Lindblad has been marked out as a possible future star by Crimson Bull since he was 12 years outdated.
Discussing the corporate’s younger driver programme, Crimson Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko mentioned final 12 months that Lindblad “appears to be like actually promising”, praising his “pure pace”.
Crimson Bull have been working since final 12 months to prepared Lindblad for a possible F1 debut in 2026. They deliberate a programme for this season that may earn him sufficient factors to safe an F1 ‘superlicence’, which is required to race in grands prix.
He has accomplished two runs in F1 apply classes, on the British and Mexico Metropolis Grands Prix.
Marko mentioned: “In one of many Components 3 races [at Silverstone in 2024], he overtook, in a single lap, I do not know, 10 or 14 different drivers. He gained the race from being final in these difficult situations, moist, dry and so forth.
“If I look again, I met him first in Portimao (in Portugal). Portimao have a really enticing go-kart circuit and we had a Components 1 race and I met him and his father. And it was Arvid who was main the dialog, with 12 years (of age) or so. In order that additionally was one thing which isn’t regular.
“However he had a transparent imaginative and prescient and a transparent means easy methods to obtain it. And since then he moved steadily ahead.”
Lindblad has gained two races in F2 this 12 months and is sixth within the championship heading into the ultimate spherical in Abu Dhabi this weekend.
He was born and grew up in Virginia Water in Surrey and is managed by Britain’s Components E world champion Oliver Rowland.
