Though Formula 1 team Red Bull is infamous for frequently changing their drivers, the world watches when they promote a young driver in the game. After replacing Liam Lawson with Yuki Tsunoda earlier this championship, an 18-year-old British Swedish talent known as Arvid Lindblad has joined their sister team, Racing Bulls, becoming one of the youngest drivers ever promoted into a Formula 1 race seat. He will be the third-youngest ever when he lines up in Australia next year. Read to know more about him here.
About Arvid Lindblad Joining Racing Bull
Teenager Arvid Lindblad made his single-seater debut just a few years ago and has had a meteoric rise, finally making it to F1. He was born on August 8, 2007, in Virginia Water, Surrey, to a Swedish father and an Indian-British mother. He began karting at the age of 5 at Daytona Sandown Park and climbed through the UK karting ranks rapidly. He became a British Cadet Champion in 2019 and won the WSK Super Master Series in 2020 and the WSK Euro Series in 2021. At the age of 13, he joined the Red Bull Junior Team, signalling serious long-term belief.
Lindblad’s promotion from karting to single-seaters was intense but promising, with his debut racing in Italian F4, UAE F4, and Euro 4, ultimately leading to a Macau F4 win. His next win came in 2024 in FIA Formula 3, with his rookie campaign being record-breaking. Arvid became the youngest winner in the history of F3 with his Bahrain sprint victory, and a historic Silverstone, he was the first F3 driver to dominate the entire weekend.
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Why Did Red Bull Choose Him?
He stepped up to Formula 2 in 2025 with taking victories in Jeddah Sprint and Barcelona feature race. Though his form dipped a bit, he later recovered with a podium in Monza. He received a special FIA super licence at 17 and impressed with sixth in Mexico FP1 while standing in for Max Verstappen.
After being sixth in the F2 standings, Arvid Lindblad has entered Formula 1 with Racing Bulls as Red Bull’s next major talent. He will be seen racing alongside teammate Liam Lawson as a part of VCARB’s ambitious era after Issac Hadjar.
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