his efforts under the Jeddah Corniche floodlights echoed across the paddock.

"It's weird to not watch an F1 race.

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