Arvid Lindblad was left \u201cextremely happy\u201d after securing P9 in his first-ever F1 Qualifying session, with the rookie admitting that he \u201cknew coming into the session that we were fast\u201d as both Racing Bulls cars reached the top 10 in Australia.<\/p>\n
After catching the eye with his performance during Friday\u2019s running at the Albert Park Circuit, Lindblad<\/a> again appeared in good form on Saturday and progressed through to the final segment of Qualifying, where he set the ninth-quickest lap just behind team mate Liam Lawson<\/a> in eighth.<\/p>\n When it was put to him afterwards that he must be feeling ecstatic with how his debut Qualifying had gone, the Briton answered: \u201cYeah, it was really good. I think all weekend we\u2019ve been quite competitive.<\/p>\n \u201cI was trying to not get too excited after yesterday, because we didn\u2019t know if things were going to change or if other teams had more in the pocket or whatnot. But I kind of knew coming into the session that we were fast, and I just needed to focus on myself and do my job and we could be competitive.<\/p>\n \u201cThe team have done a phenomenal job. It\u2019s really impressive to have two cars in Q3, especially from where we were in Bahrain \u2013 I think it was much more than [mine] and the team\u2019s expectations, so I\u2019m extremely happy and just can\u2019t wait for tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n There was one dramatic moment for Lindblad at the end of Q2 when he encountered the slow-moving cars of Audi<\/a>\u2019s Gabriel Bortoleto<\/a> and team mate Lawson ahead of him at the pit entry, Bortoleto having suffered an issue on his car that left him unable to participate in Q3.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a bit scary,\u201d the 18-year-old conceded. \u201cI\u2019ll review with the team, see if there was anything that I did wrong or something that was missing, but thankfully we got away with that unscathed.\u201d<\/p>\n