F1 rookie Arvid Lindblad has revealed that Oliver Rowland is his “little superpower” ahead of his maiden campaign with Racing Bulls.<\/p>\n
The British driver is the sole rookie on the 2026 grid and will partner Liam Lawson, who has been retained by the Red Bull sister team.<\/p>\n
Lindblad has been fast-tracked through the junior categories to reach F1 at the age of 18, having only moved into single-seaters in 2022.<\/p>\n
A significant figure behind his rise has been reigning Formula E world champion Rowland, who also serves as Lindblad\u2019s manager.<\/p>\n
Rowland has often been spotted in junior paddocks over the years, supporting and mentoring Lindblad\u2014something the teenager recognises as crucial to his career.<\/p>\n
An additional benefit of having Rowland in his corner this year is the 33-year-old\u2019s experience in battery management from Formula E, which is expected to prove useful for Lindblad in F1.<\/p>\n
Asked by talkSPORT if Rowland can offer him some tips, Lindblad replied: “Yeah, for sure. I mean, Ollie himself, not talking about the Formula E aspect, I’ve learned so much from him. It wasn’t that long ago that he was on the ladder on the way up to F1.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I’m massively grateful to him for his support, and it’s a big reason why I’ve been able to come through the ranks so quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“To have some of his expertise and advice and knowledge, especially in F2 and F3 it was a massive thing to be able to make the steps. For sure, yeah, it’s a little superpower with Formula E.<\/p>\n
“It’s not the same. But yes, there is a battery-saving element. Whether it’s battery saving or not, there’s a bigger battery element in F1 of managing the PU, let’s say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Having his knowledge of Formula E, where he’s done so well there and really understood it and mastered it is definitely something I’ll be picking his brains on a lot and trying to get the most out of.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"F1 rookie Arvid Lindblad has revealed that Oliver Rowland is his “little superpower” ahead of his maiden campaign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-419637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-daniel-ricciardo","11":"tag-f1-calendar","12":"tag-f1-live","13":"tag-f1-results","14":"tag-f1-standings","15":"tag-ferrari","16":"tag-formula-1","17":"tag-lewis-hamilton","18":"tag-max-verstappen","19":"tag-motor","20":"tag-motor-sports","21":"tag-motorsport","22":"tag-motosport","23":"tag-motosports","24":"tag-racing","25":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}