JEDDAH - Oliver Bearman started Friday focused on Formula Two and ended it as Formula One's newest driver and Ferrari's youngest ever rookie.

Along the way the 18-year-old nearly out-qualified fellow-Briton and seven times world champion Lewis Hamilton and replaced McLaren's Lando Norris in the record books as his country's youngest F1 driver.

As he said after Saudi Arabian Grand Prix qualifying, he had woken up fully prepared for Formula Two and was 'chucked in the deep end" for what will be by far the longest race of his career.