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Arvid Lindblad has completed his maiden F1 test with Racing Bulls, driving the Red Bull satellite side’s 2023-spec AT04 car around Imola on Monday morning.
Arvid Lindblad completed his maiden Formula 1 test with Racing Bulls at Imola, driving the 2023-spec AT04 car on Monday. He shared the track with Ayumu Iwasa for the final AlphaTauri session at the circuit hosting the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The FIA granted Lindblad a superlicense, allowing him to participate in F1 sessions and mandates four rookie driver appearances in race weekends beginning in 2025. Racing Bulls still has two spots to fill in the remaining 14 rounds, supported by Iwasa’s performance in FP1 in Bahrain. Lindblad’s potential for a permanent F1 race drive is supported, possibly as early as 2026 alongside significant technical regulation changes. After securing his first Feature Race win in Spain, Lindblad climbed to third place in the Formula 2 Drivers’ Championship.
