Could Red Bull be lining up their next Max Verstappen after FIA's...

Never mind Kimi Antonelli, Red Bull have a driver of their own who Helmut Marko is “delighted” could benefit from the FIA’s ruling on special dispensation for drivers younger than 18 to be allowed to race in F1.

That could open the door for British teenager Arvid Lindblad, who won’t be 18 until August next year.

Could Red Bull be lining up their next Max Verstappen?
Earlier this year the FIA, said to be responding to an approach from a team regarding 17-year-old Antonelli, paved the way for a driver under the age of 18 to gain a super licence.

Updating Appendix L of the International Sporting Code, the FIA added a clause that reads: “At the sole discretion of the FIA, a driver judged to have recently and consistently demonstrated outstanding ability and maturity in single-seater formula car competition may be granted a Super Licence at the age of 17 years old.”

But while all the talk at the time was about Mercedes junior driver Antonelli and whether or not he could replace Logan Sargeant before the summer break, Red Bull with their junior programme could be the ones that benefit.

Set to “analyse and evaluate” the performances of Red Bull’s junior drivers during the summer break, Marko highlighted Formula 3 driver Arvid Lindblad’s result.

Racing in the Formula 3 championship, the 16-year-old won on debut in the Bahrain sprint and has wracked up another three wins to sit P2 in the Drivers’ Championship.

“Arvid Lindblad shone in Formula 3,” Marko said in his Speedweek column. “He was a rookie who went straight from Formula 4 to Formula 3 and won both races