Purple Bull has confirmed 17-year-old Arvid Lindblad will make his System 1 race weekend debut throughout FP1 on the British Grand Prix.
The information had been pre-empted by Purple Bull advisor Helmut Marko throughout an interview previous to the Austrian Grand Prix, however the group itself has now confirmed Lindblad will drive Yuki Tsunoda’s automobile through the opening follow session at Silverstone.
Lindblad solely turns 18 on Aug. 8 however was granted particular dispensation to obtain a Tremendous License following an utility to the FIA, with the governing physique stating he “has just lately and persistently demonstrated excellent potential and maturity in single-seater method automobile competitors.”
The British-Swedish driver achieved the mandatory Tremendous License factors by successful the FR Oceania title earlier this 12 months, and is at the moment within the battle for the System 2 championship in his rookie season at that stage. A scoreless weekend in Austria dropped him to sixth within the standings, 35 factors behind chief Richard Verschoor.
Groups must run a rookie for 4 FP1 periods throughout a season, with Ayumu Iwasa finishing considered one of Purple Bull’s runs in Bahrain. At Racing Bulls, two of the 4 have been accomplished by Isack Hadjar in his first two races of the season.
Lindblad joins Paul Aron as a substitute driver in FP1 at Silverstone because the Alpine reserve may even make his race weekend debut, however Aron will drive for Sauber as a part of a driving companies settlement between the 2 groups. The second of Aron’s two outings for Sauber – at Hungary – will full the group’s allocation, as Gabriel Bortoleto was a rookie for the primary two race weekends this 12 months.
