What a Formula 1 debut weekend for Oliver Bearman! For starters, he didn’t crash – and mind you, he had two FPs less than the other 19 races at the world’s fastest street circuit. He almost knocked Lewis Hamilton out of Q3, pulled off overtakes in the Grand Prix to score his first points for Ferrari in Formula 1. And yes, he’s scored more points in Formula 1 in 2024…than in Formula 2. Heck, he also won the “Driver of the Day” in Saudi Arabia. Thanks to Bearman, Ferrari now has three drivers in the top-10 of the Drivers’ Championship! The 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix was the best advertisement for Bearman’s candidature for a Formula 1 seat in 2025. Also in this episode of the Inside Line F1 Podcast, Soumil Arora and Kunal Shah look back at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Just how far up the road is Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing? Will Verstappen be challenged at all on-track in 2024? Will he score another “10 wins on the trot” record OR will he add more to it? Has Sergio Perez accepted that he’s only ever going to be the “second-best” driver in the world? […]
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