In accordance with ESPN, Arvid Gustav Lindblad was born on Aug. 8, 2007, in Virginia Water, Surrey, and was competitively racing karts at Daytona Sandown Park in Esher by age 5. His rise by the British karting ranks was meteoric. By 2019, he had already secured the British Cadet Championship.
His performances caught the eye of Components E racer and 2025 champion Oliver Rowland, below whose tutelage he gained the WSK Tremendous Grasp Collection in 2020 and the WSK Euro Collection in 2021. By 13, he had been recruited into Purple Bull’s celebrated junior programme in 2021, as reported by ESPN.
Graduating into single-seater racing the next yr, Lindblad collected vital honours early. He gained the Macau Components 4 race in 2023, after which the Components Regional Oceania Championship at the beginning of this yr.
One season of Components 3 was sufficient to advertise him to Components 2 in 2025. There, he turned the youngest F2 race winner, aged 17, after successful within the Dash race in Saudi Arabia in April. His momentum continued with a Function race victory in Spain in June, putting him sixth within the championship forward of the Abu Dhabi finale.
Lindblad, who at present sits sixth within the F2 standings for Campos Racing, will accomplice Liam Lawson on the Racing Bulls squad for 2026 F1 season.
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