Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad has missed the chance to make his F1 debut before his 18th birthday after being granted a rare Super Licence exemption by the FIA.

It means Max Verstappen’s record as the only 17-year-old to race in F1 is safe.

Arvid Lindblad: Red Bull’s next F1 superstar?

Lindblad, widely regarded as the most exciting Red Bull-backed youngster since Verstappen, was granted an F1 Super Licence in June in a landmark decision by F1’s governing body.

The FIA’s decision to grant Lindblad an exemption theoretically gave the British-Swede driver hope of racing in F1 before he turned 18 on August 8.

Red Bull took advantage of the decision by handing the then-17-year-old, currently competing in the Formula 2, his first appearance on an official F1 race weekend at last month’s Br

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