Red Bull confident of retaining Max Verstappen amid Mercedes move rumours
Red Bull are confident three-time world champion Max Verstappen will remain with the team amid rumours that he might be eyeing a move to rival Mercedes.
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Bearman makes Ferrari F1 debut as Sainz has surgery
JEDDAH :British teenager Oliver Bearman stepped up for an extraordinary Formula One race debut as Ferrari's youngest ever rookie after regular driver Carlos Sainz had appendix surgery at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday.
Bearman makes Ferrari F1 debut after Sainz hit by appendicitis
JEDDAH :British teenager Oliver Bearman will step up for an extraordinary Formula One race debut as Ferrari's youngest ever rookie on Saturday after regular driver Carlos Sainz was sidelined by appendicitis at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
Sainz to miss Saudi GP due to appendicitis, replaced by Bearman
JEDDAH :Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz will not take part in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this weekend after being diagnosed with appendicitis which will require surgery, the Italian Formula One team said on Friday.
Christian Horner ‘certain’ Max Verstappen will see out his contract at Red Bull
Christian Horner said he is certain Max Verstappen will see out his contract with Red Bull, despite the ongoing controversy at Formula One’s world championship winning team.
Aston's Alonso top in Saudi GP practice
:Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso was fastest in Thursday's floodlit second practice for the Saudi Arabian Formula One Grand Prix after Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen set the afternoon pace.
Max Verstappen Tops Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Opening Practice
Three-time world champion Max Verstappen shut out the noise surrounding his Red Bull team on Thursday to clock the fastest lap in opening practice at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Verstappen topped the times in one minute and 29.659 seconds to finish ahead of two-time former champion Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin by 0.186 seconds. The 26-year-old Dutchman's Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez was third ahead of Mercedes' George Russell and the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz with Lando Norris seventh for McLaren. Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton was eighth in the second Mercedes ahead of Lance Stroll, in the other Aston Martin, and Alex Albon of Williams. On a hot day at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, a high-speed smooth-surfaced track that makes very different demands to those experienced in Bahrain last week, the air temperature was 27 degrees and the track 42.
Anything is possible, Hamilton says of a Verstappen move
Lewis Hamilton has refused to rule out a Mercedes move for Max Verstappen, however unlikely it may sound, because his own decision to join Ferrari next season showed anything is possible.