Arvid Lindblad – Beginner’s Talent

While there were still many reservations about Arvid Lindblad, the British rookie immediately rose to the occasion in his new role. Now a fully-fledged F1 driver, Liam Lawson's teammate made a truly remarkable debut.

Published 11/03/2026 à 12:00

Mathieu Chambenoit

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Arvid Lindblad – Beginner’s Talent

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Recommended by Lewis Hamilton At the start of the weekend, the 18-year-old rookie had the luxury of being able to battle wheel-to-wheel against the seven-time world champion at the beginning of the Grand Prix

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Mathieu Chambenoit

Responsible for the single-seater categories (F2, F3, FRECA, Eurocup-3, F4...), I enjoy discussing F1, Endurance, or MotoGP.

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Yves-Henri RANDIER

11/03/2026 at 10:08 a.m.

A good start... especially since Lawson didn't leave a lasting impression at that Australian GP, ​​apart from the fact that he could unfortunately have suffered the same fate as Riccardo Paletti in June 1982, even though Didier Pironi was the rider hit at the start in Montreal.

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Alain Féguenne (🇱🇺 Luxembourg)

11/03/2026 at 04:10 a.m.

To be honest, I was very skeptical about this driver… Arvid. But his first F1 race, and achieving such a result… I can only consider him a true champion… 🧢 Niki would have congratulated him greatly 👏. 😎🇱🇺👍

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