Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad has opened up concerning the “particular second” he discovered he can be a Components 1 driver.
The 18-year-old is the one rookie of the 2026 Components 1 season and can race alongside Liam Lawson at Pink Bull’s sister outfit. After Isack Hadjar changed Yuki Tsunoda at Pink Bull for the upcoming season, Lindblad secured the open spot alongside the New Zealander.
“Since turning into a Components 1 driver… the perfect factor was simply turning into a Components 1 driver,” Lindblad informed BBC Sport.
“That is one thing I have been doing with my dad. I received the information in Qatar once I was with him, so clearly that was a really particular second to share collectively.”
He later shared how his ardour for motorsport got here from his father’s facet of the household, explaining that his grandfather and father used to do a “little little bit of motocross”.
“Sadly, they could not do it for very lengthy, however he handed that keenness right down to my dad, who handed it on to me,” he added.
“After I was three, my dad received me a motocross bike. To be sincere, it did not final very lengthy. It was a bit an excessive amount of for my mum to sit down a bit three-year-old on a motocross bike. In order that died out fairly shortly.
Arvid Lindblad, Racing Bulls
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“However then once I was 5 I went karting for the primary time and liked it from the start.
“However I might say an enormous turning level for me that I keep in mind very effectively was once I was about 4. My dad was sitting on the couch and had the F1 on and I got here and sat down subsequent to him and was watching the race and asking him, ‘Is it doable to be there? May I? How does it work?’
“That was actually the second once I noticed the vehicles and wished to be there someday and that fuelled the beginning of the journey.”
The 2026 F1 season will start with the Australian Grand Prix from 6-8 March.
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