Christian Horner could make a surprise promotion to Red Bull, according to Johnny Herbert. The former FIA steward believes that Arvid Lindblad could receive a dream promotion if he wins the Formula Two championship this season.
“Isack Hadjar has been very impressive, and rightly so,” he told YaySweepstakes. “The nice thing that he’s doing is just consistency, he’s not been up and down. He’s pretty good every time he’s on the track. He might not have the perfect weekend all the time, but no one has so far this season.
“Hadjar is making people and teams think, he’s put himself in a very good position. Of course, there’s always the new promising rookies coming through, I was one of those before I had my accident, then it was Jean Alesi.
“Even if you’re in the RB seat and doing a good job, but Arvid Lindblad wins the F2 championship, Red Bull, I would think, will want the champion in their second seat, especially with how quickly Lindblad has progressed.
“I think Hadjar is making that decision for Red Bull difficult, even if he never won F2. Red Bull now have potentially two young talents, and if Max Verstappen leaves Red Bull, according to the rumours, the team has two great talents that can drive for them.”