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#F1 #OnThisDay, March 9th 2003. From 11th on the grid, @[email protected] (@[email protected] ) won the #AustralianGP . @[email protected] (@[email protected] ) finished 2nd while Kimi Raikkonen, starting from pitlane, completed the podium in 3rd. https://piped.video/watch?v=V61V24dUEyk #MsportXtra @[email protected] @[email protected]
2024: Oliver Bearman makes his F1 debut
#OnThisDay 9th March, Max Verstappen flawlessly extended his winning streak to a ninth consecutive victory at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, aiming for his fourth straight F1 world championship, by leading Red Bull to another one-two finish. Ferrariās Leclerc followed home in third.
As was the case with the Bahrain Grand Prix, Formula 1 hosted yet another race on a Saturday to prevent an overlap with the start of Ramadan on the 10th of March.
The race weekend also saw the debut of British Ferrari reserve driver Oliver Bearman standing in the Carlos Sainz.
Bearmanās entry made him the youngest British F1 driver at the time, the youngest ever Ferrari driver at the time, the first English Ferrari driver since Nigel Mansell, and the first driver since Arturo Merzario, in 1972, to make his F1 debut in a Ferrari. He also beat Lewis Hamilton by becoming the first British driver in a Ferrari since Eddie Irvine in 1999.
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