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Formula 1 driver Arvid Lindblad joins Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden on Heart Breakfast ahead of the British Grand Prix at Silverstone to chat about his breakthrough 2026 season, being the youngest sitting Formula 1 driver, the first time he met Lando Norris, and why he still hasn't passed his driving test. CHAPTERS 0:00 Coming Up 0:43 How Arvid's Feeling Ahead of Silverstone 3:03 Racing at 5 Years Old 4:10 Meeting Lando 5:05 Red Bull & Racing Bulls 5:38 Arvid Takes a Theory Test 9:54 Outro #ArvidLindblad #Formula1 #F1 SUBSCRIBE to Heart for more content like this http://www.youtube.com/thisisheart/ LISTEN to Heart on Global Player https://app.af.globalplayer.com/Br0x/HeartLive/ or search 'Global Player' in your app store FOLLOW our socials Website: http://www.heart.co.uk/ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/thisisheart/ TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@thisisheart/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisisheartofficial/
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The youngest Formula One driver on the grid
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I said from the beginning when I was five that I believed I could be an F1. The cars are so fast that it's almost it messes with your eyes
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I went up to Lando and the first thing that just came out was I want you to remember me, I'll see you in five years
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Yes! That was five years ago. There was some stuff going on in the driver's chat yesterday
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but we probably shouldn't mention it. Oh yeah, no, go on! That's what we want. Go on, go on, go on! You're listening to Heart Breakfast with Jamie and Amanda
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It is, of course, the British Grand Prix this weekend. It's happening three o'clock on Sunday
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Practice kicks off today and we are joined now by the youngest Formula One driver on the grid
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Will you please welcome Arvid Lindblad. You're on the show. Hi Arvid
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Oh Arvid. How are you feeling? I'm feeling really good. I'm really looking forward to the week ahead
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So it's your first British Grand Prix this weekend am I right in thinking that? Yeah
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Oh my gosh. Your parents must be so proud of you. I hope so
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Will they be there cheering you on? Yes, yeah, both my parents, my brother, my grandparents as well
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Okay, because I've read that you were actually quite a good student. So I'm thinking, did your mum and dad actually want you to go into the medical profession
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or do something else, or are they quite happy that you're driving a car? My dad, I'd say, is quite indifferent
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I think he was just like whatever makes you happy. Oh, good. My mum, she had her qualms in the beginning about the driving
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Oh, it's dangerous, that's why, that's her baby. Yeah, I think it was maybe a bit that
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but I think also for her, it was just very foreign. You know, she's Indian, she comes from Indian roots
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and, you know, academics there is, you know, is very, very important. The idea of me missing school was quite upsetting for her
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Yeah, good, yeah. Let's just walk, because obviously it's Friday morning this morning
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so how does the weekend pan out? Explain how it works. So you've got practice this afternoon, is that right
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So this weekend is actually a sprint weekend, so it's a bit different. Okay. So got practice in a few hours
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and then we've got sprint quality in this evening. Okay. Which is the qualifying for the sprint race
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which will happen tomorrow morning. Yeah. Then we've got the real qualifying
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proper qualifying in the afternoon. Yeah. And then Sunday for the main race. So it's like two halves the week
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Yeah. It's exciting. I'm going on Sunday. My dad, though, always prefers qualifying
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He always prefers watching the Saturday. It's weird, isn't it? Yeah. Yeah
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You can just end there. It depends what you watch. I mean, I would say if you're able to get a good spot on the track
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to watch qualifying is is cool just because the speed that we go through the corners is is pretty impressive like more uh i I mean we okay but I more meant just the cars are so fast that it almost it messes with your eyes
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You know, when we go through corners at, we do miles here, so I don't know, like 180 miles an hour, it's, you can't compete
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it doesn't look normal. No, God, it doesn't. And also Silverstone, because it's so fast. Yeah
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It's all those sorts of corners, you know, so it's, and those speeds are only in qualifying
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because in the race, the car's heavier, you need to manage the tyres, so we go slower
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So it's quite something. How old were you when you started karting
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Five. So where is this... You have to be fearless, I think
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to be an F1 driver and pretty single-minded. I wouldn't say that I'm fearless
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I mean, in the car, I don't really care. Nothing really bothers me. I don't know. For me, obviously, when I'm in the car
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I'm extremely comfortable and I would say there's... I've almost never been scared in the car
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Now, I'm presuming that is your race helmet. you've brought in with us yes yes this is my my special helmet for this weekend um so it's quite
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different to my normal one um i said from the beginning when i was five that i believed i could
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be an f1 so i wanted to do something that was almost envisioning my journey to f1 as a five
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year old uh it was in collaboration with a guy called navinder nangala um and i'm british indian
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he's british indian so it was it was quite cool uh and he just sort of specialized in this sort
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graffiti style stuff. So yeah, on the back here, this is my favourite part
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I've got all these images that I would say are quite pivotal points in my career
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And they're all drawn in quite basic way. Like a little one's drawn in. Like a five-year-old would, because that's the way I wanted
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it to be sort of shown. It's so cute. Is it true that you went up to Lando
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when you were a little boy and said, I'm going to drive with you? Yeah, I was 13
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So you're not that little, but you were determined. Well, I said when I was, I was a 14
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i don't remember but 13 or 14 i said um i remember very well he came to the kart track and he was
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walking in front of me i was with my mate who now actually races in f2 um and i said to him you know
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i'm gonna i'm gonna go up to lando and he was like no you haven't got the balls um and i just
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just like more out of just wanting to prove him wrong i went up to lando and the first thing that
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just came out was i want you to remember me i'll see you in five years yes and um that was five
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years ago so it's it's pretty cool that it's all happened yeah i've stuck to the timeline i knew
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then what was possible if i did everything perfectly and went through the ranks as quickly as possible
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um and i been very unfortunate that it it all worked out it amazing you and liam race uh in the racing balls team explain to us how that team works and what its connection is with Red Bull Basically you know Red Bull big company the drinks they own two Formula One teams
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And this is more the junior one. So the drivers that come through the Red Bull program, they'll always go into Racing Bulls
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And then you prove yourself, you do a good job, and then you get promoted to Red Bull Racing. And who's your favorite driver on the grid? Who's the one that you respect the most
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So growing up, Lewis was the one I looked up to the most. now with Max
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I think Max is, when you ask who I respect the most, I think Max is the best. Now, Arvid will be racing at Silverstone this weekend
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driving at 200 miles an hour around that track, but he has not passed his driving test
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No. So we thought we would put you through our version of a theory test
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because obviously the driving test is split into two, theory and practical. We couldn't practically drive a car
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but we can put your theory skills to the test, okay? I'm on the spot here
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So what we've done is we've taken... I don't think I know the answers. I've been driving for years
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We've taken some of the questions from the UK driving theory test
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and for every one you get wrong, you'll have to spin our wheel of forfeits
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Right. And on that wheel, there are several forfeits which you have to take on if you get a question wrong
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Is that a deal? Okay. Yep. Okay. Good. Here we go. Here's your first question
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Okay. What is the overall stopping distance at 30 miles an hour in metres
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Is it A, 23 metres, B, 20 metres or C, 17 metres
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Stopping distance. Can you go 30 miles an hour in a Formula One guy? Is that absolutely possible
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It's quite difficult. I think you're not far off stalling at 30 miles an hour. Right
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What do we think? A, 23 metres, 20 metres or 17 metres
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20. You've gone for 20? That's the wrong answer, I'm afraid. Oh, no
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23 metres is the stopping distance. Right. So we're going to spin the wheel
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Oh, this is a good one. Show us the last photo you took in the paddock
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No. No, I mean, I don't really know if this counts as the paddock. Well, a screenshot, does that count? Okay
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Yeah. It's actually of my teammate Liam. On his bike? I don't know what glasses he was wearing
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They're something quite special. Yeah. I thought it was a strong look
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so I took a screenshot of him. Yeah. Beautiful. Okay, that works
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Question two. What should you do when you passing loose sheep on the road Should you A herd them to the side of the road B beep your horn see pass quickly but quietly or D go very slowly go very slowly yes very
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sensible third question you wish to tow a trailer where would you find the
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maximum nose weight for your vehicles tow hitch oh god who knows this is
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proper theory question yeah who needs to know this to drive on the road
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Who needs to know it? Is it in the vehicle's handbook? Is it in your licence documents
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Is it in the highway code? Or is it in your vehicle registration certificate
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I don't even know what that means. I think in the vehicle's handbook. Is the right answer
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Yeah, well done. Oh, very good. Fifth and final question. I want him to get it wrong
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because the other bits are more interesting. When may you stop on an urban clearway
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Do you actually know what that is? No. Yes. Is it A, to load or unload goods
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B, to use a mobile telephone? C to set down and pick up passengers
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or D to ask for directions? I have no idea what an open clearway is
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What's the forfeit? Could be a good Uber driver. You'd get there quick, wouldn't you
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I'd book him. Okay. And it is... Read us the last message that you received from a driver
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Could be an F1, F2 or F3. There was some stuff going on in the driver's chat yesterday
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but we probably should have mentioned it. Oh, come on, that's what we want. I love the fact that there is a driver's chat
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Who's on it? All the drivers. Everyone. Yeah. Anyone not on it
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I don't think so. All I'd say is either Lewis is very, like, incognito about it
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but I've never seen him pop up, so... Why don't you put a little text on the chat and say
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Lewis, are you there? Question mark. And then do a ghost emoji
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Look at you, Dad, with a kid. That wasn't the forfeit. No, he's not
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Who's the admin on that group? I think it's a guy called Alex Vertz
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who's an old F1 driver so the most recent message I got a gif from my mate in F3 yeah
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and he's looking at the gif going I can't tell you what that is
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Arvid, well done for points in Austria last weekend that was a fantastic drive congratulations
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we'll be rooting for you on Sunday good luck at Silverstone you can see the whole thing on Sky
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Arvid Lindblad, how about that? Thank you very much. Thank you for having me
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