Red Bull's Helmut Marko has thrown a rising star into the Formula 3 season, after a very promising first season in Italian F4 last year...
Red Bull junior driver Arvid Lindblad is proving strong in his first year in F3, having impressed Helmut Marko during last season’s efforts in Italian F4.
Lindblad enjoyed a blistering start to the year, winning six of the first 12 races to enjoy a huge championship lead, only for his results to take a nosedive in the second half of the season as he went from regular wins to not even scoring a podium in the last three rounds. “In the middle of the year there was discussion between going to FRECA or F3, and Helmut said he wanted me to go to F3 with Prema,” LindbladEnjoying the pre-season tests with the Prema F3 car, Lindblad won first time out as he claimed the Bahrain sprint race, and also fared well in the sprint in Melbourne as he took second place.“It’s my favourite car I’ve driven so far,” Lindblad said of the Dallara.
With Lindblad’s father taking the call on the 15-year-old’s behalf, he came back with good news for his son. Having won multiple karting races and titles prior to his single-seater foray, Lindblad said he still hasn’t quite got to the bottom of why Marko gave him a chance on the Red Bull programme.
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