Scott takes aim at Formula 1

At just 14 years’ old, Scott Kin Lindblom has already

been working towards this dream for eight years, consistently

delivering race results above expectations for his age – and he

has the accolades to show for it: most notably an FIA World

Karting Championship medal and becoming the WSK Euro

Series Champion.

Scott made an early jump to the FIA Karting World and European

championship category OK-Junior at just 11, competing against

the world’s best 14-year-olds. And he delivered immediately.

At his WSK Euro series (World Series of Karting) debut, he took

overall pole, set the fastest lap, a new event record and won heats

and the pre-final. He followed this up by leading the pre-world and

Italian Championship as well as narrowly missing out on winning

the FIA World championship when fighting for the top spot. He was

then hand-picked by the famous Tony Kart Racing Team (affiliated

with the Ferrari Academy Driver programme) for 2023/2024 and

won WSK races and the FIA World Championship Bronze medal.

The decision was made for Scott to step up to the OK senior

category one year early with Kart Republic and he dominated

the WSK Euro Series by taking pole, winning all heats, pre-finals

and finals, and becoming Champion by a huge margin.

Scott’s impressive karting results caught the attention of the

key players in motorsport and it was no surprise when he was

selected as one of only 11 junior drivers to participate in the

global 2024 Red Bull Driver Search.

The three-day test was Scott’s first taste of a Formula car,

not that you would know it. Scott quickly got to grips with

the F4 car and his natural talent and competitiveness won him

one of the coveted Red Bull Junior Driver spots up for grabs.

In Red Bull Junior Driver colours, Scott has made the initial

step up the motorsport ladder to Ginetta where he has had his

first taste of racing outside of karting in the Ginetta Winter Series

and off-season testing programme, in preparation for his first

full season of the British Ginetta series in 2025 with R Racing.

Scott has a clear career path trajectory and is ticking all the

boxes. Follow this young talent on his journey to Formula One.

The Red Bull Driver Search is a pivotal process of selection for the Junior Team,
with the testing of hand-selected driver candidates from across the globe. In August 2024, the three-day invitational

took place in Jerez with 11 young drivers between the ages of 13-16, each testing Formula cars in a shootout format.

The young drivers’ performance wasevaluated by Dr. Helmut Marko, Red Bull Motorsports Consultant and Head of the

Red Bull Junior Driver programme. “What is important here is that we see most of them for the first time in a Formula 4 car. How

they adapt, how quickly they progress and how their improvement is during a 2-day

test. We are looking for both talent and speed, a driver to win a Grand Prix.

We are really focused on how good these drivers are under pressure and on qualifying simulations,” he said. Scott said of the test, “my biggest

challenge was adjusting my driving style from Karting to F4 because it was my first time in a F4 car”. But Scott proved a fast

learner, immediately posting competitive times and impressing Dr Marko who announced his selection into the

Red Bull Junior Team. The Red Bull Junior Team programme is a major boon for Scott’s career and is a powerful indication of the potential

Red Bull see in him.