Pink Bull has confirmed that 17-year-old Arvid Lindblad will make his debut in Method 1 race weekend in FP1 on the British Grand Prix.
The information was preceded by Pink Bull Advisor Helmut Marco in an interview earlier than the Austrian Grand Prix, however the workforce itself confirmed that Lindblad would drive Yuki Tsunoda’s automobile in the course of the opening follow session at Silverstone.
Lindblad turned 18 on August eighth, however was granted particular distributions to obtain an excellent license following his utility for the FIA.
The Swedish British driver achieved the required tremendous license factors by profitable the FR Oceania title earlier this 12 months and is at present collaborating within the Method 2 Championship battle in his rookie season at that stage. The scoreless weekend in Austria dropped him to sixth ready 35 factors behind chief Richard Vershore.
The workforce needed to run the rookies for 4 FP1 periods in the course of the season, and Ayumu Iwasa accomplished considered one of Pink Bull’s runs in Bahrain. In Racing Bulls, two of the 4 had been accomplished by Isack Hadjar within the first two races of the season.
Lindblad will be part of Paul Aron as a substitute driver for Silverstone’s FP1, as Alpine Reserve can even debut on the race weekend, however Aron will drive Sauber as a part of a driving service settlement between the 2 groups. Gabriel Boltret was a weekend rookie of the primary two races of the 12 months, so the second of Sauber’s two outings in Hungary will full the workforce project.
