The 18-year-old from Chelmsford is the talk of the F1 grid
Ferrari reserve driver Oliver Bearman has stepped in to replace Carlos Sainz for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Oliver Bearman is suddenly the most famous Englishman in Italy. His Prema teammate in Formula Two, Kimi Antonelli, might yet become the most famous Italian in EnglandLittle marks the passing of time like the arrival of a tyro who was barely three years old when Hamilton won his first world title.
When he pulled out of the garage in Jeddah shortly after 4.30pm local time on Friday he became the youngest Ferrari driver, Britain’s youngest F1 driver, the first to make his F1 debut in a Ferrari for more than 50 years and the first driver from the UK to pilot a Prancing HorseAt 6ft 3in Bearman does not conform to the typical racing driver template. Mansell was considered tall at 5ft 9in, half an inch taller than Irvine.
Hans-Joachim Stuck, who drove for March, Brabham and Shadows in the 1970s, cast the longest-ever shadow from a height of 6ft 4in, more than a foot taller than RB’s Yuki Tsunoda, who is the shortest on the present grid at 5ft 2in. Bearman closed out the session in 10th, 400ths of a second behind Hamilton in ninth, and this on the slower medium tyre. Having missed out on both practice sessions on Thursday, completed by Sainz despite feeling unwell, Bearman barely missed a beat in a display of remarkable maturity. This would not have surprised his boss at Haas, Ayao Komatsu, who described his debut in Mexico five months ago, when he finished 15th in the time sheets, as faultless.
The car Bearman inherits finished third at the first race of the season in Bahrain. Were Bearman to arrive on the podium on Saturday after entering his first qualifying session without a single run on the softer compound tyre, it would surpass Hamilton’s debut in Australia in 2007 when he finished third behind winner Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso.. Alonso made his debut at Minardi in 2001 aged 19, and we thought that was impressive. Max Verstappen holds the record at 17.
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