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Red Bull confirms Lindblad to make FP1 debut at 17
Red Bull has confirmed 17-year-old Arvid Lindblad will make his Formula 1 race weekend debut during FP1 at the British Grand Prix.
The news had been pre-empted by Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko during an interview prior to the Austrian Grand Prix, but the team itself has now confirmed Lindblad will drive Yuki Tsunoda’s car during the opening practice session at Silverstone.
Lindblad only turns 18 on Aug. 8 but was granted special dispensation to receive a Super License following an application to the FIA, with the governing body stating he “has recently and consistently demonstrated outstanding ability and maturity in single-seater formula car competition.”
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Teams need to run a rookie for four FP1 sessions during a season, with Ayumu Iwasa completing one of Red Bull’s runs in Bahrain. At Racing Bulls, two of the four were completed by Isack Hadjar in his first two races of the season.
Lindblad joins Paul Aron as a replacement driver in FP1 at Silverstone as the Alpine reserve will also make his race weekend debut, but Aron will drive for Sauber as part of a driving services agreement between the two teams. The second of Aron’s two outings for Sauber – at Hungary – will complete the team’s allocation, as Gabriel Bortoleto was a rookie for the first two race weekends this year.
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Chris Medland
While studying Sports Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire, Chris managed to talk his way into working at the British Grand Prix in 2008 and was retained for three years before joining ESPN F1 as Assistant Editor. After three further years at ESPN, a spell as F1 Editor at Crash Media Group was followed by the major task of launching F1i.com’s English-language website and running it as Editor. Present at every race since the start of 2014, he has continued building his freelance portfolio, working with international titles. As well as writing for RACER, his broadcast work includes television appearances on F1 TV and as a presenter and reporter on North America's live radio coverage on SiriusXM.
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