{"id":2728,"date":"2026-09-24T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=2728"},"modified":"2026-09-24T09:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T12:32:13","slug":"video-lindblad-hits-baku-walls-twice-and-brings-out-red-flag-in-fp2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/video-lindblad-hits-baku-walls-twice-and-brings-out-red-flag-in-fp2\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Lindblad hits Baku walls twice and brings out red flag in FP2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video class=\"video-js vjs-big-play-centered\" data-gp-vjs=\"1\" controls src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio-portal.b-cdn.net\/2026\/09\/Batida-Lindblad-TL2-Azerbaijao.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lindblad crashes in Baku castle section and stops Azerbaijan GP FP2 (Video: F1 TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arvid Lindblad hit the barriers twice during Azerbaijan GP FP2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Racing Bulls stopped inside the castle section and caused a red flag<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lindblad climbed out without assistance and appeared to be uninjured<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arvid Lindblad brought out a red flag during FP2 for the Azerbaijan GP after hitting the barriers twice inside the narrow castle section of the Baku City Circuit on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred with approximately <strong>40 minutes remaining<\/strong> in the session. Lindblad initially clipped the wall on the approach to Turn 9 before making further contact with the barriers and stopping on the circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the Racing Bulls blocking part of one of Baku\u2019s narrowest sections, Race Control suspended the session to allow marshals to recover the damaged car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lindblad climbed out without assistance and appeared to be uninjured.<\/strong> Racing Bulls has yet to confirm the extent of the damage or whether major components will need to be replaced before FP3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arvid Lindblad hits the barriers during Azerbaijan GP FP2 (Video: F1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The accident came after an encouraging opening session for the British driver. Lindblad finished FP1 in eighth place with a 1:46.601, <strong>1.214s behind George Russell\u2019s benchmark<\/strong>, and ahead of several established midfield rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His morning was not entirely clean, however. Lindblad briefly became stuck in the Turn 7 run-off area near the end of FP1 and had to reverse before returning to the circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second consecutive FP2 crash for Lindblad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Baku incident represents <strong>Lindblad\u2019s second FP2 accident in consecutive race weekends<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the Spanish GP, the 19-year-old lost the rear of his Racing Bulls under braking for Turn 13 and hit the barriers at Madring. He had been fourth-fastest before the accident but required a chassis change, leaving his mechanics working into the following day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite completing only a handful of laps in FP3, Lindblad recovered to reach Q3 and qualify tenth in Madrid. The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/video-lindblad-hits-wall-and-brings-out-red-flag-in-spanish-gp-fp2\/\">Racing Bulls rookie said he would not punish himself for the mistake<\/a> because errors formed part of his development during his first Formula 1 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baku presents a different repair challenge. The first contact appeared to damage the car before the second impact left it stranded, but the condition of the suspension, floor and gearbox will only become clear after Racing Bulls completes its inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Azerbaijan weekend follows a compressed schedule, with FP3 and qualifying taking place on Friday before the race on Saturday. That gives the team less recovery time than during a conventional Formula 1 weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> follows every session of the Azerbaijan GP <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/\">LIVE and in REAL TIME<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F1 today: FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who leads the 2026 F1 championship after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimi Antonelli leads with 302 points. George Russell is second on 236, leaving a 66-point gap after Baku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who won the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Russell won for Mercedes, ahead of Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which team leads the 2026 F1 Constructors\u2019 Championship?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes leads with 538 points, 160 ahead of Ferrari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Arvid Lindblad injured after his Baku crash?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lindblad climbed out of the Racing Bulls without assistance and appeared to be uninjured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Racing Bulls rookie clipped the barriers at Turn 9 before making a second impact inside Baku\u2019s narrow castle section, but climbed out of the car safely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020315797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Lindblad crashes in Baku castle section and stops Azerbaijan GP FP2","42wp_featured_image_credits":"F1","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":31,"location":""}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[195,517,325,95],"42wp_author":[31],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-arvid-lindblad","tag-azerbaijan-gp","tag-f1-2026","tag-racing-bulls","42wp_author-bernardo-castro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2729,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions\/2729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020315797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}