FIA approves F1 Superlisance for Red Bull’s Arvid Lindblad

The FIA ​​has formally approved the request of Red Bull to give its British youth to its British youth. Arvid Lindblad An FIA Superlisance Before he turns 18 years old.

Lindblad turned 18 on 8 August 2025, which means that he will generally have to wait two months before reaching the minimum requirement age, which will be eligible for the license that will allow him to compete in F1.

But as Mercedes Talent Andrea Kimi Antoneley Last year, Red Bull has used a section for discounts for F2 driver in FIA’s International Sports Code. At the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council meeting in Macau, the governing body approved the request.

“The FIA ​​has been requested to give a super license to Arvid Lindblad before his 18th birthday,” said an FIA statement from Macau.

“After considering the information presented in support of this request, the World Council found that the driver recently demonstrated excellent capacity and maturity in the single-seater formula car competition and therefore approved the request.”

In providing request, Lindblad can now be an additional F1 Reserve Driver Option for Red Bull and Racing bulls Two months before the schedule, the current reserve driver supplements the Iwasa – which currently competes in the super formula.

This step is a particularly complicated world champion Max Verustapane A penalty point is a penalty point away from a race restriction, which means that it needs to be obtained through Canadian and Austrian Grand Prix weekend, until he loses the next batch of penalty points.

But as stated earlierRed Bull’s Lindblad request is not related to three penalty points of Vastapane earned in Barcelona and its prominent driver’s position.

Lindblad recently won her first F2 feature race in Spain as she looks at the correct trajectory to become the next driver in line for F1 debut with Red Bull Family.

It is expected that the Campos Racing Driver, who ranks third in the championship, will participate in several FP1 sessions before a potential 2026 graduation in the next few months.