US EditionRed Bull Plan if Max Verstappen Gets F1 Ban as Truth of Daniel Ricciardo Theory Emerges - The Mirror
- Red Bull submitted a superlicence exemption request for 17-year-old Arvid Lindblad to the FIA, which will discuss it next week in Macau.
- The request aims to allow Lindblad to race in Formula 1 before turning 18 in August, as he has already accumulated enough superlicence points.
- Lindblad currently races in Formula 2, sits third in the championship, has two race wins including a recent feature race, and impressed across junior categories.
- Max Verstappen holds 11 penalty points after a collision at the Spanish Grand Prix and faces an automatic one-race ban if he gains one more point at the upcoming Canadian or Austrian Grands Prix.
- If approved, Lindblad would expand Red Bull's driver options as a possible substitute for Verstappen, though Red Bull currently expects no immediate team changes this season.
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Red Bull plan if Max Verstappen gets F1 ban as truth of Daniel Ricciardo theory emerges - The Mirror
Max Verstappen is one penalty point away from a Formula 1 race ban and Red Bull will have to have a plan in place in the event the Dutchman has another run-in with the stewards
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Red Bull “orders” to Max Verstappen
Given the way the 2024 season finished, it was never going to be an easy year for the F1 drivers’ champion to mount a challenge for a record fifth consecutive season. Lando Norris and McLaren were hunting down Verstappen in the title race, with the British driver coming up short by the end of the…
The FIA is expected to rule soon on Red Bull's application for a superlicence exemption for Arvid Lindblad. The 17-year-old British driver, currently third in the F2 championship, could be granted the right to race in Formula 1 before his 18th birthday.
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