Arvid Lindblad | Fast, Fresh + Fearless | F1 Beyond The Grid Podcast
āIāve always been the youngest, the new kid, the underdog. It helps me not be intimidatedā. 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 heād race at the top. Heās living his childhood dream and heās 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 ā the racing driver Olly Rowland ā and Helmut Marko, Red Bullās 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.
00:00 - F1 fitness
7:00 - Arvid's 'amazing' first race
11:48 - Racing Lewis Hamilton
20:09 - Knocking out Max Verstappen
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