Lindblad "felt comfortable in the car" on his first official outing with Red Bull

Red Bull's junior driver Arvid Lindblad hailed his first FP1 session as “amazing” after getting behind the wheel of Yuki Tsunoda’s Red Bull at the British Grand Prix. Tbe Briton deliverd a faultless effort to end up 14th quickest.

Red Bull looked to struggle in the opening session, with Max Verstappen running the new floor on his RB21. The Dutchman was left unhappy with many aspects of his car, calling it “unbelievable” on the radio.

His team-mate Yuki Tsunoda sat out the opening session as Red Bull's F2 driver Arvid Lindblad piloted his car in the opening one-hour session, making his F1 debut at a race weekend.

The British driver delivered a tidy performance, having set a 1m27.958s which was good enough for P14 on the leaderboard. Commenting on his first experience with the RB21, Lindblad branded the opportunity as "incredible".

“It was amazing today, I am extremely grateful to Red Bull for the opportunity and it was incredible to get my first official F1 session. I felt comfortable in the car, and I think the speed was ok, but I think I could go quicker with a few more laps!

"Considering it was my first time in this car and I have only done very limited running in an F1 car I think it was a successful session. This weekend, F1 is about 13 or 14 seconds quicker than F2, so the step is enormous, but I am quite happy with the job I did today.

"Oracle Red Bull Racing have been really supportive, and I have been working closely with the engineers for a little while now, getting up to speed and understanding the game and level here in F1.

"After the session was done, I really wanted to get another go straight away! Basically no one else in the world has the opportunity I got today to drive an F1 car. I am just fully focussed on working hard and doing a good job in F2 to be a full-time F1 driver soon.”