The fabulous story of Oliver Bearman in Jeddah

Despite his second victory of the year, Max Verstappen was not the man of the weekend. In Jeddah, the spotlight was on an 18-year-old kid who was driving a Ferrari to replace the withdrawn Carlos Sainz. The third youngest driver in history to start a Grand Prix, Oliver Bearman made a sensational debut.

Published 11/03/2024 à 12:00

Jeremy Satis

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The fabulous story of Oliver Bearman in Jeddah

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Jeddah, Friday March 8, 14 p.m. local time. Author of a sensational pole position the day before in Formula 2, Oliver Bearman is preparing for his reverse grid race, scheduled a few hours later, when a phone call changes his life forever. On the line ? Frédéric Vasseur, boss of the Team, came to tell him that he was requisitioning him to drive the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz, the Spaniard suffering from an attack of appendicitis. The misfortune of one person sometimes makes the happiness of others, and if the shock was at first immense for the Briton, the 18-year-old kid understood that it was the chance of his life, like Nyck de Vries in Monza and

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Yves-Henri RANDIER

11/03/2024 at 03:41 a.m.

Without a doubt, a much more significant debut in F1 than those of Antonio Giovinazzi a few years ago! To be confirmed probably at Haas in 2025... but with a car with another level of performance

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