British and Swedish racing driver (born 2007)
Arvid Lindblad (born 8 August 2007) is a British and Swedish racing driver , who is set to compete in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Campos .
Born and raised in Virginia Water to a Swedish father and a mother of Indian heritage, Lindblad began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national and continental titles. A protégé of Oliver Rowland , Lindblad graduated to junior formulae aged 15, competing in Italian F4 from 2022 to 2023 , and finishing third in the latter with Prema . After winning in Formula 4 at the 2023 Macau Grand Prix , Lindblad progressed to FIA Formula 3 in 2024 , achieving four wins and placing fourth in the standings. Lindblad is set to graduate to FIA Formula 2 with Campos for the 2025 season.
A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2021, Lindblad completed his first Formula One showrun in September 2024, driving the Red Bull RB8 in Houston .
Early and personal life
Arvid Lindblad was born on 8 August 2007 in Virginia Water , Surrey, England. His father, Stefan Lindblad, is Swedish, while his mother, Anita Ahuja, is of Indian heritage, making him mixed-race .[ 1] [ 2] Royal Grammar School in Guildford .[ 1] [ 2]
Lindblad was first involved in motorsport when he was gifted a motocross bike aged three.[ 1]
Career
Karting
Lindblad first started karting aged five at Daytona Sandown Park in Esher .[ 1] [ 3] Oliver Rowland .[ 1] WSK Super Master Series in the OKJ class.[ 4] Red Bull Junior Team in 2021,[ 5] WSK Euro Series and the WSK Final Cup for OK karts.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
2022
Lindblad driving in the 2022 Italian F4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring In 2022 Lindblad made his debut single-seater racing by joining Van Amersfoort Racing ahead of the fifth round of the Italian F4 Championship after testing outside of race weekends throughout the year.[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
2023
Lindblad driving in the 2023 Italian F4 Championship at Mugello Circuit For the 2023 Italian F4 Championship he joined Prema Racing .[ 3] Hitech Grand Prix to compete in the Formula 4 UAE Championship .[ 13] Formula 4 win and ultimately finished the season in fifth.[ 14] [ 15] Monza Circuit he opened up his championship lead to over 80 points.[ 16] Mugello Circuit he lost his championship lead and ultimately finished the championship in third behind Kacper Sztuka and Ugo Ugochukwu .[ 15] [ 17]
In November Lindblad joined Prema to compete in the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship round at the Macau Grand Prix Circuit where he’d win both races.[ 18]
In October 2023, Lindblad signed to race with Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2024, partnering single-seater champions Gabriele Minì and Dino Beganovic .[ 15] Bahrain sprint race, where he managed his tyres early on before dispatching his rivals in the closing laps.[ 19] Australia , overtaking Christian Mansell and Laurens van Hoepen but being held at bay by eventual winner Martinius Stenshorne following a safety car restart.[ 20] Imola and Monaco before he took his first feature race victory in Spain : Lindblad overtook Mansell on lap 4 and dominated from there onwards, becoming the youngest feature race winner in FIA F3 history.[ 21] Red Bull Ring Lindblad retired from the sprint race due to a puncture sustained in a battle with a Trident car, before dropping from second on the grid to seventh on Sunday in a race where he also suffered contact caused by Alex Dunne .[ 22] [ 23]
The next round became a standout for Lindblad, who first dominantly won the sprint race after taking the lead at the start and then made the correct decision to pit for dry tyres during the formation lap on a wet but drying track, progressing to second from where he would inherit the feature race win following a penalty for Callum Voisin .[ 24] [ 25] [ 26]
However, this would be Lindblad's last points finish of the season as a string of poor qualifying results at Hungary , Spa , and Monza contributed to finishes outside the top ten. He also caused a collision with Voisin in the last-named round, which led to a penalty that demoted him from ninth to 16th.[ 27] [ 28]
In preparation for his Formula 2 campaign in 2025, Lindblad will contest in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition .[ 29]
In September 2024, Lindblad announced that he would be promoted to Formula 2 with Campos Racing for 2025.[ 30]
For the 2021 season Lindblad joined the Red Bull Junior Team as a Red Bull-supported driver.[ 8] [ 31] [ 7] Red Bull RB8 in Houston .[ 32]
Karting record
Karting career summary
Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year
Team
Class
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
DC
Points
2019
Forza Racing
OKJ
ANG30
ANG22
GEN8
GEN8
KRI26
KRI13
LEM28
LEM7
14th
23
2020
KR Motorsport
OKJ
ZUE1
ZUE (5)
SAR(4)
SAR3
WAC2
WAC1
2nd
60
2021
KR Motorsport
OK
GEN1
GEN 2
AUB(8)
AUB (3)
SAR5
SAR3
ZUE3
ZUE2
3rd
80
2022
KR Motorsport
OK
PRT
PRT
ZUE10
ZUE 9
KRI13
KRI 8
FRN
FRN
16th
16
SP Motorsport
KZ2
GEN4
GEN5
CRM17
CRM29
8th
18
Racing record
Racing career summary
* Season still in progress.† As Lindblad was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
Complete Italian F4 Championship results
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(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete Euro 4 Championship results
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
References
^ a b c d e "How Red Bull's next British star earned a fast-track to F3" . Autosport . 19 February 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .^ a b " . BBC Sport . 29 April 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .^ a b Gascoigne, Roger (2022-12-12). "Red Bull junior Lindblad switches to Prema for first full F4 season" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Wood, Ida (2020-12-26). "The top karting stars of 2020" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ "Another great year ahead for the Red Bull Juniors" . Red Bull . Retrieved 2022-09-22 .^ Wood, Ida (2021-12-26). "The top karting stars of 2021" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ a b Wood, Ida (2021-11-24). "Rowland's Red Bull protege Arvid Lindblad goes to shifter karting in 2022" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ a b Series, F1 Feeder (2022-09-06). "Who is Red Bull Junior and new F4 rookie Arvid Lindblad?" . F1 Feeder Series . Retrieved 2022-09-22 . {{cite web }}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link )^ Wood, Ida (2022-02-27). "Red Bull protege Arvid Lindblad injured in karting crash" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Allen, Peter (2022-01-14). "Red Bull's Arvid Lindblad to debut in F4 with Van Amersfoort Racing" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Wood, Ida (2022-05-20). "Red Bull's Arvid Lindblad fastest in first ever F4 test at Vallelunga" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Wood, Ida (2022-09-06). "Chovet returns to FREC, Italian F4 adds race and rookies at Red Bull Ring" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Wood, Ida (2022-12-29). "Red Bull's Lindblad leads cluster of new entries for F4 UAE" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Lopez, Alejandro Alonso (2023-01-14). "Lindblad earns first car racing win in safety car-filled F4 UAE race three" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ a b c "Arvid Lindblad completes PREMA Racing's 2024 roster" . FIA_Formula 3® - The Official F3® Website . 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023 .^ Gascoigne, Roger (2023-06-25). "Lindblad completes Monza hat-trick in thrilling Italian F4 slipstreamer" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Wood, Ida (2023-10-02). "Prema's Italian F4 drivers admit to pace struggle at Mugello" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ Wood, Ida (2023-10-25). "Prema to go up against top Asian teams in F4 SEA's Macau races" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ "Arvid Lindblad takes F3 Sprint Race win on debut" . Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website . Retrieved 2024-12-25 .^ Suárez, Pablo (2024-03-23). "Stenshorne beats Lindblad to clinch Australia F3 Sprint win" . Motorsport Week . Retrieved 2024-12-25 . ^ "Lindblad wins F3's 100th race in Barcelona" . Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website . Retrieved 2024-12-25 .^ Suárez, Pablo (2024-06-29). "Tsolov claims F3 win in eventful Austria Sprint race" . Motorsport Week . Retrieved 2024-12-25 . ^ Waring, Bethonie (2024-06-30). "Browning returns to the FIA F3 lead with Austria feature race win" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2024-12-25 . ^ "SPRINT RACE: Home favourite Lindblad dominates to take victory at Silverstone" . FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website . Retrieved 2024-12-25 .^ Spadi, Daniele (2024-07-11). "Lindblad does the double as Minì takes championship lead: F3 Silverstone recap" . Feeder Series . Retrieved 2024-12-25 . ^ "F3: Arvid Lindblad completes historic home soil double" . Formula 1® - The Official F1® Website . Retrieved 2024-12-25 .^ Wood, Ida (2024-09-01). "Mini's title loss followed up by disqualification from FIA F3 finale" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2024-12-25 . ^ Turner, Tori (2024-09-06). "The notable drives you may have missed from F3's Monza title decider" . Feeder Series . Retrieved 2024-12-25 . ^ Allen, Peter (27 December 2024). "Arvid Lindblad to race in Formula Regional Oceania" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 27 December 2024 . ^ "Arvid Lindblad graduates to F2 with Campos Racing for 2025" . FIA_F2® - The Official F2® Website . 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024 .^ Wood, Ida (2021-02-16). "New F1 juniors join grid for 2021 karting season opener in Italy" . Formula Scout . Retrieved 2023-11-04 . ^ "Racing fans treated to lively Red Bull Showrun showcase in downtown Houston" . Houston Chronicle . 8 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
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