Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad has revealed an unusual affiliation with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.<\/p>\n
Billed as Red Bull\u2019s next Max Verstappen, Lindblad made his F1 race weekend debut at the British Grand Prix after he was given an exemption allowing him to gain his Super Licence ahead of his 18th birthday.<\/p>\n
Arvid Lindblad no longer idolises Lewis Hamilton<\/p>\n
Lindblad is currently competing in his maiden Formula 2 campaign. He claimed victory in the Jeddah Sprint and again in the Feature race in Spain to sit seventh in the title race.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a performance that builds on a dominant campaign in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship at the start of the year, a feat that played a significant role in the approval of his Super Licence exemption.<\/p>\n
A dual national of both Sweden and the United Kingdom, Lindblad was born in October 2007. Growing up, he admits he was a Hamilton fan, feeling something of an affiliation given he was born the year the now-Ferrari driver made his F1 debut.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I started to get more into the sport, it was at the point where he was winning,\u201d Lindblad admitted. \u201cThen obviously being of colour, and myself being of colour, I felt some form of link.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also thought it was a bit weird, but the fact that his first year in F1 was the year I was born, so I felt some form of affiliation towards him in the beginning, when I was sort of seven, eight.\u201d<\/p>\n
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