He will be replaced by 18-year-old reserve driver Oliver Bearman
Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz Jr. won’t take part in the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend after being diagnosed with appendicitis at the eleventh hour. Get well soon, Carlos.
Said reserve driver is British teenager Oliver Bearman, who finished third in the Formula 3 championship in 2022 and then sixth in F2 last season, picking up three feature race victories along the way.At 18 years of age, Bearman will become the first British driver to race for Ferrari since Eddie Irvine in 1999—a claim Lewis Hamilton was all set to make in 2025—joining an illustrious list that includes world champions Nigel Mansell, John Surtees, and Mike Hawthorn.
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