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Red Bull Junior Arvid Lindblad Given Double Penalty and Baku Grid Drop After Monza F2 Crashes

Stewards later issued extra sanctions that convert to a 10-place grid drop for Baku.

Overview

  • Lindblad rear-ended Alex Dunne on lap 8 at Monza and, after pitting without changing a broken front wing, locked up at Turn 1 on lap 11 and hit Roman Stanek, also collecting Victor Martins.
  • Monza stewards ruled him wholly to blame for both collisions and imposed two 10-second penalties plus four penalty points, taking his 2025 tally to nine.
  • Because he failed to finish, the two time penalties convert to five-place grid drops each for the next round, yielding a 10-place penalty at Baku.
  • Victor Martins criticized race control for not forcing a stop for the visibly damaged front wing and said officials should have shown the black-and-orange flag.
  • Dunne was uninjured but retired, further harming a title bid that was about 40 points behind leader Leonardo Fornaroli before Monza, as Luke Browning won the feature race and highlighted the pressure on F2 drivers.