Honouring women this weekend! To start off this selection of top tweets, there’s nothing better than highlighting Doriane Pin’s excellent weekend in the F1 Academy… fastest time in practice, two pole positions, and a race victory! It could have been a perfect weekend if not for the penalty she received after the second race: she didn’t slow down after the checkered flag, unsure if there was still a lap left to cover. She was handed a 20-second penalty, pushing her back from first to ninth place… Nevertheless, she still received congratulations from none other than Lewis Hamilton!<\/p>\n
\n\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Premi\u00e8re victoire pour Doriane Pin en F1 Academy \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n
Notre pilote s’impose sur la premi\u00e8re course de la saison \u00e0 Jeddah \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n
D\u00e9buts de r\u00eave pour notre tricolore chez Mercedes \ud83d\udc4f pic.twitter.com\/HrmyAac7DS<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 SPORTRICOLORE (@sportricolore) March 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Max Verstappen once again crushed the competition this weekend. He also broke another record… becoming the youngest driver to reach 100 podiums in F1!<\/p>\n
\nMax Verstappen becomes the youngest driver in F1 history to reach 100 podiums. pic.twitter.com\/EaVOLL9Mrp<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 RBR Daily (@RBR_Daily) March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The news broke on Friday around 12 p.m. French time. Carlos Sainz, affected by appendicitis, is forced to undergo surgery and withdraws from competing in the 2nd Grand Prix of the season. This withdrawal led to the debut of a young driver in F1\u2026<\/p>\n
\nSAINZ 2\ufe0f\u20e3 – 0\ufe0f\u20e3 APPENDICITIS<\/p>\n
Thanks everyone for your messages these past 24h. I really feel your support.\u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/y88CYxI7n6<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Carlos Sainz (@Carlossainz55) March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
… who is none other than Oliver Bearman! The British driver, who competes in F2 with PREMA, is the reserve driver for the Scuderia this year. Following Sainz’s withdrawal, he switched seats after the F2 tests on Friday to take his place in the F1 cockpit on Saturday! A successful weekend: eleventh place in qualifying, seventh place in the race earning his first points, and being voted as the driver of the day!<\/p>\n
\nA debut to remember \ud83d\udc4f Still thinking about how impressive @OllieBearman<\/a>‘s stand-in weekend was!#SaudiArabianGP<\/a> #F1<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/gbW6uFrJGD<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Scuderia Ferrari (@ScuderiaFerrari) March 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Ouch… this tweet hurts Pierre Gasly’s supporters and French fans in general. The Alpine driver was forced to retire before even completing the first lap of the race due to a gearbox issue. At the same time, Oliver Bearman scored his first points in F1… pushing Pierre Gasly back to 21st place in the driver standings.<\/p>\n
\n21st in 20 drivers championship<\/p>\n
Alpain pic.twitter.com\/sH9c4zSbo4<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Aston Martin F1 updates (@startonpole) March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
A final detour away from F1, with the F2 races. And in terms of entertainment, the fans were not disappointed with this fantastic battle on the final lap of the main race! Dennis Hauger, winner of the sprint race on Friday, managed to do well to reach the last step of the podium. The main race was won by Brazilian Enzo Fittipaldi.<\/p>\n
\nPHOTO FINISH! \ud83d\udcf8<\/p>\n
It was @hauger_dennis<\/a> who clinched the final podium spot in a tense finish! \ud83d\ude2c#SaudiArabianGP<\/a> #F2<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ciGZEr8rXk<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Formula 2 (@Formula2) March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Haas scored its first point this weekend! It must be said that Niko H\u00fclkenberg and Kevin Magnussen played it collectively, with the latter protecting his teammate from fierce competition in the midfield…<\/p>\n
\nYOU SHALL NOT PASS \ud83d\udc4a\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0#HaasF1<\/a> #SaudiArabianGP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/U2e13rirFi<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
… Kevin Magnussen had some tough battles with Alex Albon and Yuki Tsunoda during the Grand Prix, resulting in several penalties for him. This allowed Niko H\u00fclkenberg to score the team’s first point.<\/p>\n
\nHaasterplan worked pic.twitter.com\/GocsxEPfp0<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 F1 TROLL (@f1trollofficial) March 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The final podium of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. A new one-two finish for Red Bull while Charles Leclerc secures his first podium of the season.<\/p>\n
\nYour top three in Jeddah! \ud83e\udd47\ud83e\udd48\ud83e\udd49#F1<\/a> #SaudiArabianGP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Rpo2RncBPA<\/a><\/p>\n