Arvid Lindblad

Arvid Lindblad
Lindblad driving the Dallara F3 2019 during the 2024 Spielberg Formula 3 round
Born	(2007-08-08) 8 August 2007 (age 17) Virginia Water, Surrey, England
Nationality	British Swedish via dual nationality
FIA Formula 2 Championship career
Debut season	2025
Current team	Campos
Car number	3
Starts	0 (0 entries)
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	TBD in 2025
Previous series
2024 2024 2023 2023 2022–2023	FIA Formula 3 FR Middle East Euro 4 F4 UAE Italian F4
Championship titles
2023	Macau F4 Race

Arvid Lindblad (born 8 August 2007) is a British and Swedish racing driver, who is set to compete in the 2025 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Campos.

Born and raised in Virginia Water to a Swedish father and a mother of Indian heritage, Lindblad began competitive kart racing aged seven, winning several national and continental titles. A protégé of Oliver Rowland, Lindblad graduated to junior formulae aged 15, competing in Italian F4 from 2022 to 2023, and finishing third in the latter with Prema. After winning in Formula 4 at the 2023 Macau Grand Prix, Lindblad progressed to FIA Formula 3 in 2024, achieving four wins and placing fourth in the standings. Lindblad is set to graduate to FIA Formula 2 with Campos for the 2025 season.

A member of the Red Bull Junior Team since 2021, Lindblad completed his first Formula One showrun in September 2024, driving the Red Bull RB8 in Houston.

Early and personal life

Arvid Lindblad was born on 8 August 2007 in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. His father, Stefan Lindblad, is Swedish, while his mother, Anita Ahuja, is of Indian heritage, making him mixed-race. ^{[1] [2]} Lindblad was raised in Virginia Water and educated at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford. ^{[1] [2]}

Lindblad was first involved in motorsport when he was gifted a motocross bike aged three. ^[1]

Career

Karting

Lindblad first started karting aged five at Daytona Sandown Park in Esher. ^[1] He progress to competitive kart racing in 2015. ^[3] Aged nine, Lindblad was taken under the wing of Oliver Rowland. ^[1] In 2020 he won the WSK Super Master Series in the OKJ class. ^[4] Signing to the Red Bull Junior Team in 2021, ^[5] he won the WSK Euro Series and the WSK Final Cup for OK karts. ^{[6] [7]} In the 2022 Champions of the Future Winter Series kart race he crashed out during qualifying heat due to contact and suffered a broken thumb and extensive tissue damage. ^{[8] [9]}

Formula 4

2022

Lindblad driving in the 2022 Italian F4 Championship at the Red Bull Ring

In 2022 Lindblad made his debut single-seater racing by joining Van Amersfoort Racing ahead of the fifth round of the Italian F4 Championship after testing outside of race weekends throughout the year. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

2023

Lindblad driving in the 2023 Italian F4 Championship at Mugello Circuit

For the 2023 Italian F4 Championship he joined Prema Racing. ^[3] Ahead of the season he also joined Hitech Grand Prix to compete in the Formula 4 UAE Championship. ^[13] In race 3 of the opening round Lindblad took his first Formula 4 win and ultimately finished the season in fifth. ^{[14] [15]} In the Italian championship Lindblad also got off to a great start, taking six wins from the first four rounds. After winning all three races at Monza Circuit he opened up his championship lead to over 80 points. ^[16] After struggling for pace at Mugello Circuit he lost his championship lead and ultimately finished the championship in third behind Kacper Sztuka and Ugo Ugochukwu. ^{[15] [17]}

In November Lindblad joined Prema to compete in the Formula 4 South East Asia Championship round at the Macau Grand Prix Circuit where he’d win both races. ^[18]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In October 2023, Lindblad signed to race with Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for 2024, partnering single-seater champions Gabriele Minì and Dino Beganovic. ^[15] Lindblad got off to a great start by winning the Bahrain sprint race, where he managed his tyres early on before dispatching his rivals in the closing laps. ^[19] He scored another sprint race podium in Australia, overtaking Christian Mansell and Laurens van Hoepen but being held at bay by eventual winner Martinius Stenshorne following a safety car restart. ^[20] Lindblad continued to pick up points in Imola and Monaco before he took his first feature race victory in Spain: Lindblad overtook Mansell on lap 4 and dominated from there onwards, becoming the youngest feature race winner in FIA F3 history. ^[21] At the Red Bull Ring Lindblad retired from the sprint race due to a puncture sustained in a battle with a Trident car, before dropping from second on the grid to seventh on Sunday in a race where he also suffered contact caused by Alex Dunne. ^{[22] [23]}

The next round became a standout for Lindblad, who first dominantly won the sprint race after taking the lead at the start and then made the correct decision to pit for dry tyres during the formation lap on a wet but drying track, progressing to second from where he would inherit the feature race win following a penalty for Callum Voisin. ^{[24] [25]} In winning both races, Lindblad became the first driver in FIA F3 history to do the double — win both races of a two-race weekend — and put himself into second in the championship with three rounds remaining. ^[26]

However, this would be Lindblad's last points finish of the season as a string of poor qualifying results at Hungary, Spa, and Monza contributed to finishes outside the top ten. He also caused a collision with Voisin in the last-named round, which led to a penalty that demoted him from ninth to 16th. ^[27] Despite dropping to fourth in the standings, Lindblad ended the season as the highest-scoring rookie and helped Prema to win the teams' championship for a third successive year. ^[28]

Formula Regional

In preparation for his Formula 2 campaign in 2025, Lindblad will contest in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with M2 Competition. ^[29]

FIA Formula 2 Championship

In September 2024, Lindblad announced that he would be promoted to Formula 2 with Campos Racing for 2025. ^[30]

Formula One

For the 2021 season Lindblad joined the Red Bull Junior Team as a Red Bull-supported driver. ^{[8] [31]} Ahead of the 2022 season he became a full member of the Red Bull Junior Team. ^[7] Lindblad completed his first Formula One showrun in September 2024, driving the Red Bull RB8 in Houston. ^[32]

Karting record

Karting career summary

Season	Series	Team	Position
2015	LGM Series — IAME Cadet		48th
2016	LGM Series — IAME Cadet		21st
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda Cadet		8th
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet		16th
	Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet	Zip Team	12th
2017	LGM Series — IAME Cadet		3rd
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda Cadet	Oliver Rowland Motorsport	11th
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet		2nd
	Super 1 National Championship — IAME Cadet		2nd
2018	LGM Series — IAME Cadet		1st
	WSK Champions Cup — 60 Mini		33rd
	Trofeo Andrea Margutti — 60 Mini	Team Driver Racing Kart	2nd
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — Honda Cadet	Oliver Rowland Motorsport	5th
	Kartmasters British Grand Prix — IAME Cadet		7th
	British Kart Championship — IAME Cadet		1st
2019	WSK Champions Cup  — OKJ	Forza Racing	2nd
	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ		14th
	WSK Super Master Series  — OKJ		8th
	WSK Euro Series  — OKJ		5th
	Italian Championship — OKJ		6th
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OKJ	Forza Racing	14th
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OKJ		34th
	WSK Open Cup — OKJ	KR Motorsport	9th
	WSK Final Cup  — OKJ		10th
	IAME International Final — X30 Junior		NC
2020	IAME Winter Cup — X30 Junior	Oliver Rowland Motorsport	14th
	WSK Champions Cup  — OKJ	KR Motorsport	5th
	South Garda Winter Cup — OKJ		3rd
	WSK Super Master Series  — OKJ		1st
	WSK Euro Series  — OKJ		4th
	WSK Open Cup — OKJ		2nd
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OKJ		2nd
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OKJ		5th
2021	WSK Champions Cup  — OK	KR Motorsport	3rd
	WSK Super Master Series  — OK		3rd
	WSK Euro Series  — OK		1st
	WSK Open Cup — OK		3rd
	Champions of the Future — OK		2nd
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OK		3rd
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OK		3rd
	WSK Final Cup  — OK		1st
2022	WSK Euro Series  — OK	KR Motorsport	10th
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — OK		16th
	CIK-FIA European Championship  — KZ2	SP Motorsport	8th
	CIK-FIA World Championship  — OK	KR Motorsport	32nd
	CIK-FIA World Cup  — KZ2	SP Motorsport	3rd

Complete CIK-FIA Karting European Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	DC	Points
2019	Forza Racing	OKJ	ANG QH 30	ANG R 22	GEN QH 8	GEN R 8	KRI QH 26	KRI R 13	LEM QH 28	LEM R 7	14th	23
2020	KR Motorsport	OKJ	ZUE QH 1	ZUE R (5)	SAR QH (4)	SAR R 3	WAC QH 2	WAC R 1			2nd	60
2021	KR Motorsport	OK	GEN QH 1	GEN R 2	AUB QH (8)	AUB R (3)	SAR QH 5	SAR R 3	ZUE QH 3	ZUE R 2	3rd	80
2022	KR Motorsport	OK	PRT QH	PRT R	ZUE QH 10	ZUE R 9	KRI QH 13	KRI R 8	FRN QH	FRN R	16th	16
	SP Motorsport	KZ2	GEN QH 4	GEN R 5	CRM QH 17	CRM R 29					8th	18

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season	Series	Team	Races	Wins	Poles	F/Laps	Podiums	Points	Position
2022	Italian F4 Championship	Van Amersfoort Racing	8	0	0	0	0	12	17th
2023	Formula 4 UAE Championship	Hitech Grand Prix	15	1	1	1	3	107	5th
	Italian F4 Championship	Prema Racing	21	6	4	3	10	263.5	3rd
	Euro 4 Championship		9	1	1	2	4	124	4th
	Macau Formula 4 Race	SJM Theodore Prema Racing	2	2	2	2	2	N/A	1st
2024	Formula Regional Middle East Championship	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	9	1	0	0	1	33	13th
	FIA Formula 3 Championship	Prema Racing	20	4	0	1	5	113	4th
2025	Formula Regional Oceania Championship	M2 Competition	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD
	FIA Formula 2 Championship	Campos Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	TBD

^* Season still in progress.
^† As Lindblad was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Italian F4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	DC	Points
2022	Van Amersfoort Racing	IMO 1	IMO 2	IMO 3	MIS 1	MIS 2	MIS 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	SPA 3	VLL 1	VLL 2	VLL 3	RBR 1 15	RBR 2 15	RBR 3	RBR 4 22	MNZ 1 7	MNZ 2 9	MNZ 3 C	MUG 1 21	MUG 2 Ret	MUG 3 8	17th	12
2023	Prema Racing	IMO 1	IMO 2 2	IMO 3 2	IMO 4 1	MIS 1 2	MIS 2 1	MIS 3 1	SPA 1 5	SPA 2 3	SPA 3 Ret	MNZ 1 1	MNZ 2 1	MNZ 3 1	LEC 1 8	LEC 2 4	LEC 3 6	MUG 1 5	MUG 2 31†	MUG 3 10	VLL 1 6	VLL 2 9	VLL 3 14	3rd	263.5

Complete Formula 4 UAE Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2023	Hitech Grand Prix	DUB1 1 8	DUB1 2 3	DUB1 3 1	KMT1 1 5	KMT1 2 33	KMT1 3 7	KMT2 1 Ret	KMT2 2 16	KMT2 3 5	DUB2 1 Ret	DUB2 2 19	DUB2 3 4	YMC 1 3	YMC 2 5	YMC 3 Ret	5th	107

Complete Euro 4 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	DC	Points
2023	Prema Racing	MUG 1 4	MUG 2 4	MUG 3 5	MNZ 1 2	MNZ 2 2	MNZ 3 1	CAT 1 2	CAT 2 10	CAT 3 11	4th	124

Complete Formula 4 South East Asia Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2023	Theodore Racing	ZZIC1 1	ZZIC1 2	ZZIC1 3	MAC 1 1	MAC 1 1	SEP1 1	SEP1 2	SEP1 3	SEP2 1	SEP2 2	SEP2 3	NC†	0

Complete Formula Regional Middle East Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2024	Mumbai Falcons Racing Limited	YMC1 1 10	YMC1 2 1	YMC1 3 8	YMC2 1 15	YMC2 2 9	YMC2 3 27†	DUB1 1 15	DUB1 2 10	DUB1 3 24†	YMC3 1	YMC3 2	YMC3 3	DUB2 1	DUB2 2	DUB2 3	13th	33

Complete FIA Formula 3 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2024	Prema Racing	BHR SPR 1	BHR FEA 8	MEL SPR 2	MEL FEA 11	IMO SPR 8	IMO FEA 7	MON SPR Ret	MON FEA 4	CAT SPR 9	CAT FEA 1	RBR SPR Ret	RBR FEA 7	SIL SPR 1	SIL FEA 1	HUN SPR 15	HUN FEA 28†	SPA SPR 15	SPA FEA Ret	MNZ SPR 12	MNZ FEA 16	4th	113

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship Results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	DC	Points
2025	M2 Competition	TAU 1	TAU 2	TAU 3	HMP 1	HMP 2	HMP 3	MAN 1	MAN 2	MAN 3	TER 1	TER 2	TER 3	HIG 1	HIG 2	HIG 3	TBD	TBD

Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	DC	Points
2025	Campos Racing	MEL SPR	MEL FEA	BHR SPR	BHR FEA	JED SPR	JED FEA	IMO SPR	IMO FEA	MON SPR	MON FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	BAK SPR	BAK FEA	LSL SPR	LSL FEA	YMC SPR	YMC FEA	TBD	TBD

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External links

• Arvid Lindblad career summary at DriverDB.com
• Official website