Arvid Lindblad to make F1 debut in British GP observe, confirms Helmut Marko

Arvid Lindblad is ready to participate in Friday observe at Silverstone’s British Grand Prix, Pink Bull’s Helmut Marko has confirmed.

The 17-year-old Pink Bull expertise, who contests F2 with Campos, is being readied to make his grand prix weekend debut subsequent month at Silverstone after buying an FIA superlicence and conducting a primary fully-fledged take a look at with Racing Bulls at Imola this week.

Briton Lindblad, who’s of Swedish and Indian descent, took the wheel of Racing Bulls’ 2023 AT04 on Monday, splitting TPC [Testing of Previous Cars] duties with fellow Pink Bull junior Ayumu Iwasa on the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix venue.

It’s anticipated he’ll participate in Silverstone with the identical squad, with the British Grand Prix weekend taking place on 4-6 July.

“He spent half a day within the automotive in Italy on Monday to organize him,” Pink Bull advisor Marko advised Austrian outlet Kleine Zeitung.

“And he can even be within the automotive for Friday observe at Silverstone. He’s characterised by his psychological power and self-confidence.”

Till now, Iwasa was the one in-house reserve driver for each Pink Bull groups ought to something occur to one in all its 4 drivers, however because the Japanese racer can also be competing in Tremendous Method Pink Bull needed to bolster its reserve ranks.

“We’re getting ready ourselves in case one thing actually occurs with Max Verstappen when it comes to his penalty factors,” Marko defined, because the world champion is only one level away from a race ban.

“We presently have two alternative drivers: Lindblad and Ayumu Iwasa, whose Method 1 commitments overlap along with his commitments in Japan.

“For some races we even had a cope with one other workforce, and as soon as a substitute driver was even scheduled for 3 groups.

“It isn’t really easy to seek out somebody who’s in fine condition. And that is why Lindblad is now within the automotive.”