Formula 2’s 10th Season: Arvid Lindblad on his time in the Championship and stepping up to F1

30 March 2026

As Formula 2 celebrates its 10th season we have been speaking to a few of our Formula 1 alumni about their time in the Championship.

First up is our latest graduate, Arvid Lindblad, the winner of three races in 2025 and the lone 2026 F1 rookie talks about his favourite moments from his time in F2, and a few words of wisdom to the current cohort.

HOW FORMULA 2 PREPARED HIM FOR THE NEXT LEVEL

“F2 is very different. The format of how the weekends are and everything is very different to F1, it's a very challenging Championship, so it teaches you a lot.

“There's a lot you learn from it so I'd say on that side there's a lot of learnings I have taken from last year. Obviously, the cars are now very different in F1 so on that side it will be different, but I think it's a challenging series and there's a lot of learnings that I had last year that I can take forward into this year.”

Lindblad is the latest F2 graduate to make the step up to Formula 1

ADVICE TO THE CURRENT F2 GRID

“I met Jenson Button at the 2014 British Grand Prix and he said to me always work hard and drive smooth, and that is a piece of advice I've always remembered.”

FAVOURITE MOMENTS FROM HIS F2 CAMPAIGN

“I'd say favourite win was the Barcelona Feature Race. That was just a really good weekend, it was just a lot of fun and it went really well.

“My favourite moment though was winning the Jeddah Sprint and being the youngest ever F2 race winner. My favourite overtake I think was my move on Leonardo Fornaroli in the Feature Race in Abu Dhabi. It was quite good.”

One of Lindblad's fondest memory in F2 was sharing a garage with Nikola Tsolov (R)

FAVOURITE OFF-TRACK MEMORY

“I mean it wasn't on track, it was in the paddock but I'm really good friends with Nikola Tsolov. So when he came and joined Campos in the last two rounds it was just a really good vibe in the team and I just enjoyed sharing the garage with him.”

BEING THE LATEST F2 ALUMNI IN F1

“It feels good. Obviously, I've been working towards getting to F1 my whole life so I'm very proud now to be making that step, so a big thanks to F2.

“I think full credit to them, because over the last couple of years there's been a lot of drivers that have made the step to F1, so obviously it shows that it's a good preparation.”