Retro F1 2024 - The Jackpot: Oliver Bearman

Thanks to a lightning adaptation, the 18-year-old brilliantly replaced Carlos Sainz in Jeddah, when the latter underwent emergency surgery for an appendicitis attack. The Englishman became the third youngest driver in history to start a Grand Prix, securing his future in F1 that day.

Published 21/12/2024 à 09:00

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Retro F1 2024 – The Jackpot: Oliver Bearman

Oliver Bearman - Photo: Eric Alonso / DPPI

What does destiny sometimes depend on? When the announcement of his tenure at Haas in 2025 came at Silverstone in July, Oliver Bearman was not kidding himself. "Without my performance in Jeddah, there would have been no F1 in 2025 for me » he confided to us, in view of his very difficult season in Formula 2 (12st