‘I’ve always been the youngest, the new kid, the underdog. It helps me not be intimidated’. Arvid Lindblad, the fourth-youngest F1 driver in history, is full of confidence. In his first race he fought wheel-to-wheel with World Champions. The Racing Bulls driver has made a fast start to his first season in Formula 1. He always believed he’d race at the top. He’s living his childhood dream and he’s loving it.

Arvid tells Tom Clarkson how he went from watching F1 on TV aged 4 to racing in F1 aged 18, inspired and supported by his family, his coach – the racing driver Olly Rowland – and Helmut Marko, Red Bull’s former Motorsport Advisor. He explains the coaching which helped him beat more experienced drivers as he progressed up the motorsport ladder in ever-faster cars.

Arvid also looks back to his Formula 1 debut in Australia, where he overtook Lewis Hamilton and Lando Norris at the start and scored points at the end, and relives the stunning qualifying lap in Japan which saw him eliminate Max Verstappen.

00:00 - F1 fitness
7:00 - Arvid's 'amazing' first race
11:48 - 'Fearless' racing with Lewis Hamilton
20:09 - Knocking out Max Verstappen in Japan
32:50 - 'You can always improve'
35:38 - 'Mum, I'm going to be an F1 driver'
43:09 - 'Could I do that one day?'
49:30 - Winning in F3, impressing Helmut Marko

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