Max Verstappen has 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.
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Australian Oscar Piastri also enjoyed a fine day at the Corniche circuit on Saturday, finishing fourth, one of his best results in the McLaren.
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 and Piastri fourth.
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, Bearman, at 18 years, 10 months and one day, drove into the record books as the youngest British driver to start a Formula One race.
The tall teen followed in the footsteps of British greats' Mike Hawthorn and John Surtees by racing for the scarlet team - and the first Englishman to do so since Nigel Mansell 34 years ago.
With just one hour of practice under his belt, and a qualifying appearance - labelled incredible by Verstappen - Bearman drove a magnificent race.
Bearman's engineer Riccardo Adami told him over the radio: "You are doing a mega job out there" - and it was hard to disagree.
Daniel Ricciardo didn't have the greatest day in the RB, coming home 16th of the 18 finishers, two places behind his teammate Yuki Tsunoda.
Australian Associated Press
