FIA approves F1 superlicence for Red Bull’s ...

The FIA has formally permitted Purple Bull’s request to grant its British teenager Arvid Lindblad an FIA superlicence earlier than he turns 18.

Lindblad turns 18 on 8 August 2025, which means he would usually have to attend two extra months earlier than reaching the minimal requirement age to be eligible for the licence that may permit him to compete in F1.

However as with Mercedes expertise Andrea Kimi Antonelli final yr, Purple Bull has used a clause within the FIA’s Worldwide Sporting Code to ask for an exemption for the F2 driver. On the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council assembly in Macau, the governing physique permitted the request.

“The FIA has obtained a request to grant a Tremendous Licence to Arvid Lindblad previous to his 18th birthday,” an FIA assertion from Macau learn.

“After contemplating the knowledge offered in help of this request, the World Council discovered that the driving force has not too long ago and constantly demonstrated excellent potential and maturity in single-seater method automobile competitors and due to this fact permitted the request.”

In granting the request, Lindblad can now be an extra F1 reserve driver choice for Purple Bull and Racing Bulls two months forward of schedule, complementing present reserve driver Ayumu Iwasa – who at the moment competes in Tremendous Components.

That transfer is especially intriguing given world champion Max Verstappen is one penalty level away from a race ban, which means he must get via the Canadian and Austrian grand prix weekends with out infractions till he loses the following batch of penalty factors.

But as previously reported, Purple Bull’s Lindblad request precedes Verstappen’s three penalty factors accrued in Barcelona and isn’t associated to its lead driver’s state of affairs.

Lindblad most not too long ago received his first F2 function race in Spain as he seems to be on the correct trajectory to turn out to be the following driver in line for an F1 debut with the Purple Bull household.

It’s anticipated the Campos Racing driver, who sits third within the championship, will participate in a number of FP1 periods over the following few months forward of a doable 2026 commencement.