Arvid Lindblad: fast, fresh + fearless

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Sports, Leisure, News, Sports News, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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‘I’ve always been the youngest, the new kid, the underdog. It helps me not be intimidated’. Arvid Lindblad, the fourth-youngest F1 driver in history, is full of confidence. In his first race he fought wheel-to-wheel with World Champions. The Racing Bulls driver has made a fast start to his first season in Formula 1. He always believed he’d race at the top. He’s living his childhood dream and he’s loving it.

Arvid tells Tom Clarkson how he went from watching F1 on TV aged 4 to racing in F1 aged 18, inspired and supported by his family, his coach – the racing driver Olly Rowland – and Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s former Motorsport Advisor. He explains the coaching which helped him beat more experienced drivers as he progressed up the motorsport ladder in ever-faster cars.

Arvid also looks back to his Formula 1 debut in Australia, where he overtook Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris at the start and scored points at the end, and relives the stunning qualifying lap in Japan which saw him eliminate Max Verstappen.

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0:34.3	I started this journey when I was five.
0:37.3	And I always believed I could be in Formula One.
0:41.5	As I got closer to the race, I felt like I was getting more calm instead of more nervous.
0:46.2	Our journey around the world to crown a champion is about to begin.
0:51.1	The grandstands are completely packed.
0:53.2	Everything's so exciting.
0:54.2	So remember sitting on the grid before the race,
0:56.2	just like really feeling the moment, you know?
1:00.6	My coach Olli was there,
1:02.2	and he said to me just before I was getting in,
1:04.2	all the years of harder work were for this.
1:07.0	And that hit me really deep.
1:09.1	I remember in the moment I almost immediately like shed a tear.
1:12.6	The cars forming into position.
1:14.6	When the last car is in place, it will be time to look to the lights.
1:18.6	I had to sort of cut myself down because, you know, I had a race to do.
1:22.6	The new season is underway.
1:29.3	And what an absolutely superb getaway for Arvid Lindblad, who's into fourth.
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