F1 Saudi Arabia GP 2024 LIVE: Race results, updates and times as Ollie Bearman scores points on debut
Follow all the latest updates from the race in Jeddah as Bearman scores points on a terrific F1 debut
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Your support makes all the difference.Max Verstappen romped to another commanding win at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, as rookie British teenager Ollie Bearman completed a dream debut by beating Lewis Hamilton to finish a brilliant seventh.
Despite threatening to quit Red Bull just 24 hours previously, following another twist in the ongoing Red Bull saga, Verstappen followed his win at the season-opening round in Bahrain last Saturday with another comfortable triumph in his all-conquering machine – remarkably his 19th in 20 appearances.
Sergio Perez completed a one-two finish for Red Bull, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc third. But for Bearman, just three months old when Hamilton made his debut in 2007, this will be a night he will never forget.
Handed his shock debut as an 11th-hour stand-in for Carlos Sainz, the boy from Chelmsford, 18 years, 10 months and one day, drove into the record books as the youngest British driver to start a Formula One race.
Follow all the latest updates at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Driver Standings after one race
1. Max Verstappen - 26 points
2. Sergio Perez - 18 points
3. Carlos Sainz - 15 points
4. Charles Leclerc - 12 points
5. George Russell - 10 points
6. Lando Norris - 8 points
7. Lewis Hamilton - 6 points
8. Oscar Piastri - 4 points
9. Fernando Alonso - 2 points
10. Lance Stroll - 1 point
11. Zhou Guanyu - 0 points
12. Kevin Magnussen - 0 points
13. Daniel Ricciardo - 0 points
14. Yuki Tsunoda - 0 points
15. Alex Albon - 0 points
16. Nico Hulkenberg - 0 points
17. Esteban Ocon - 0 points
18. Pierre Gasly - 0 points
19. Valtteri Bottas - 0 points
20. Logan Sargeant - 0 points
F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Ollie Bearman, talking to Sky Sports:
“Really excited, to do it in red is a dream. I’m as fit as I can be!”
F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Jose Mourinho, talking to Sky Sports:
“I am [a fan] but because of my life in football it’s hard to go to grands prix.
I love the sport, respect the talent of everyone and the effort of every team.
“I hope so [return to management], Roma was great - two European finals in two years. I want to work tomorrow but don’t want to rush the decision.”
Mercedes’ George Russell:
“We hope we can get close in sector one to use the DRS and overtake the McLarens. There’s been VSCs and safety cars here before... but you can’t hope for them!”
He starts P7, with his team-mate in P8.
F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Start time and where can I watch?
(All times GMT)
Saturday 9 March
- Race: 5pm
How can I watch it online and on TV?
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will be broadcast live on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom - and ESPN in the United States.
Highlights of the race in the UK will be aired on free-to-air Channel 4 at 9:30pm (GMT) on Saturday.
Who is Ollie Bearman? Essex boy with Italian twang driving for Ferrari at Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
History-making Ollie Bearman will drive for Ferrari at this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after replacing Carlos Sainz for the Scuderia.
Sainz, who finished third at last weekend’s season-opening race in Bahrain, has been diagnosed with appendicitis and will undergo surgery.
The 18-year-old Bearman made his Formula One debut last season, becoming the youngest British driver to step foot in an F1 machine at a Grand Prix weekend. And he quietly impressed, too.
Bearman was barely three months old when Fernando Alonso won his first world championship in 2005 – but on his Formula One debut in Mexico City, the Essex 18-year-old finished ahead of the double world champion.
Who is Ollie Bearman? Essex boy with Italian twang driving for Ferrari
Bearman will step in for Carlos Sainz at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend, having made F1 history last season
F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix: Carlos Sainz is present in the Jeddah paddock!
This is good to see!
The Spanish driver has had surgery after his appendicitis diagnosis, and is looking well as he recovers.
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