Arvid Lindblad completes PREMA Racing’s 2024 roster

PREMA Racing have announced that Red Bull Junior Arvid Lindblad will round out their line-up for the 2024 FIA Formula 3 campaign, joining returnees Dino Beganovic and Gabriele Minì at the Italian outfit.

Lindblad makes the step up off the back of a successful first full season in single seaters. After finishing fifth in the F4 UAE Championship, the 16-year-old took six wins, 10 podiums and two pole positions on his way to securing third in Italian F4 alongside claiming fourth in the Euro 4 Championship.

"Super excited to be continuing with PREMA for 2024 in FIA Formula 3,” said Lindblad. “We had a great year in Formula 4 together, leading and competing for both Championships for the whole season.

“PREMA has been very strong in F3 this year, and that's why I’m really excited and honoured to have the opportunity to continue and move up the ranks with them. We had positive post-season tests together with good progression and steps made, and I can’t wait for the season to get started."

The British-born racer enjoyed plenty of success in karting, achieving the WSK Super Masters OK Junior in 2020 and followed that up with the WSK Euro Series title the next year. From there, he made his single-seater debut in 2022 with a three-round appearance in Italian F4 where he earned a best result of seventh, before partnering up with PREMA for the dual campaign this year.

Lindblad has already gotten his first taste of F3 machinery during the six days of post-season testing. Getting 414 laps under his belt, he netted four top 10 finishes, including the sixth-fastest time of the opening afternoon in Imola.

Team Principal René Rosin added: “We were deeply impressed by Arvid this year, and we think he has the potential to succeed a Formula 3 level as well. We will work as hard as possible to ease his transition to such a challenging environment and allow him to be successful as soon as possible. Our driver line-up for 2024 is now complete, and I could not be happier with the team we put together.”