BEYOND THE GRID: Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad on his fast start to life in F1

"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 and 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.

In the latest episode of Beyond The Grid, Lindblad tells host Tom Clarkson how he went from watching F1 on TV aged four to racing in F1 aged 18, inspired and supported by his family, his coach – the racing driver Oliver 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, and he also looks back on 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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