Arvid Lindblad

Arvid Lindblad
Lindblad at Mugello Circuit in 2023
Nationality	British
Born	(2007-08-08) 8 August 2007 (age 16) London, United Kingdom
FIA Formula 3 Championship career
Debut season	2024
Current team	Prema Racing
Car number	3
Starts	4 (4 entries)
Wins	1
Podiums	2
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	TBD in 2024
Previous series
2024 2023 2023 2022–2023	FR Middle East Championship Euro 4 Championship Formula 4 UAE Championship Italian F4 Championship

Arvid Lindblad (born 8 August 2007) is a British racing driver with Indian and Swedish ancestry, who is currently competing in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema Racing. He previously raced in the Italian F4 Championship in 2022 and 2023, ending third in the latter season. ^{[1] [2]} He is affiliated to the Red Bull Junior Team. ^[3] He is also a protege of Oliver Rowland. ^[4]

Career

Karting

Lindblad started karting in 2015. ^[5] In 2020 he won the WSK Super Master Series in the OKJ class. ^[4] In 2021 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. ^{[1] [8]}

Formula 4

2022

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. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

2023

For the 2023 Italian F4 Championship he joined Prema Racing. ^[5] Ahead of the season he also joined Hitech Grand Prix to compete in the Formula 4 UAE Championship. ^[12] In race 3 of the opening round Lindblad took his first Formula 4 win and ultimately finished the season in fifth. ^{[13] [14]} In the Italian championship Lindblad also got off too 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. ^[15] 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. ^{[14] [16]}

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. ^[17]

FIA Formula 3 Championship

In October 2023, Lindblad signed to race with Prema Racing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship, partnering single-seater champions Gabriele Minì and Dino Beganovic. ^[14] in the 2024 season of 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship he got off to a great start and won the Bahrain sprint race

Formula One

For the 2021 season Lindblad joined the Red Bull Junior Team as a Red Bull-supported driver. ^{[1] [18]} Ahead of the 2022 season he became a full member of the Red Bull Junior Team. ^[7]

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	4	1	0	0	2	23*	5th*

^* 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	Pos	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

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	IMO FEA	MON SPR	MON FEA	CAT SPR	CAT FEA	RBR SPR	RBR FEA	SIL SPR	SIL FEA	HUN SPR	HUN FEA	SPA SPR	SPA FEA	MNZ SPR	MNZ FEA	5th*	23*

* Season still in progress.

References

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External links

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