F1: Arvid Lindblad, with special permission, will participate in the FP1 of Great Britain
The 17 -year -old English will have its first contact with a Formula 1 in the first Silverstone Practices session.
The early Max Verstappen landing at Formula 1, with just 17 years 5 months and 15 days, took the International Automob. The norm is known as the Verstappen law. Fairly Red Bull requested an exception to the regulations for Arvid Linblad Receive permission to get up to a F1 during a special session.
It was Kimi Antonelli, the new star of Mercedes Benz, who opened the door to possible exception orders to the rule. Both in the case of Italian and in English, these are cases in which both pilots had enough points (harvested in smaller categories) to obtain the superícence, but they were not 18 years old. The situation of Antonelli led FIA to make a modification in the Verstappen Law (Article 13.1.2 of the International Sports Code, whose appendix L indicates that the FIA may grant the F1 license to a 17 -year -old pilot if it demonstrated “recently and consistently exceptional qualities and sufficient maturity.” The Boloñés received permission in 2024 and now the same thing happened with the British who belongs to Red Bull Junior and occupies the third place in Formula 2.
Last Monday, Lindblad completed 300 kilometers on an Alpha Tauri AT04 (2023 model of the team that is now Racing Bull) in Icola to prepare for its debut in an official batch that will occur in the first free training of the GP of Great Britain, the 12th date of the 2025 season of F1. While it was not yet confirmed by Red Bull, it would occupy one of the Racing Bulls seats.
Helmut Marko, Red Bull sports advisor, talked about Lindblad in statements collected by the Austrian medium Kleine Zeitung. “It is characterized by its mental strength and self -confidence”, The Expiloto octogenarian said. It is almost an open secret that English will occupy a armchair in F1 2026, probably in Racing Bulls. However, the debut could be anticipated because Max Verstappen is at the limit of being suspended by a date after reaching the 11 points of the 12 available that each F1 pilot has in its superícence before suffering a suspension date. These sanction units beat the calendar year of having received them and after the Austria GP the tetracampeón will recover two. While he will be more relieved, he will not get loose at the next appointments. Therefore, in Red Bull they want to have Lindblad ready.
“We are preparing in case something really happens with Max Verstappen about its sanction points,” said Marko. “We currently have two replacement pilots: Lindblad and Ayumu Iwasa, whose commitments in Formula 1 overlap with their commitments in Japan. For some races we have even reached an agreement with another team, and once a substitute pilot was even scheduled for three teams. It is not so easy to find someone who is in good shape. And that’s why Lindblad is now in the car, “he added.
